The Kansas Citys Levees project broke ground last week at the Central Industrial District Levee Unit, marking the levee raising phase start of the $529 million project, set to raise over 17 miles of existing levees and floodwalls up five feet. The Kansas City District, Unified Government of Wyandott
Mackley announced yesterday that the Hythe Ranges Sea Defence scheme has won the EA 2025 Award at the National Agency Awards. The Hythe project was carried out by Van Oord, supported by their subsidiary partner Mackley and on behalf of the Environment Agency. According to Mackley, this latest award
The Port of Iberia recently completed another step to deepen the Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access channel (AGMAC). As required by the Corps of Engineers, four pipelines have been lowered to prepare for dredging from the port to the Gulf of Mexico via the Intracoastal Canal. The AGMAC project will crea
Approximately one decade ago Boskalis carried out the expansion of the Nassau cruise terminal in the Bahamas and the extension and widening of the access channel. In order to accommodate the very largest cruise ships, the government of the Bahamas wanted to make the cruise terminal suitable in recor
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, LLC, of Houston, TX, has started preparatory work on the Fire Island to Montauk Point (FIMP) Coastal-Storm Risk-Management Project. Work under the initial contract will reduce flood risk for vulnerable areas along an 83-mile stretch of Long Island’s barrier islan
The Rivierenland Water Board and the Mekante Diek consortium, a collaboration between Van Oord, Ploegam and Dura Vermeer, are getting ready for the Tiel-Waardenburg dyke reinforcement project. According to Van Oord, the Mekante Diek consortium signed the contract for this project on 7 October 2021.
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has completed another outstanding project, restoration of the Rabbit Island in Cameron Parish. This latest bird habitat restoration scheme was done jointly by the CPRA, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), and th
Orion Marine Construction Inc., from Tampa, Florida, recently won a $9.5 million contract for Sabine-Neches Waterway maintenance dredging and Cameron Parish, Louisiana, pipeline dredging. Bids for this dredging program were solicited via the internet with four received, reports the U.S. Department o
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a $139 million construction contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC. (GLDD), to complete the third phase of the landmark Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP). The four-phase infrastructure project will increase the
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has awarded the first construction contract for the Central Everglades Planning Project Everglades Agricultural Area Phase reservoir, a key component of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). The $79.8 million Contract 10A was aw
Southwind Construction Corporation of Evansville, Indiana, recently won a $3.8 million contract for the maintenance dredging of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. According to the Army Corps’ Wilmington District, the contract covers several North Carolina counties including Brunswick, Carteret, Ons
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has awarded a contract for the maintenance dredging of the Tampa Harbor Upper Channels to Orion Marine Construction, Inc., of Tampa, Florida, in the amount of $3.45 million. The project, undertaken in partnership with the Port Tampa Bay, will b
Palm Beach Harbor (FL) deepening project is moving forward with the award of a $5,9 million maintenance dredging contract to Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Co. According to the Army Corps’ Jacksonville District, the contract calls for dredging the harbor’s entrance channel, settling basin, ex
Dare County, NC, continues to work on the beach nourishment projects that are planned to take place in Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills early next year. At the County Board of Commissioners meeting that was held at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, the board voted unanimous
