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General Dynamics NASSCO, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced today that it received $1.4 billion in U.S. Navy contract modifications for construction of a sixth Expeditionary Sea Base ship (ESB 8) and two additional John Lewis-class fleet oilers (T-AO 211 and 212). This award comes in addition to $600 million already received to procure long-lead time materials for… Read More
Dredging to deepen the navigation channel in the Snake and Clearwater rivers could begin as soon as this winter. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found the work, which will remove an estimated 258,000 cubic yards of sand and other sediment from the channel and areas around the ports of Lewiston and Clarkston, will not… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials anticipate Muskegon Harbor dredging could begin as early as Friday or Saturday depending on weather. The President’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget included operations and maintenance funding for Muskegon Harbor with the Corps of Engineers expecting to award a contract later in the year. However, the commercial bulk carrier… Read More
July was a big month for appropriations news out of Washington, D.C. with the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate moving the process forward prior to the Congressional recess in August. The House Appropriations Committee passed their version of the Energy & Water Development Appropriations bill on a 32-24 vote on June 28th. This bill was then forwarded to the full House… Read More
Norfolk Dredging Company, Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $17,072,000 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging of the Jones Inlet Federal Navigation Channel. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Lido Beach, New York, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 15, 2022. Fiscal 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 and… Read More
ELLSWORTH — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers confirmed this week that $4,723,000 has been allocated for the Union River dredging project and that prep work has begun. “Our district has many projects already funded that we are working on and now we will begin work on the considerable effort for the planning, coordination with agencies,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Center or ERDC, has a new commander. Following ERDC’s first ever female commander, the first ever African-American commander is now at the helm. Federal News Network’s Eric White spoke with the new man in charge: Lt. Col. Christian Patterson on the Federal Drive with Tom… Read More
A massive new infrastructure funding measure is one step closer to enactment with Senate passage of legislation that authorizes $34 billion for 30 Army Corps of Engineers flood and hurricane protection, ecosystem restoration, dredging and other projects. The 2022 Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA, which breezed through the Senate on July 28 by a… Read More
The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would authorize federal agencies to plan for an estimated $31 billion project intended to protect the Texas coast from hurricanes. Hundreds of millions of dollars have already gone into studying the idea to build a system of concrete gate barriers at the mouth of Galveston Bay…. Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division Commander, Brig. Gen. Jason E. Kelly, signed the South Atlantic Coastal Study Final Report this week during a virtual, online ceremony July 25, 2022. The four-year, $18.4 million, comprehensive regional study was designed to identify the risks and vulnerabilities of tidally influenced areas to increased hurricane and storm… Read More
The US Senate has approved the Water Resources Development Act, which includes a $31bn project to build a coastal barrier that would help protect the industrial plants along Galveston Bay and the Houston Ship Channel. The project, called the coastal spine or the Ike Dike, is a large-scale coastal storm risk management and ecosystem restoration project that… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District shared an update on ongoing repair work on the Chesapeake City Bridge in Cecil County, Maryland. Work includes repairs of the bridge expansion joints and will require periodic single-lane closures. Single lane closures are currently estimated as follows (subject to change based on weather and construction progress):… Read More
U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced a bill to establish a Western Water Cooperative Committee. The Western Water Cooperative Committee would ensure the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) flood control projects in Western States are operated consistent with congressional directives and… Read More
Matt Balas and Sam Phillips, park rangers with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District, walk to their boat to start their patrol at Youghiogheny River Lake in Confluence, Pennsylvania, July 15, 2022. “You can be on a boat inspecting docks one minute and then next minute you could be doing a safety stop with… Read More
The Texas General Land Office (GLO) and multiple partners are set to begin work on the restoration of approximately 17 miles of the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) shoreline in Jefferson and Chambers counties. The restoration project will span from High Island to Sea Rim State Park and will improve the shoreline by widening its beaches to better accommodate recreation,… Read More