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SeThe Townships of Wellington North and St. Clair, Ont. will be receiving more than $7 million in grants and loans from the federal government through the Green Municipal Fund to improve and upgrade wastewater treatment plants. In the Township of Wellington North, the investment will be used to upgrade the current wastewater treatment plant in… Read More
The city’s roughly $92 million project to upgrade its wastewater treatment facility on Peirce Island “has entered its third year of construction,” according to a report to the City Council from the Department of Public Works. Once completed, the upgraded plant will provide secondary treatment of the city’s sewage for the first time, and reduce… Read More
MAN Energy Solutions has won the order to supply the engine for a new dredger in southern China. The MAN 9L48/60CR unit will power the newbuilding vessel currently under construction at Dongguan Xiandai Shipbuilding Co. for sister company, Dongguan Rundong Shipping Co., Ltd., which will produce sand for the local construction industry. Lex Nijsen –… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, Detroit District, announced Tuesday a contract option award to dredge stamp sands in the Keweenaw Peninsula between Gay and the Grand Traverse Harbor. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, provided USACE with an additional $946,000 in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, GLRI, funding to award the three options on the contract… Read More
A JV between Arcadis and a Morgan Sindall subsidiary has won an £100m contract with Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. Health Innovation Partners (HIP) has signed a deal with the trust to manage the trust’s estate portfolio for up to 25 years. HIP will be responsible for securing investment for new building and… Read More
The Suisun City Council on Tuesday awarded The Dutra Group a contract to dredge the Suisun City Marina and Whispering Bay – after a year’s delay. City Council members gave their unanimous approval to the $2.18-million contract that could see dredging start as early as July 2019 if the dredgers don’t have to deal with… Read More
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