Seaward Marine Corp.,* Norfolk, Virginia, was awarded a $12,936,375 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of March 9, 2024. Fiscal 2023 civil construction funds in the amount of $12,936,375 were obligated at the time of… Read More
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded a $33,054,000 modification (P00001) to contract W9127N-23-C-0005 for maintenance dredging. Work will be performed in Astoria, Oregon, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 15, 2023. Fiscal 2023 civil construction funds in the amount of $33,054,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
Curtin Maritime Corp.,* Long Beach, California, was awarded a $54,204,676 firm-fixed-price contract for San Juan Harbor construction and maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with seven received. Work will be performed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2024. Fiscal 2023 civil construction funds in the amount… Read More
The Dutra Group, San Rafael, California, was awarded a $14,471,750 firm-fixed-price contract to dredge the Richmond Inner Harbor. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Richmond, California, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 27, 2023. Fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $14,471,750… Read More
Efforts to widen and deepen the Matagorda Ship Channel hit a wall in December when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers withdrew its design plans, saying they needed to redo their environmental assessment for the project. Then this month, the corps announced it was prepared to draft a new environmental study. The corps will host… Read More
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District identifies Little Lake Harbor, located near Newberry, Michigan, as a critical need for dredging due to significant shoaling and shoreline flooding. “Little Lake Harbor is a shallow draft harbor that serves as an important Harbor of Refuge and supports Tribal fishing,” LeighAnn… Read More
Waterlog by Howard Marlowe and Dan Ginolfi, Warwick Consultants Offshore Wind Legislation Directs Revenues to Beach Nourishment and Coastal Protection | States impacted by offshore wind projects deserve a cut of the revenues derived from the sale of lease areas to offset impacts to the environment and local economies. The Save Limit Grow Act of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, announced the launch of the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study, a five-year, $25 million mega-study that will deliver recommendations for effective and practical management of the Mississippi River from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to the Gulf of Mexico. The purpose of the study is to identify recommendations for… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District celebrated the groundbreaking of a $65.9 million Forage Animal Production Research Unit with the United States Department of Agriculture and University of Kentucky, May 23, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. The new 52,600 square-foot research facility for the USDA Agricultural Research Service, located at UK’s College of Agriculture,… Read More
On June 2, 2023, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, USACE Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers, signed a Chief’s Report recommending the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Coastal Resilience Study for congressional approval. The recommended plan from the study includes: – Interior breakwaters on the GIWW-side of the barrier islands. – Earthen berm located behind the interior… Read More
“if Wrightsville Beach experiences one more major storm the devastation to property could be catastrophic, costing taxpayers as well as the National Flood Insurance Program significantly more.” said Congressman David Rouzer, R-NC The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently announced it will enact an emergency exception to the Coastal Barriers Resource Act The exception will allow USACE… Read More
The dredging of Milford Harbor is scheduled to begin mid-October, according to Milford’s chief of staff, Justin Rosen. Rosen said the city of Milford was granted $5 million in federal funding for testing, permitting and dredging the Federal Channel and Federal Anchorage and removing and replacing the mooring tackle, including Helix anchors and Seaflex downlines…. Read More
LSU said Friday that the final permit needed for full-fledged work on a restoration of the University Lakes system is in and that construction on its yearlong first phase should start by the end of the month. A collection of local agencies is working to improve the series of six lakes between City Park and… Read More
Workers staffing the dredge that will spend the next three years sucking sediment from the bottom of Cedar Lake say they have heard all the stories of what may be hidden in the lake’s murky depths. Airplanes, a locomotive engine, automobiles, boats, snowmobiles, slot machines, weapons and potentially even the remains of infamous missing teamster… Read More
When Rifat Salim came to the United States from Pakistan as a young girl with her mother and siblings to reunite with her father after years of being a part, one of the first places he suggested they visit is Coney Island, a famous beach and amusement park destination in Brooklyn, New York City that’s… Read More