In June 2021, a Kiewit team began emergency work to establish a temporary 800-foot-long rock barrier across the West False River near Oakley, California, to prevent the San Joaquin River’s saltwater from intruding into the freshwater Delta. Working 24 hours a day, crews installed 112,000 tons of roc
Soil Conservation Service staff are currently very busy working on the beautiful Clarkes Beach to replenish and revegetate sand dunes. Dunes on Main beach and Clarkes beach had been eroded by severe weather and east coast lows, and they are now working with client Byron Shire Council to restore thes
Royal IHC announced today the successful delivery of two cutter suction dredgers to a customer in Vietnam. According to IHC, last month the company handed over two CSDs, an IHC Beaver 70 and an IHC Beaver 45, to Xuan Thien Group at Nam Dinh province. General Manager of Xuan Thien Group, Mr. Nguyen H
Rohde Nielsen is currently working on a coastal protection project near Thorsminde, on the Danish West Coast. The two TSHDs, Embla R and Ask R are delivering 880.000 m3 of sand on a 3.5 km long stretch, using the rainbow method: The project is for the Danish Coastal Authority (KDI) and is part of a
The USACE Philadelphia District awarded a contract to Weeks Marine for $23.8 million to conduct periodic nourishment on three dune and beachfill projects along the Delaware coast. The contract is a joint effort between USACE and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
Coastal communities in Southern Maine stand to benefit from a new dredge that will be used to improve navigational channels and replenish beaches from Kittery to Scarborough and possibly beyond. The York County Commission has given the green light to purchase an 86-foot suction dredge using $1.54 mi
Port of Melbourne has reached a further milestone in its ongoing investment in the long-term future of landside port infrastructure, with the awarding of a contract for Stage 1 of the Swanson Dock West remediation project. Under the contract, McConnell Dowell will complete Stage 1 of the Swanson Doc
The casting of ECOncrete® Coastalock single layer armor units is underway at the Puerto de Vigo, Spain. The units will be installed in the coming weeks to build coastal resilience and promote marine biodiversity at the Port. Interlocking armor is used along many of coasts and waterfronts as a versat
A groundbreaking ceremony to mark a milestone for the people of Tuvalu – construction of a 780m long and 100m wide reclamation project in Funafuti – took place yesterday. This very important work will be undertaken under the Tuvalu Government’s Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project. Tuvalu is the first
Kingston District Council will receive $1.9 million funding support for a much-needed extension of its existing Wyomi Beach Rock Seawall. Erosion at Wyomi Beach has been of significant concern for Council and the community over a long period of time. Mayor Kay Rasheed said: “We acknowledge that coas
USACE Commanding General Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon and key staff met yesterday with representatives of the hopper dredge industry at USACE headquarters in Washington, D.C. Discussions included current and future navigation program requirements and funding, dredging safety, and continuing partnerships
Port of Antwerp-Bruges and PSA Antwerp recently gave the official green light for the renewal of the quayside and terminal at Europa Terminal. The works, which will take about nine years and be carried out in three phases, will ensure that the latest generation of container ships can continue to cal
The dredging work on 20 rivers in the Bangladesh southern region is starting today, local media reports. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will run the operation at 47 points on a dozen of waterway routes in Barishal region. “Our target is to remove around three million cubic metre
Years of hurricanes and storms taking it’s toll on Turtle Beach and erosion continues to plague the popular South Siesta Key destination. There are now plans for placing new sand from Central Florida onto the beaches in this area. Construction is planned to occur outside of sea turtle nesting season
