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A project to fix erosion damage on South Siesta Key Beach that occurred during Hurricane Hermine in 2016 is expected to begin soon, county officials said Tuesday. Construction, consisting of trucking in and placing about 92,000 cubic yards of sand using dump trucks and earthmoving equipment from the public park south, is expected to begin… Read More
Inland Dredging Company LLC, Dyersburg, Texas, was awarded a $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the rental of a 24-inch cutterhead pipeline dredge. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of June 18, 2024. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Mobile,… Read More
Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, Ala., has been awarded a $21,955,104 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220523C2143) for a 123-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of the Military Sealift Command’s dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2). The contract includes a base period and options that, if exercised, would bring its cumulative value to $22,163,078. Work on… Read More
The Memphis District officially welcomed a new, $25.5 million Bank Grading Unit (BGU), April 11, 2023, when it docked at its new home port at Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis, Tennessee Constructed in three years, the new BGU is replacing the district’s legacy bank grader, and with nearly 75 years of operations in the books,… Read More
Jim Herbert of Westfield recently took us for a walk toward the federal channel at Barcelona Harbor along Lake Erie. “You can see between those two lights, that’s the break wall,” said Herbert. “That’s the harbor entrance. You can walk across there.” That’s because it’s filled in with rocks, debris and sediment clogging about a quarter-mile… Read More
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded a $20,967,500 firm-fixed-price contract for West Coast hopper dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Astoria, Oregon, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 15, 2023. Fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $20,967,500 were obligated… Read More
Planning is underway for one of several dredging projects on the Eastern Shore. $4.275 million will be awarded to dredge Deep Creek in Accomack County. According to John Joeckel work is scheduled to begin in January 2025 and the project is scheduled to be complete by January 2026. Joeckel said the work will include finding and evaluating… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, announces a portion of the Neal Smith Trail at Saylorville Lake will temporarily close for resurfacing starting April 17. The closure will extend from the Bob Shetler Ponding Area, north to NW 78th Ave, also referred to as the Saylorville Lake Dam Road. The closure is anticipated… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $114.4 million construction contract for the Folsom Dam Raise project to Folsom Dam Constructors (FDC), a joint venture of California Engineering Contractors, Inc. and Shimmick Construction Company. Folsom Dam Constructors will be responsible for raising the main dam and left and right wing dams up… Read More
City Council approved an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers, allowing the Corps and its subcontractors to set up a location to offload dredged material into the city’s dredged material facility, which is currently under construction. City Manager Jim Hockaday said the agreement is the last item needed by the Corps to get the… Read More
The Delaware Inland Bays Program will receive $1.8 million in restoration funds as part of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to estuaries of national significance, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. “This funding is a valuable investment in equity, clean water and resilience for Delaware’s sensitive coastal shoreline,” said EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is dredging up public opinion about a proposed project in the Intracoastal Waterway. The Corps is soliciting comments on planned maintenance dredging in sections of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway or GIWW. The Corps’ stated objective is to maintain the safe navigability of the Intracoastal Waterway. The Corps’ additional goals… Read More
OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this year outlined its intention to increase the beneficial use of dredge material. Water injection dredging, a technique commonly used in Europe, offers one way to meet these new goals. HDR Senior Dredging Engineer Joe Wagner helped the only U.S. port to use this method so… Read More
Col. John P. Lloyd, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division, signed the updated Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering, or AMIE, program management plan at the NAD headquarters April 6. The update to the program management plan places focus on campus engagement and presence, aligns the plan with current USACE campaign… Read More
Two service gate liners will be replaced at Tuttle Creek Dam, near Manhattan, Kansas, later this year after damage was discovered during a routine dam inspection in Oct. 2020. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District received funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL, and has awarded a $2.03 million contract for… Read More