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Donjon Marine Co. Inc., Hillside, New Jersey, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging of the Newark Bay Federal Navigation Channel. The amount of this action is $53,165,800 with a total cumulative face value of $69,225,650. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Newark, New Jersey, with… Read More
Seaward Marine Corp., Norfolk, Virginia, was awarded a $15,264,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction services for dredging at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Work is expected to be completed by March 2027. The maximum dollar value, including the base price and one option, is $15,264,000. Fiscal 2026 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding… Read More
SEATTLE — Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Seattle District, awarded a contract on Sept. 24 to conduct mechanical (clamshell) maintenance dredging of the Duwamish Waterway federal navigation channel in Seattle, Washington. USACE will oversee maintenance dredging performed by the contractor, American Construction Co., Inc. Dredging is expected to begin no sooner than… Read More
By Alan Bosworth The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is seeking bids or reviewing proposals for maintenance dredging at four Gulf Coast waterways in Texas, Louisiana and Florida. A fifth project, on Louisiana’s Calcasieu River and Pass, was awarded on September 29. The largest solicitation covers the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) between Freeport and… Read More
The USACE-Norfolk District has prepared a draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment to assess the potential impacts for work described below: LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED WORK: The Nansemond River Western Branch Federal Navigation Channel (NRWB FNC) is within the Nansemond River tidal estuary in Suffolk, Virginia, and is a tributary of the James River. The Western Branch… Read More
The Rochester City Council is set to take the final step before work begins on a massive project regarding the Silver Lake Dam. Work on the dam modification project was originally set to begin last year but was postponed due to state and federal permitting delays. The city had to cancel its effort to obtain… Read More
By Cassandra Mischak A stretch of Venice Beach looks much different today than it did decades ago. City officials and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers celebrated the completion of the latest project to restore sand lost to erosion and storms. “I can remember when I was a kid on the Esplanade South,” said City… Read More
By Renata Petersen Venice Beach has new sand stretching 3.2 miles along the Gulf, the product of a $27.5 million restoration that wrapped up this fall without costing local taxpayers anything. The project deposited roughly 620,000 cubic yards of sand from just south of the Venice Inlet to just south of the Venice Fishing Pier,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District will begin dredging Toledo Harbor –the largest annual dredging operation on the Great Lakes this week. This year’s dredging of the harbor’s federal navigation channels will focus on specific portions of the Maumee River and lake channel and is part of a two-year contract totaling $11.1 million…. Read More
By Sarah Clark, public affairs specialist CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Dr. Trent Schreiber, a research civil engineer at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), is developing a more affordable way to monitor the condition of the nation’s navigation infrastructure. The research focuses on improving structural health monitoring for… Read More
The proposed Homer Harbor expansion would require removing up to 1.5 million cubic yards of material from Kachemak Bay under plans now undergoing state water quality review. Application documents detail construction of a 37-acre mooring basin east of the existing facility, designed to accommodate 304 vessels. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation opened a comment… Read More
More than 120 USACE leaders, project teams, public- and private-sector partners, investors, and developers gathered in Houston September 29, for the Texas P3 & Alternative Delivery Summit. The summit provided an opportunity for candid conversations about infrastructure delivery – exploring how we can approach projects differently, improve efficiency, strengthen partnerships, and identify innovative solutions across… Read More
Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, Louisiana, was awarded a $38,264,500 firm-fixed-price contract to construct a maintenance beach renourishment berm in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, with an estimated completion date of May 11, 2027. Fiscal 2022 civil construction funds… Read More
Mike Hooks LLC, Westlake, Louisiana, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging within the Calcasieu River Ship Channel and disposal within designated marsh creation areas. The amount of this action is $34,098,830 with a total cumulative face value of $36,492,037. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work will be performed in… Read More
Curtin Maritime Corp., Long Beach, California, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging of approximately 2,250,000 cubic yards from deep-draft federal navigation channels serving the Port of Baltimore, Maryland. The amount of this action is $31,519,647 with a total cumulative face value of $31,671,147. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work… Read More