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Western Contracting Corp., Sioux City, Iowa, was awarded a $16,385,700 firm-fixed-price contract to rehabilitate damaged riverbank stabilization and navigation structures. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed on the Missouri River in Nebraska and Missouri, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 17, 2025. Fiscal 2022 Infrastructure Investment and… Read More
Mike Hooks LLC, Westlake, Louisiana, was awarded a $16,739,800 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2023. Fiscal 2022 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $16,739,800 were obligated at… Read More
Stanley Consultants Inc., Muscatine, Iowa, was awarded a $20,003,238 firm-fixed-price contract for the La Grange Lock and Dam. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Versailles, Illinois, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 2, 2024. Fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $20,003,237… Read More
Norfolk Dredging Company, Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $33,302,500 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of March 24, 2023. Fiscal 2022 civil construction funds in the amount of $33,302,500 were obligated at the time of… Read More
J.E. McAmis, Chico, California, was awarded a $57,884,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Tillamook south jetty repairs. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Tillamook, Oregon, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2025. Fiscal 2022 civil operation and maintenance, Recovery Act, funds in the amount of $57,884,000 were… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $24,498,050 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of the Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point dredging Moriches and Shinnecock Inlets. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Bay Shore, New York, with an estimated completion date of March… 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 Fiona. These alternate procedures will be effective for a six-month period, through March 21, 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 Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana (CPRA) has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for permits and permission to construct, maintain and operate the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (MBSD) project on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish. In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, USACE has prepared… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Non-Federal Sponsor, the Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee (LMRCC), has scheduled public scoping meetings for the Hatchie-Loosahatchie Mississippi River Ecosystem Restoration Study. The meetings are scheduled for: Sept. 26, 2022: Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park Visitor Center, Park Office, 910 Riddick Road Millington, TN 38053, from 6:00 p.m…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District; the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region will celebrate the completion of an environmental restoration project for the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge with a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 10:30 a.m. in Shakopee, Minnesota. The… Read More
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend taxpayer dollars to identify alternative sources of sand for beach replenishments in municipalities that could be easily and more cheaply served with sand from Hereford Inlet. They will do it because the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a part of the Department of the Interior, has… Read More
Luhr Bros., Inc. of Columbia, Illinois, was awarded a construction contract on Sept. 9 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District, to perform dike construction and maintenance along the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee. The awarded $6.8 million comes from a combination of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Act of 2022 (DRSAA) and Infrastructure… Read More
Port Arthur Project leaders met with residents Thursday to discuss the impact of these new flood protection measures on their properties. The $863 million project is being worked on by the US Army Corps of Engineers and Drainage District 7. Their objective is to reduce risk from coastal storm surge and flood damage for residents and… Read More
More than a century ago, a dike was built across the mouth of the Herring River at Chequessett Neck, blocking it from freely emptying out into Wellfleet Harbor and hampering the inward flow of salt water with the rising and falling of the tides. Little did they know then, as they sought to control mosquitoes and… Read More
The Royal Palm Beach Village Council unanimously approved a large-scale canal improvement project on Thursday, Sept. 15, at a meeting that also included the final approval of the village’s budget for the upcoming year and a discussion of whether to annex a small, residential enclave. The multimillion-dollar project will begin to improve the canals in… Read More