Boskalis Westminster Ltd., as part of the VBA joint venture with VolkerStevin and AtkinsRéalis, has been awarded a framework agreement for beach management across England. Under this contract with the Environment Agency, the JV will focus on beach management, coastal protection and flood-risk reduct
Van Oord has secured one of two places on the Environment Agency’s specialist marine Beach Management Framework, through which coastal protection and beach maintenance works will be delivered around the English coastline. Van Oord, with support from subsidiary Mackley, will provide the Environment A
Work has started on the Anchorsholme Coast Protection Scheme, Blackpool Council said. The project is set to protect 5,000 properties from flooding and help save the sandy beach from coastal erosion. Works to establish the construction compound are nearing completion, and works to the sloped revetmen
Over the past six years, Boskalis Westminster Ltd., in a joint venture with VolkerStevin, has been working on the largest coastal protection project ever undertaken in the United Kingdom – the Southsea Coastal Scheme in Portsmouth. “The result: a well-protected city with an award-winning promenade a
Boskalis Nederland has won a contract for a major sand replenishment project at the Galgeplaat and the Slikken van den Dortsman in the Oosterschelde estuary in the Netherlands. Following the construction of the Oosterscheldekering – a series of dams and storm surge barriers that protect the Netherla
Foyle and Marine Dredging said that the Barmouth Piers (Moles) Repair Project is moving ahead, with rock armor installation now underway. “Following a challenging start to the year, where adverse weather conditions limited safe access to site, it’s great to see works moving forward at pace. The proj
Van Oord is moving ahead with a coastal protection and beach nourishment project between Garrão and Praia do Forte Novo, Quarteira, Portugal. In January this year, Van Oord’s Spanish subsidiary, Dravo S.A. signed a contract with the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) for an important coastal protec
The VolkerStevin team working on the Folkestone Warren Sea Defenses project, supporting VolkerFitzpatrick as part of Southern Renewals Enterprise (SRE), has executed the recovery of four barges of limestone, transported from the Port of Boulogne, and delivered to the intertidal drop zone on the beac
The coastline protection works between Brighton Marina and the River Adur in Shoreham are moving forward. Brighton and Hove City Council said that specialist marine contractor Van Oord UK Ltd. is currently constructing a new groyne field on the beach between the leisure center and Second Avenue. The
The Southsea Coastal Scheme has opened its newest section of sea defense between Blue Reef Aquarium and the Hovertravel terminal in time for people to enjoy the area over the Easter bank holiday weekend. The section is part of the £185m Southsea Coastal Scheme, which will boost sea defences along a
Major coastal defense works are underway along the Sussex coastline as the Environment Agency begins its annual spring program to protect thousands of homes and businesses from flooding. Part of a major investment scheme to better protect Pevensey and Eastbourne from rising seas and stronger storms
Climate change accelerates sea level rise, intensifies storm regimes, and increases coastal erosion across Europe. At the same time, biodiversity is under pressure and natural landscapes are increasingly scarce, Jan De Nul said. “The need for coastal infrastructure that both protects our shores and
Boskalis mobilized a second trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for the coastal protection works in Avlékété, Benin, recently. Their TSHD Causeway has been dredging along the West African coast since November last year, and the dredging vessel Shoreway recently joined it. Together, the giants dre
Caltrans and Myers and Sons Construction have finished revetment work for the Westport Landslide Emergency project ahead of schedule, transporting 190,000 tons of rock to the site south of Westport. The project involves emergency repairs to Route 1 through coastal revetment to reduce coastal erosion
