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Global design and technology firm, Arcadis IBI Group Inc. (“Arcadis IBI” or the “Company”), has been awarded a multi-year contract for its traveler information system, Travel-IQ, adding to a growing list of states, cities, provinces and countries currently leveraging Arcadis IBI’s Software-as-a-Service solution. Resident and visitors of New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont will now be able to… Read More
Three communities in the Cape Fear have received millions in funding for storm damage projects from the NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Division. A total of $20.1 million in grants has been awarded to eight communities, five of which are in other parts of the state. The awards from the Coastal Storm Damage Mitigation Fund… Read More
HII (NYSE: HII) announced that its Mission Technologies division has been awarded a $76.7 million task order by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to perform research, analysis, test and evaluation that will support and inform USAF decisions related to electronic warfare (EW) and electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) capabilities development. “We are pleased to extend our partnership… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended the public comment period for its proposed Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for maintenance dredging and dredged material placement for the Miami Harbor Navigation Project at Port Miami, in Miami Dade County, Florida. In the wake of Hurricane Ian and its… Read More
Fewer visitors this time of year allows Delaware Bay beaches to get better. These are certainly not the most-visited beaches in The First State. You will find no Ferris wheels or french-fry stands. Any boardwalks are on the narrow side. However, according to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources, it is just as important to… Read More
The county has gotten approval from the California Coastal Commission – after being denied in the past – to reinforce a rock sea wall at Strands Beach where an ancient landslide threatens bluff-top homes. An estimated 1,000 tons of boulders will be used to fill the base of the cliffside in a project approved Thursday,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has published an Environmental Assessment (EA) for public review and comment in regard to proposed maintenance dredging of the federally authorized Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) channel, settling basins and advance maintenance areas (AMA) in the waters of Sawpit Creek, the Amelia River and Nassau Sound. The purpose of… Read More
Dredging is a central part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) largest mission – to maintain clear, safe and navigable waterways. Without periodic dredging, many harbors and ports would be impassable, and so more than 400 ports and 25,000 miles of navigation channels are dredged throughout the U.S. each year. One byproduct of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, announces delayed openings of the Howell Station, North Overlook and Whitebreast campgrounds and the Fifield and North Overlook recreation areas at Lake Red Rock. Those sites will delay opening until June 1 for the 2023 recreation season. The delays are needed at Howell Station, North Overlook,… Read More
Today the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of repairs to the 1,025 foot, 114 year-old Rochester East Pier. In attendance were Lt. Col. Colby Krug, Commander USACE Buffalo District, John Pellito representing Congressman Joe Morelle, Chief Matthew Riesberg, Officer in Charge U.S. Coast Guard… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or USACE, Kansas City District, has prepared a draft Master Plan for Rathbun Lake with an Environmental Assessment and a Finding of No Significant Impact – known as a FONSI – that are available for public review. USACE is soliciting public comments on the draft Master Plan, Environmental Assessment… Read More
The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials on October 3 posted a Notice of Availability (NO. DACW63-9-22-0543) solicitation for recreation facilities at Whitney Lake. More information and link to the NOA is available at https://sam.gov/opp/f909322605664c8faa47a666ddccc538/view Whitney Lake Marina f/k/a Uncle Gus’ Marina, Whitney Lake near Whitney, Texas, in Bosque County, Texas consisting of… Read More
The California Coastal Commission Friday approved a permit for plans to contain contaminated sediment in Lower Newport Bay. The commission voted 8-1 for a confined aquatic disposal facility, which is akin to digging a hole for the unwanted sediment and capping it off with clean sand. The project includes removing some contaminated sediment and keeping… Read More
MADISON (WKOW) — The City of Madison Parks Division announces on Facebook, the Spring Harbor Boat Launch will be closing for dredging. The city’s engineering division expects to start the dredging project Monday, Oct. 24. The man-made harbor has a higher rate of blockage from sediment due to urban runoff and Madison’s use of sand… Read More
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is set to continue beach nourishment along the Delaware Bay when the DNREC Shoreline and Waterway Management Section begins a month-long project Monday, Oct. 17 at Pickering Beach in Kent County that will bring some 3,500 cubic yards of sand trucked in from local sources to cover 2,500… Read More