The City of Busselton, WA, is seeking community feedback on a Draft Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Adaption Plan that will help safeguard their coastal community from erosion and coastal inundation for the next 100 years. The Plan, which is a requirement of the State Government Coastal Planning
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has just released this very interesting video named ‘Rochester Harbor Dredging, May 2021’. In the video, 1LT Stacey Acapana, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District quality assurance representative, provides an update on the Rochester dredgin
The USACE St. Paul District recently awarded a $2.4 million contract to Water Works Dock & Boat Lifts to repair a Mississippi River habitat restoration project approximately 40 miles south of La Crosse, Wisconsin, that was damaged by recent flooding events. Consecutive years of high water, including
Just in time for the upcoming summer season, the Waikiki Beach maintenance project to restore and rejuvenate Waikiki is complete. The 14-week-long recurring maintenance retrieved marine sand from a large sand field in shallow waters about 1,000-feet offshore. The project has roughly doubled the beac
Lafayette’s City Council approved $20 million in new spending for drainage improvements Thursday. “My sincere thanks to the Lafayette City Council for unanimously approving my emergency request for $20 million in new funding to accelerate our ongoing drainage initiatives and bring our next projects
USACE Chicago District Commander Col. Paul Culberson toured the Waukegan Harbor dredging project earlier this week to discuss dredging safety and how all workers onsite can create a safe work environment. The scope of the project, at 25% complete, is to mechanically dredge 50,000 cubic yards of mate
Port of Trelleborg has announced another milestone in their port expansion project with the completion of two new ferry berths. According to the officials, the Scandinavia’s largest RoRo port, has now two new berths under operation. The new berths will move ferry traffic farther away from the center
Mackley has been appointed to carry out coastal maintenance works in the Dorset town of Christchurch. Working on behalf of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council, the project is scheduled to take up to six weeks to complete and involves: beach recycling in four groyne bays between Avon an
James Fisher Jr. Excavating of Willows, California, has won a $10.8 million construction contract to complete levee improvements in Hamilton City. Construction on the remaining 1.25-mile-long section of setback levee for the Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project will
Following the recent launch of berth No.5 at the Port of Dar es Salaam, the port’s berth No.6 was also inaugurated in Tanzania on May 17. At the ceremony, the project owner fully recognized efforts of the China Communications Construction Company subsidiary CHEC in safety and quality management and
The Town of Oak Island last week received written confirmation from USACE and the N.C. Division of Coastal Management that a second extension had been granted for sand distribution operations in the 2020 / 2021 Nourishment Project. This second extension will now allow two dredges currently in opera
Work on the L. Isdhoo Harbour development scheme is currently underway, with overall 85% project progress. According to the Maldives Transport and Contracting Company’s latest update, they have already completed construction of the quay wall. Scope of works for this project includes: dredging and ex
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards yesterday announced three large-scale coastal restoration projects are now under construction to restore more than 2,900 acres of beach, dune, marsh and ridge in four parishes in Southeast Louisiana. The Spanish Pass marsh restoration near the town of Venice, the
The Suncor Nature Way trails and parking in Sarnia, Southwestern Ontario, will be closed for at least eight weeks for sediment removal. The closure will start on Monday, May 31, due to the Stormwater Management Facility (SWMF) sediment removal project. The SWMF was constructed in 2004 for the develo
