Earlier this month, the Army Corps’ Dredge Jadwin worked on the city front at Morgan City, Louisiana. This dredging ensures that the waterway is clear enough to allow for navigation. The Dredge Jadwin departed from the Vicksburg Harbor on May 3rd 2021, for its annual season of dredging along the Mis
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is sponsoring five river restoration projects as part of the Aquatic Species Restoration Plan. These projects are taking place on the Skookumchuck, Wynoochee, Satsop, and Newaukum rivers, and on Stillman Creek, a tributary to the South Fork Cheha
St. John the Baptist Parish President, Jaclyn Hotard, and Council Members Lennix Madere, Tonia Schnyder, Michael Wright and Warren Torres joined LA Contracting Enterprise Project Manager, Quentin Landry, last week for a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of a major drainage improvement pr
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill was the largest oil spill in U.S. history, and damaged natural resources across the northern Gulf of Mexico. The oil spread from the deep ocean to the surface and shoreline environment in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. In Louisiana, DW
The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge has just announced that island restoration continues on the McGregor Lake Habitat Rehab Project in Pool 10 between Marquette and Prairie du Chien. In a release, the agency said that mechanical dredging in the East Channel, and hydraulic d
The City of Sarasota officials and community members gathered earlier this week to announce the long-awaited completion of Lido Beach’s renourishment. “Officials, project stakeholders and the general public gathered on the beach near the newly renovated Lido Pavilion, 400 Benjamin Franklin Drive, to
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is working hard to ensure a safe and enjoyable season at the Jersey shore, the backbone of New Jersey’s tourism economy. Following a pre-holiday weekend coastal monitoring flight, DEP Acting Commissioner Shawn LaTourette announced that New
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) today released the latest update on their R. Dhuvaafaru Land Reclamation and Shore Protection Project. According to the announcement, they have completed 60% of reclamation works so far. The R. Dhuvaafaru project includes: dredging and reclamation op
During the last six months, Fylde Council has been working on options for replacing the existing sea wall around The Island, St Annes. The sea wall protects over 400 properties and businesses from coastal erosion and flooding. It is nearly 90 years old, and is approaching the end of its design life,
Last Friday, DEME held naming ceremony for most powerful cutter suction dredger in the world, the mega cutter suction dredger ‘Spartacus’. The dredger like ‘Spartacus’ has never been seen before in the industry, with a total installed power of 44,180 kW, its production rates and ability to cut hard
With immediate effect and for a period of approximately two months, dredging operations will be carried out at Kwai Tsing Container Terminal 9 South. The works will be carried out by one grab dredger. Three tugboats, two spilt hopper barges and one survey boat will provide assistance, the Hong Kong
Damen submersible dredge pump DOP250 has once again proved itself as a reliable and flexible dredging tool, this time in the City of Warrenton, Oregon. The city is located on the North Pacific US-coast and has a marina on the Columbia River in Hammond, OR. The Hammond Marina is one of the most used
Alabama’s seaport modernization program began construction last week to deliver a deeper and wider Mobile Ship Channel and improve the lower harbor turning basin by the year 2025. USACE has executed two construction contracts in a multi-phase, $365.7 million construction program engineered and desig
Col. Julie Balten, Los Angeles District commander, toured the Newport Beach dredging project earlier this week. During the visit, Col. Balten talked with onsite USACE personnel and contractors and learn more about the progress of the Newport Bay Harbor maintenance dredging and east jetty repairs. Wh
