The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has joined a group of banks that will finance the construction of a third deep-water container terminal in Poland’s Port of Gdansk on the Baltic Sea. The €100 million EBRD loan is part of a €863.5 million financing package put together by a
Jan De Nul Group and Neptune Marine today held a launching ceremony for the new water injection dredger Cosette near Dordrecht in the Netherlands. This newbuild is a sister vessel to the Pancho, delivered earlier this year. The design of both vessels is based on an existing vessel design from the Ne
The Environment Agency and East Devon District Council have spent £12 million of Government funding, building new and improving existing defences at The Royal Avenue, Camperdown Creek and The Esplanade. The flood risk to residents and 400 businesses in the area has been reduced from a 4% chance of f
The wet civil engineering firm Land & Water has reached the milestone of 100,000m3 being dredged from Queen Pool at Blenheim Palace in Oxford. Queen Pool, which was created in 1715, had become heavily silted putting its extensive eco-system at risk. Land & Water started works earlier this year, maki
Van Oord and Dublin Port Company (DPC) are about to begin work on a Capital Dredging campaign in order to create two new riverside berths. As disclosed by DPC, the contractor intends to carry out loading and dumping at sea of dredged material arising from capital dredging as part of the MP2 Project
Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Patrick O’Donovan, has announced the approval of Tipperary County Council’s application for funding under the Office of Public Works’ Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme. Under the works, the Office of Publi
Local Fine Gael Councillor Sharon Tolan has announced that Meath County Council is to receive €147,000 from the Shared Island Local Authority Development Fund. The purpose of the scheme is to support the progression of new joint investment projects by cross-border Local Authority partnerships that c
Iarnród Éireann – Irish Rail has awarded Jacobs the commission for detailed design and planning services, including environmental assessments and statutory submissions for the East Coast Railway Infrastructure Protection Projects (ECRIPP) program. ECRIPP is required to defend long sections of the es
Civil engineering firm Graham, which has considerable experience already working on the Teesworks site, recently began dredging work in the River Tees on behalf of the South Tees Development Corporation (STDC). This represents the first dredging ever undertaken by STDC or a partner organisation in t
Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, Patrick O’Donovan, along with Cathaoirleach, Cllr Seamus Weir, Mayo County Council, visited two Flood Relief Schemes in operation within the County yesterday. Firstly, they visited Carrowholly to mark the occasion of the substantial completion of the
Two days ago, the navigation channel through the Vistula Spit peninsula in Poland was officially opened, marking the end of the project for BESIX and joint venture partner Grupa NDI. The geopolitically important project significantly reduces the distance between the port of Elblag and the Baltic Sea
The East Rhyl Coastal Defence Scheme, funded by Denbighshire County Council and the Welsh Government, is set to protect 1,650 properties in East Rhyl from coastal flooding. Works began in April 2020 and were due to end in December 2022, however the scheme has been completed ahead of schedule, the co
The wet civil engineering firm Land & Water is set to start work at the iconic National Trust property, Buscot House in Oxfordshire, this month. Under the project, Land & Water will be carrying out crest embankment protection works to the property’s lake, in response to a reservoir engineering inspe
The USACE Galveston District and non-federal partners Texas General Land Office, together with Gulf Coast Protection District hosted some very special visitors last week. The USACE Southwestern Division Commander, Col. Kenneth Reed, and Galveston District Commander, Col. Rhett Blackmon, gave a short
