Concrete segment secures awards totaling $100 million in core markets of Dallas and Houston Largest diving services contract in Company history HOUSTON, March 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ORN) (the “Company”), a leading specialty construction company, today announced multiple contract awards totaling $134 million, with the majority of this work to be completed in 2023. Since the beginning of 2023,… Read More
The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 for the Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program reflects the administration’s priorities to grow the nation’s economy, decrease climate risk for communities, increase ecosystem resilience to climate change, and promote environmental justice in disadvantaged communities in line with Justice40. The Budget funds the development, management, restoration,… Read More
Representatives from the Maryland Port Administration provided project updates on two Chesapeake Bay island restoration efforts to the Eastern Shore Delegation Friday morning. Nestled under the Maryland Department of Transportation, the Maryland Port Administration is responsible for stimulating the flow of waterborne commerce through the state, said Holly Miller, MPA’s director of harbor development. MPA… Read More
The multi-billion-dollar project is a series of locks, sea gates, levees, walls and dunes meant to prevent storm-surge flooding for the millions of people who live along Galveston Bay from the island and Houston. Army Corps officials said they expected federal money to begin flowing as soon as this spring for what is among the… Read More
Beginning Monday, March 6, the boat ramp at Burnsville Lake in the Riffle Run Day Use area will be closed for dredging, per a release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps will be working with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) to dredge the Riffle Run Day Use area located… Read More
Millions of dollars will be spent to help restore Grand Strand and South Strand beaches that were heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Charleston District announced it’s been given $97 million dollars from The Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act 2023 to repair damages to several beaches in Myrtle… Read More
The cleanup of three contaminated sites in Niagara County used for World War II atomic energy and weapons programs will get another infusion of federal dollars. Over 25 million pounds of uranium metals and over 30,000 pounds of thorium metals were used and became mixed into the soil at the former Simonds Saw and Steel… Read More
The Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission has approved city parks officials’ plans to dredge the lower pond at Hubbard Park. That dredging will allow officials to restore the pond’s previous aquatic habitat, which was impacted by ongoing sediment erosion that over time has decreased the pond’s water depth and led to algae growth. The waters of… Read More
Mississippi River drought conditions kept the St. Louis Engineer District’s veteran dustpan dredge Potter, originally built in 1932, busy throughout its 2022-23 season, which ended on February 1, 2023. To maintain the congressionally mandated nine-foot-deep, 300-foot-wide navigation channel and overcome the challenges from the widespread drought, and prolonged extreme low water, dredging operations moved nine million cubic yards… Read More
Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Oregon, is awarded a $7,897,103 firm-fixed-price modification to previously-awarded contract N4523A22C0552 for out of scope repair and replacement of structural decking in support of the USS John Paul Jones 2C1 docking selected restricted availability. Work will be performed in Seattle, Washington, and is expected to be completed by November 2023. Fiscal… Read More
The Dutra Group is proud to announce that we have officially been awarded the Sacramento River Erosion Contract 2 from the US Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District. This contract was awarded at $77,846,550. This project will provide 3 miles of waterside erosion protection along the east side of the Sacramento River from the Pioneer… Read More
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, received more than $8.9 million in funding for numerous projects benefiting the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed, including $6.5 million for the Baltimore Harbor and Assateague Island. This funding is through the fiscal year 2023 Work Plan for the Army Civil Works Program, which is… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, is receiving $37 million in the Fiscal Year 2023 Work Plan for operations and maintenance (O&M) of Detroit District river and harbor projects, $67 million for construction projects and $370 thousand to conduct investigations.The FY23 Work Plan funding is in addition to the $127 million in the… Read More
This Public Notice has been prepared pursuant to Section 404(a) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). It is being administered in conformance with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) regulation, “Practice and Procedure: Final Rule for Operation and Maintenance of Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Projects involving the Discharge of Dredged Materials into Waters… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, has just been allocated $97 million dollars in supplemental funding from The Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023, to repair damages to several South Carolina federal beach projects after recent coastal storm events. These projects will be 100% federally funded, with no cost to the sponsor. The… Read More