HERBOSCH-KIERE is making great progress in Hamme, Belgium, where the company is constructing a 1.8 km long overflow dike, re-profiling an additional 400 meters of dike and creating a 5 km long towpath for pedestrians and cyclists to enjoy. “The construction is progressing well, and we anticipate com
Earlier this month, Lee County (FL) approved an amendment to an agreement with the City of Bonita Springs to expand the scope of Bonita Beach nourishment efforts south to the County line. The expanded scope is necessary due to damage caused by Hurricane Ian in September 2022 when all of Bonita Beach
Rijkswaterstaat has successfully completed beach nourishment works at the south-west side of the Texel coastline. The Texel Southwest beach nourishment campaign took place from March to May 2024. This included dredging and pumping around 810,000m3 of sand onto the beach, between the beach posts 9 an
The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association has released the annual awards of the nation’s Best Restored Beaches. The award winning projects this year are the Illinois Beach State Park Shoreline Stabilization in Zion, Illinois, and the North Cove Coastal Systems Restoration in North Cove,
Delegates from the World Bank and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam continued their tour in Baton Rouge this week by visiting the Louisiana State University Center for River Studies. The LSU Center for River Studies conducts research on the world’s major rivers with a specific focus on the Mississip
Dutra’s San Fransico bay area-based San Rafael Rock Quarry (SRRQ) is supplying 7,000 tons of armor and filter rock to the US Fish and Wildlife Service Midway Island Atoll through a supply contract with logistics company ITM Group. According to Dutra, Deforge Maritime Towing provided the ocean-going
The City of Newcastle, NSW, is moving forward with remediation and accessibility improvements at Bar Beach, inviting tenders for the next stage of rehabilitation works at the popular coastal destination. The stretch of beach, and the Cooks Hill Surf Lifesaving Club, suffered significant damage from
The northern breakwater at Jurien Bay Boat Harbor is set to be extended by 170m in a $17.5 million entrance reconfiguration, following the confirmation of funding as part of the State Budget, said Transport WA. The reconfiguration of the harbor entrance will divert approximately 80% of the wrack mov
Van Oord recently kicked off work on a £7 million beach renourishment project in Lincolnshire, UK. Over the next few weeks, around 400,000 cubic meters of sand will be topped up on beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point. The work began in early May and will help reduce the risk of flooding fo
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District has awarded a contract for constructing the ninth reach including levee, floodwall and a gate on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. This contract will construct approximately 1.1 miles of
Hall Contracting is leading the fight against climate change in the Pacific Islands, having been appointed to deliver a 1.81km coastal protection system in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). Hall will mobilize to the remote nation – located approximately half-way between Australia and Hawai
A popular seawall footpath between Totland Bay and Colwell has partially reopened, said Isle of Wight Council. Tonnes of rock and debris have been cleared by Isle of Wight Council contractors from the promenade, restoring public access along the seafront from the Totland pier gates up to the existin
Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise said that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fiscal Year 2024 Work Plan includes critical hurricane protection, coastal restoration and navigation priorities in Southeast Louisiana. “I have worked for months with the Corps to include critical funding for flood prot
Weeks Marine, Inc., of Cranford, New Jersey, has won a $27 million USACE contract for initial construction of the Flagler County (FL) Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) project. According to the Corps, USACE will provide 65 percent of the total project costs and Flagler County, Florida, the projec
