The City of Rye will proceed with the dredging of Milton Harbor in two stages at a cost of over $5 million. In a departure from the original plan, the dredge will now take place over two years versus one – the Milton Harbor channel will be dredged this year and the boat basin will… Read More
The City of Petaluma in California has funded a project to dredge and repair docks in the city’s Turning Basin. Phase one of the project will start this week and is scheduled to end on October 18, 2022. This part of the project will include: Dredging of select areas in the Turning Basin that were… Read More
If you’re trying to take advantage of the nice weather in Hannibal over the next couple of days, you’re going to have do to so on shore. The boat ramp at the Hannibal Marina is closed this week for dredging. Sediment and debris will be vacuumed up to make the water deeper and easier to… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and their dredging contractor, Mike Hooks LLC will begin work on dredging Perdido Pass this week. The cutterhead suction dredge, the E. Stroud is currently on-site. Boaters are asked to be cautious around the dredge, pipes and any support vessels. The project should take approximately 3 weeks to complete…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has awarded a contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak Brook, IL for $21.5 million to conduct periodic nourishment of the Great Egg Harbor and Peck Beach, (Ocean City), NJ project in New Jersey. Work is the result of a partnership between the Army… Read More
Portland, Oregon, headquartered Vigor Marine LLC, , has been awarded a $131,151,747 firm-fixed-price contract action to accomplish the Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) 2C1 drydocking selected restricted availability (DSRA). The contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring its cumulative value to $131,826,808. Work will be performed in Seattle (77%); and Everett, Wash. (23%),… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District announced that it received authority to issue alternative/emergency permitting procedures in response to conditions resulting from Hurricane Ian. These alternate procedures will be effective for a six-month period, through March 28, 2023. A Corps-issued public notice announcing these alternative/emergency procedures is available at: http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Public-Notices/ Additional information on Emergency… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District, awarded the second Corps construction contract for the Central Everglades Planning Project Everglades Agricultural Area (CEPP EAA) Phase Reservoir, a key component of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). This contract is for the Foundation and Cutoff Wall features of the CEPP EAA A-2 Reservoir located… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting four public open house events to obtain input on the future of both Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam, and Lock and Dam 1. The projects are located on the Mississippi River between Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Corps of Engineers staff are… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $7.7 million contract to LS Marine, Inc., of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, Sept. 26, 2022, to use dredged material, or river sand, from the head of Lake Pepin to restore backwater river habitat near Bay City, Wisconsin. The project will use river sand from… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company awarded $26.7 million contract for dredging Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $26,611,350 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Savannah, Georgia; Brunswick, Georgia; Wilmington, North Carolina; Morehead City, North Carolina; and… Read More
Each year the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District dredges the Black Warrior-Tombigbee River and the Alabama River to an adequate depth to ensure reliability of the federal channel to allow commerce to traverse the inland waterways. Recently, dredging took place at the Buena Vista Bar on the BWT south of the Coffeeville Lock…. Read More
One of the largest wetland restoration projects around San Francisco Bay is closer to launching its final phase of construction after receiving a $20 million infusion of state funding. The funding, approved by the California State Coastal Conservancy in a unanimous vote last week, will be used to restore 1,600 acres of former tidal marshland… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District announces the public release of a Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement for the New York- New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries coastal storm risk management feasibility study (NYNJHAT Study). The report was completed in cooperation with the non-federal sponsors, New York… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, has awarded a $13.5 million contract to Cottrell Contracting Corp., a Small Business out of Chesapeake, Virginia, for maintenance dredging for the Lower Wicomico River, located in both Wicomico and Somerset counties. The project – in coordination with Wicomico County, the non-federal sponsor – consists of dredging approximately… Read More