The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, plans to invite bids for the Mattituck waterway dredging program. During this project, approximately 90,000 CY of sand will be removed from the Mattituck Federal Navigation Channel. The estimated value of this deepening program is between $1 mln a
Cabinet approval has been granted for the implementation of the Weras Ganga Storm Water Drainage and Environment Improvement Project. The project is executed to mitigate the frequent flooding in Weras Ganga Basin and also to promote sustainable development activities and enhance environment improvem
Loyola University New Orleans President the Rev. Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., Ph.D., hosted a round-table discussion on campus Aug. 28 with newly appointed U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and a group of 10 regional business leaders about the issues confronting local and regional businesses. Leader
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, plans to invite bidders for the Chincoteague Inlet dredging project. During this program, the contractor will need to remove critical shoals from the channels and restore previously authorized navigable depth and to provide safe access for shallow
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, has announced the details about the Charleston Channel dredging program. This deepening project includes maintenance dredging of approximately 1,265,000 cubic yards of unclassified material from the Charleston Entrance Channel, which will be dep
The state has given Enbridge the green light to dredge a portion of Morrow Lake in Comstock Township. The permit, approved Monday by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, gives Enbridge permission to dredge Morrow Lake, the latest step in the cleanup program. The U.S. Environmental Prote
Two Geosyntec practitioners will be among the presenters at the 2013 Floodplain Management Conference, set for September 3-6 in Anaheim, California. Trevor Alsop, P.E., CFM, and Venkat Gummadi, both engineers based in California, will co-present “2-D Hydraulic Modeling of Innovative Stream Bank Prot
The Lake Superior Harbor dredging project has officially commenced, according to northlandsnewscenter.com. During this $1.4 million cleanup program, nearly 115,000 cubic yards of sediment will be removed from the harbor shipping channel and placed at the 21st avenue West embayment. Regarding this ve
Construction of EMAL’s Phase II expansion is more than 70% complete and on schedule to meet its December 2013 deadline. Cooperation with Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) is helping to ensure that the expansion of Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) into one of the world’s largest single-site aluminium smelters
The Burnett River dredging project has officially commenced, reports news-mail.com. The trailer suction hopper dredger Brisbane arrived yesterday in Bundaberg and started its task almost immediately. Regarding this very important dredging program, Jason Pascoe, the Port of Bundaberg general manager,
From 22 to 24 August, 2013 the FSUE “Rosmorport” Acting General Director A.V. Tarasenko paid a working visit to Vladivostok. During the visit the Acting General Director took part in the working meetings of the Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Igor Levitin with the Governor of the
The Mongla Port dredging program is scheduled to commence during the next month, according to dhakatribune.com. The main purpose of this development project is to secure the 7.5 m depth around the Mongla jetty and mooring buoy area. Regarding this dredging plan, the Mongla Port Authority (MPA) signe
During the Council of Ministers held in Neiva, President Juan Manuel Santos signed the document that gives life CONPES Plan Magdalena River Navigability, main waterway of the country for the transport of cargo and passengers. This project will promote multimodal transport and logistics development,
Controversy over Enbridge’s dredge pad site is causing the company to ask the United Stated Environmental Protection Agency for an extension to complete dredging of the Kalamazoo River. Senior vice president of operations for Enbridge, Rich Adams asks for the EPA to extend its deadline past Dec. 31,
