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Norfolk Dredging Co., Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $21,679,126 firm-fixed-price contract for construction services supporting the Beach Nourishment Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Townsends Inlet Project. Work will be performed in Strathmere, New Jersey, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 15, 2026. Fiscal 2026 construction, Corps of Engineers, civil funds in the amount of… Read More
By Vince Conti The Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District has awarded a $21.6 million contract to Norfolk Dredging of Chesapeake, Va. for dune and beach fill work in Strathmere and Sea Isle City. Construction is to begin in early June in the Sea Isle area after equipment is mobilized. Strathmere’s project will begin after… Read More
By Eric Conklin | NJ.com Workers will channel tons of sand onto several New Jersey beaches harmed by intense erosion, but not before the summer crowds descend on them. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $21.6 million contract to a Virginia-based dredging company to pump sand onto beaches in Sea Isle City and Strathmere, in… Read More
By Timothy O’Hara The Army Corps of Engineers and St. Lucie County are working on a new solution to fix Florida’s most-eroded beach. Here are 5 things to know about the T-groin project: They plan to place a half-dozen T-groins at the Fort Pierce Jetty Park beach by 2030. T-groins are designed to reduce wave… Read More
By Jay Townsend The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will begin lowering Blue Mountain Lake May 1 to support habitat improvement efforts for fish and waterfowl. The lake will be lowered from elevation 384 feet to 374 feet over about three months. It is expected to reach the target elevation by… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District issued a permit for the Summer’s End Marina located in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands on April 20. The Standard Permit issued to the Summer’s End Group will allow construction of a marina within the Coral Harbor. The 67,833 square-foot fixed-dock marina would consist of 115 slips to… Read More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Caribbean District, has awarded a $1.078 billion construction contract to Ferrovial Construcción PR, LLC, a subsidiary of the Ferrovial S.A. Group, Caribbean District Commander Col. Charles L. Decker announced today. This award is the largest Corps of Engineers Civil Works contract in Puerto Rico’s history and… Read More
By William S. Farrow REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — Traditional methods to detect Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) on shorelines can be a struggle. As a result, many impacted areas remain unaddressed due to the difficulty, cost, and risk associated with large-scale detection and classification. In February, a team of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers geophysicists and ordnance explosive safety… Read More
At their meeting on April 22, Tillamook County commissioners gave Tillamook County Director of Community Development Sarah Absher permission to take the lead on permitting a United States Army Corps of Engineers project to dredge the channel between the Port of Garibaldi and the tip of Bayocean Spit. The project will take place after the… Read More
The Fire Island to Montauk Point project was recognized with the Award of Merit in Water/Environment and the Excellence in Safety award at the ENR New York Best Projects Awards. Working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, our team strengthened a vulnerable stretch of shoreline protecting the Westhampton and Cupsogue communities…. Read More
BUFFALO – Orleans County Legislature Chairman Lynne Johnson and Niagara County Legislator Dave Godfrey took part last week in the Great Lakes Shallow Harbor Draft Stakeholders meeting led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The legislators continue to advocate for dredging of our recreational harbors along the shore of Lake Ontario to ensure they… Read More
By Connor Smith WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it’s making changes to its report on a controversial $1.3 billion proposal to deepen the Cape Fear River, two months after state officials formally objected to the project. USACE’s Dave Connolly said the agency is making “minor” additions and adjustments to its report, and plans… Read More
By Timothy O’Hara Army Corps of Engineers officials were in Martin County April 27 and will be in Fort Pierce April 28 for two ribbon-cutting ceremonies on three of their most recent beach restoration projects in Martin and St. Lucie counties. The first event was at 1 p.m. April 27 at Bob Graham Beach at 3225 NE… Read More
FEDERAL PUBLIC NOTICE – SECTION 408 Interested parties are hereby notified that a request has been received for permission to alter a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) federal civil works project (USACE project), operated and/or managed by the Norfolk District, pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C…. Read More
Fort Pierce Jetty Park is the most-eroded beach in Florida, costing taxpayers about $15 million every two years for beach restoration projects to replace lost sand, the Army Corps of Engineers said on April 28. Sand has been placed at the Jetty Park beach 14 times since 1971, said Joshua Revord, St. Lucie County Department of… Read More