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The technology group Wärtsilä is delivering a 500-megawatt (MWac) / 2-gigawatt hour (GWh) portfolio of energy storage systems to clean energy developer and operator Clearway Energy Group. The contracts cover five sites located in Hawaii and California and include one of the world’s largest ever solar-plus-storage project portfolios. The combination of energy storage and solar… Read More
After dedicating 41 years to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Deputy Chief of the Construction and Engineering Division Jeffrey Fritz is deciding to retire. His four decades of service certainly made an impact – so much so that his colleagues described him as a “walking Wikipedia on all things Corps of Engineers.” Fritz spent… Read More
RANKIN CO., Miss. (WLBT) – Over the next year, enough dirt will be removed from the bottom of the Barnett Reservoir to fill more than 27.5 Olympic-size swimming pools. Crews are currently dredging portions of the lake as part of ongoing maintenance to keep boat channels open and maintain water levels. In all, about 90,000… Read More
Governor Larry Hogan and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the award of $18.8 million to 22 ecological restoration projects that will improve water quality and habitat in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, while building local resilience to climate impacts. These awards encompass 77 unique sites that will be restored using best management practices, including… Read More
Ever since Pillar Point Harbor’s eastern breakwater was constructed in 1961, two environmental factors have been at play. Sand hasn’t been able to sweep to the southern beaches, and that has caused rapid erosion at Surfer’s Beach. So the sand has built up inside the harbor, effectively creating another beach at low tide. Half Moon… Read More
Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Co. LLC, Quincy, Massachusetts, was awarded a $7,909,000 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging projects. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2022. Fiscal 2022 civil construction funds in the amount of $7,909,000 were obligated… Read More
The Great Lakes Dredging Team (GLDT) provides a forum for the exchange of information regarding best practices, lessons learned, innovative solutions, and sustainable approaches to dredging and dredge material management throughout the Great Lakes region. The GLDT is not an advisory body. Its purpose is not to furnish advice to the federal government and the… Read More
Col. Peeples joined Lt. Gen. Spellmon as he pinned the one-star insignia onto her uniform in front of LRD workforce, as well as Col. Peeples’ family and friends. “I want to start off by saying thank you for this privilege, said Lt. Gen. Spellmon. “It is truly an honor when you’re asked by an officer… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District recently awarded a $7.3 million contract to Eagle Eye Electric, LLC of Bonne Terre, Missouri for the completion of 4.3 miles of levee restoration and the completion of two seepage berms. With support from the project sponsor, the Bois Brule Levee District, this is last remaining… Read More
On June 16, 2022, the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (Huntsville Center) awarded a $699 million contract to BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, for integrated services in support of the High-Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP). The contract will provide DoD Supercomputing Resource Center (DSRC) operations and management to the… Read More
Lt. Col. ShaiLin KingSlack assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, during a 10 a.m. ceremony held in Walla Walla, Washington, today. Col. Aaron L. Dorf, deputy commander of the Corps’ Northwestern Division, officiated as Lt. Col. Richard T. Childers transferred command to KingSlack. Childers served as the district commander… Read More
Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/44720 Report Number: ERDC/EL TR-22-6 Title: Techniques for Developing Bars and Islands in Incising Channels By: Robert M. McComas, Sarah J. Miller, Deborah R. Felt, J. Craig Fischenich, Michael D. Porter, and Donald F. Hayes Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Source
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District will reduce target flows from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee beginning Saturday, July 9, as lake levels remain steady and local basin runoff has been adequate to maintain salinity levels in the estuary. The releases to the Caloosahatchee Estuary will target a pulse release at a… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reminding the public more water-related accidents and fatalities occur at its lakes and river projects in July than in any other month. “July is the month when we normally see the most water-related accidents and fatalities so there is reason to be concerned,” said Pam Doty, USACE National… Read More
Plan would affect 2,240 homes and businesses The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has signed off on a $1.3 billion plan to elevate or floodproof 2,240 homes and businesses in Iberia, St. Martin and St. Mary parishes that are subject to storm surge flooding during tropical storms and hurricanes. Lt. Gen. Scott Spellman, chief of engineers with… Read More