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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Buffalo District has awarded a $3.4 million contract to Eastlake-based Huffman Equipment Rental, Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Bainbridge Township, recently announced. The company will use the grant to create a 600-foot breakwall along the Lake Erie shoreline that will protect the Lake County Raw Water Pump Station. The project is… Read More
PaxOcean has won newbuilding contracts for the construction of a 2,300m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) and two 3,500m3 split hopper vessels for Netherlands based Royal IHC. The vessels which will be constructed in PaxOcean Graha, Batam Indonesia are expected to be delivered first half of 2020. Built to the requirements of classification society, Bureau… Read More
Engineering consultants Arcadis have been awarded a £7m contract to future-proof the proposed Old Oak Common HS2 station using its design services for track work, signalling power supply systems, and electrification. Network Rail Infrastructure who awarded the contract said Arcadis would essentially be responsible for ensuring HS2 and Great Western Mainlines services could run side… Read More
The Shell Rock River Watershed District Board of Managers on Tuesday approved a nearly $518,000 contract to build a pump station on Upper Twin Lake this winter. The goal of the project is to manage rough fish in that lake and achieve better water quality in Upper and Lower Twin lakes. The contract, with Minger… Read More
The container terminal operator has submitted its proposal to the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to develop the Iloilo Port Complex and the port of Dumangas. ICTSI also submitted a letter of intent to modernise the ports’ infrastructure and superstructure, and to eventually manage and operate the two Iloilo ports. The developments are also aimed at… Read More
A marine construction company in northern Michigan has been awarded more than half a million dollars to dredge in the River Rouge. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District awarded Ryba Marine Construction Company in Cheboygan $736,000 to dredge the River Rouge in southwest Detroit on Wednesday. According to the Corps, Ryba Marine will… Read More
The Waterfront Revitalization Committee unanimously voted to hire contractors for the dredging project and the proposed new building, during its meeting last week. The members selected Dredgit out of Houston, Texas which was the low bidder at $1,403,419 for the dredging and APC Development Group, Inc of Rockland, Mass. at $1,407,106. The APC bid included… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has awarded a $13.5 million contract to Norfolk Dredging Co. of Chesapeake, Va. for dredging the Delaware River main channel. The contractor will dredge about 1.6 million cubic yards of sediment from portions of the Marcus Hook and New Castle sections of the Delaware River, mostly from… Read More
The effort to deepen Charleston Harbor so it can handle heavier cargo ships could get more money in future years now that the Army Corps of Engineers has recalculated a mathematical formula used in the federal budget process. The project’s formula — called a benefit-to-cost ratio — has been revised upward to 6.4, Jim Newsome,… Read More
The Belgian company Jan de Nul was been awarded dredging works to deepen the access of the access channel for the Port of Guayaquil, Ecuador. The contract with the company will be signed in 60 days and it will immediately start the works that have an investment value of around $100m. The Technical Commission of… Read More
Pieces of the port puzzle continue to land on the table to await proper placement. The Board of County Commissioners unanimously agreed Tuesday to join the Port St. Joe Port Authority in a pre-application to Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc. for funding to dredge the federally-authorized shipping channel. The pre-application would seek $15 million of the… Read More
Residents who would like to sound off on a proposal to dredge a portion of the Plover River bed in Iverson Park have a few more weeks to make their voices heard. Stevens Point Parks, Recreation, and Forestry director Tom Schrader says his department will take public comments through the end of October then deliver… Read More
Board members of the New Bourbon Regional Port Authority last week voted to execute contracts for rip-rap work on the Riverside Levee and for harbor dredging. The actions were taken at the Port Authority’s monthly meeting on September 26. On September 12, bids were opened on both projects, according to project engineer Chris Koehler. Eight… Read More
Engineer District awarded a $7.475 million contract September 24, 2018, to Dubuque Barge & Fleeting Services Company, Dubuque, Iowa, to carry-out a Corps Island dredged material unloading project. The project involves unloading approximately 500,000 cubic yards of dredged material from Corps Island, located in Pool 3 of the Mississippi River, near Diamond Bluff, Wis. The… Read More
For decades, officials at Port Tampa Bay have planned, worked and lobbied to draw up plans and line up the money for a major expansion of the Big Bend channel. On Thursday, the Army Corps of Engineers announced the completion of a long-awaited key step: A $47.9 million contract to has been awarded to Great… Read More