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By Eric Conklin | NJ.com Crews are finally rebuilding stretches of shoreline after months of erosion left several New Jersey beaches dangerously narrow, following federal spending cuts that delayed the projects. Beachgoers visiting Sea Isle City ahead of Independence Day weekend had a front-row seat to the work as construction vehicles rumbled across the sand and dredged… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson Brandon Hubbard tells us they’ll start early this month and wrap up in August. Viking Marine Construction will remove 83,000 cubic feet of sediment from the harbor. “Basically what they’re going to do is hydraulically dredge with a submerged pipeline some of the sediment out of the shipping channel there, and it’ll be placed half a mile down shore south of the harbor,” Hubbard said. However, the sand won’t be deposited the usual way, along the shore to replenish the beach directly. Rather,… Read More
By Charles Swenson The largest vessel to enter the Georgetown Harbor in a decade will arrive this month, giving a public face to the waterfront revitalization that has existed in plans and drawings. The 350-foot dredge will remove about 560,000 cubic yards of silt to restore the federal channel to a depth of 12 feet along… Read More
NOAA has awarded $99,637,544.00 to JAG Ketchikan, LLC. in Ketchikan, Alaska, to complete expanded upgrades and maintenance on NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow. Following the 2027 field season, the ship will undergo this work for a 14-month period. The Bigelow is one of NOAA’s 15 research vessels and studies a wide range of marine life and ocean… Read More
HONOLULU, Hawaii — Lt. Col. Lamar Cantelou became the 75th commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, during a change of command ceremony July 2 at historic Palm Circle, Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Cantelou, who most recently served as a Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, assumed command from… Read More
By Noe Gonzalez CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (July 2, 2026) — Construction crews recently reached a major milestone at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project, successfully placing the first of several massive concrete beams for the new upstream approach wall. Using a dual-derrick barge crane system, the team maneuvered 420-ton beams into their final positions — a feat of… Read More
By Andria Allmond PORTLAND, Ore. — After more than a century of quiet brooding, Mount St. Helens, known to the Cowlitz as Lawetlat’la, or The Smoking Mountain, began to announce its impending wrath. In the end, the mountain’s eruption would prove to not be singular event, but the beginning of a decades-long geological and engineering challenge. For… Read More
NEW YORK — As the nation celebrated the 250th Anniversary of American independence, one of the first vessels to begin the day’s mission wasn’t a warship or a tall ship—it was the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District Drift Collection Vessel HAYWARD. Before thousands of sailors manned the rails, before military aircraft thundered… Read More
Conrad Shipyard LLC,* Morgan City, Louisiana, was awarded a $24,153,000 firm-fixed-price contract to finalize engineering, construct, test and deliver a new deck barge. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $24,459,000. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Morgan City, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date… Read More
Curtin Maritime Corp., Long Beach, California, was awarded a $12,740,187 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging of approximately 500,000 cubic yards of sediment within the Delaware River. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of March 11, 2027. Fiscal 2026 civil operation… Read More
J. F. Brennan Co. Inc., La Crosse, Wisconsin, was awarded a $43,671,933 firm-fixed-price contract for removal of existing riprap, installation of a sheet pile separator wall, and associated dredging and fill operations at a lock and dam. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Winfield, Missouri, with an… Read More
Agate Construction Co. Inc., Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for North Jetty repairs at Indian River Inlet. The amount of this action is $53,000,000 with a total cumulative face value of $55,400,000. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Bethany Beach, Delaware, with… Read More
SURF CITY, NC – Following years of collaboration with the Town of Surf City and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District, Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) announced Tuesday Surf City’s federal beach nourishment project will move to construction, clearing a major hurdle nearly two decades in the making. Approval of the Coastal Storm Risk Management… Read More
Dredging will begin soon in the St. Joseph Outer Harbor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson Brandon Hubbard tells us they’ll start in early July and wrap up in August. Viking Marine Construction will remove 83,000 cubic feet of sediment from the harbor. “Basically what they’re going to do is hydraulically dredge with a submerged pipeline some of the sediment out of the shipping channel there, and it’ll be placed half a mile down shore south of the harbor,” Hubbard said. However, the sand won’t be deposited the usual… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Charleston District is advising residents and visitors of temporary beach access restrictions in Myrtle Beach and Surfside Beach during the Fourth of July holiday weekend as beach renourishment work continues. Active sand placement near the 2nd Avenue Pier and 3rd Avenue South in Myrtle Beach is expected to conclude… Read More