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Riding high off the success of Poplar Island’s long-term restoration using dredged channel sediment, the Army Corps of Engineers has received a $43.1 million contract to restore two more disappearing Bay islands. The Army Corp’s Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration Project aims to restore critical wildlife habitats. The $43.1 million was officially awarded at Fort… Read More
For those that live or drive through Fort Scott, Kansas, you may be aware of a sewer-like odor filling the air. KOAM’s Keri Worthen today spoke with the City to discuss what is being done to fix the pungent problem. Assistant City Manager Brad Matkins says the colder the temperature, the more you can smell… Read More
On July 30, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its contractors successfully completed the first construction contract and first mile of the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay coastal storm risk management program. Congress approved $4 billion for the S2G program in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, $863 million of which has been designated… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District in concert with the Philadelphia District and the Marine Design Center awards a contract to Southwest Shipyard LP of Houston, Texas in the amount of $11.4 million for a new crane barge on the St. Marys River. “The new crane barge will perform critical lock and hydropower… Read More
Geoff Van Epps was promoted to the rank of brigadier general today in a traditional military ceremony at the historic Gen. George C. Marshall House at the former Vancouver Barracks in Vancouver, Washington. Major General Richard Heitkamp, deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, hosted a long-standing traditional ceremony which is a… Read More
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works announced additional U.S. Army Corps of Engineers studies, projects, and programs funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These actions will invest more than $845 million to address urgent issues facing Americans, including supply chain resilience, flood mitigation, and costal storm damage protection. The… Read More
A stone’s throw away from downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, along a Mississippi River backwater area lies a somewhat hidden area that is brimming with construction activity this summer. Pigs Eye Lake, a 500-acre backwater lake created by the Mississippi River locks and dams, is ground zero for an environmental enhancement project that is innovating the… Read More
On October 5, the Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) Program awarded Birdon America Inc. of Denver, Colo., an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity firm fixed price contract with economic price adjustments for the detail design and construction of its river buoy and inland construction tenders. The initial award is worth $28.49 million. The contract includes options for the construction… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, seeks public input for updating the Libby Dam Master Plan which guides land management and development of recreational, natural and cultural resources associated with the dam. An open house is scheduled for October 18, 2022, from 4-6 p.m. Mountain Time, where attendees will receive information about the… Read More
The Coast Guard has awarded Denver-based Birdon America, Inc. a subsidiary of Australia’s Birdon Pty Ltd, a contract for the detail design and construction of its Waterways Commerce Cutters (WCC) program’s river buoy and inland construction tenders. The initial award is worth $28.49 million. The contract includes options for the construction of a total of 16… Read More
USACE Galveston District Commander Rhett Blackmon Tours the Lorraine Hooks On October 3 at Southwest Shipyard in Galveston, Texas, the Mike Hooks, LLC family and members of its leadership team had the esteemed honor of giving USACE Galveston District Commander Colonel Rhett Blackmon and his navigation leaders a full hands-on tour of its state-of-the-art vessel… Read More
By Judith Powers The Corps dustpan Dredge Hurley has removed shoaling from the Mississippi River that had shut down navigation in the river. Scores of towboats and barges moving in both directions had been halted and were moored along the riverbanks. On Friday, September 30, the U.S. Coast Guard closed the Lower Mississippi River to… Read More
San Rafael approved a $3.46 million project complementing the effort to dredge San Rafael Creek for the first time in 20 years. The City Council voted 3-0 this week to approve a contract with the Dutra Group to complete dredging of private harbors and marinas of the creek’s inner channel. The San Rafael-based marine construction… Read More
Map shows the Two-Mile federal navigation channel and placement area, along the Apalachicola coastline MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District and non-Federal partner Franklin County, Florida will begin the $6 million dredging of two federal navigation channels, Eastpoint and Two Mile, in Apalachicola, Florida, Oct. 17. The dredge contractor is… Read More
Ocean Ships, Inc. of Houston, Texas, (N3220517C3100) is awarded an $8,172,595 modification under a previously awarded firm fixed-price contract to fund the six-month option period for the operation and maintenance of six Oceanographic Survey ships (T-AGS) and Navigation Test Support ship USNS Waters (T-AGS 45). The previously awarded contract includes a 12-month firm period of… Read More