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For the first time in 100 years, the residents of Newark, New Jersey have access to their Passaic River waterfront. This is due in large part to a construction project being performed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District that’s restoring the river bank with a new bulkhead wall designed to prevent… Read More
By Chelsey Sellars | November 10, 2020 at 10:57 PM CST – Updated November 10 at 10:57 PM WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) – Land in most of the Delta was dry as of Tuesday. Backwater flooding was once so high, homes were inhabitable and destroyed. On the phone, resident Victoria Darden said the relief may… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is nearing the completion of its dredging contract to place near 150,000 cubic yards of dredged material that was removed from the Mississippi River navigation channel at McMillian Island near Lock and Dam 10 in Guttenberg, Iowa, to the Buck Creek Placement Site. The Corps worked… Read More
DETROIT, MI– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold an online public hearing 1-4 p.m., December 7, 2020, to gather public comments on a permit request for a proposed Enbridge Line 5 pipeline tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. The online hearing and written comment period provide a second opportunity for the public to… Read More
Key Biscayne’s long term beach management received a major boost Friday as officials learned the village has been included in the Miami-Dade County Coastal Storm Risk Management feasibility study being developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — the first step in possible inclusion of a 50-year plan. The Corps of Engineers reversed a… Read More
Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, USACE Commanding General and 55th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, has signed the Malibu Creek Ecosystem Restoration Chief’s Report. Malibu Creek is located about 30 miles west of downtown LA. The project covers approximately 18 miles of Malibu Creek and tributaries to its terminus at Malibu Lagoon and the Pacific… Read More
DETROIT – The St. Louis River Area of Concern (AOC) is one step closer to delisting following completion of a contaminated sediment clean-up project at AZCON/Duluth Seaway Port Authority’s Slip November 12. The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)-funded project removed 850 cubic yards of contaminated sediment and capped an… Read More
Officials have finalized the feasibility study for a coastal barrier that would protect Galveston Bay and its surrounding communities from hurricanes, and residents have a chance to weigh in on the plan before it goes to the U.S. Congress. But already, some officials are thinking ahead, coming up with ways to potentially fund the multibillion-dollar… Read More
General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk, Norfolk, Va., has been awarded a $138,545,759, firm-fixed-price contract for the execution of the USS New York (LPD 21) fiscal 2021 docking selected restricted availability (DSRA). The contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring its cumulative value to $161,341,858 The availability will include a combination of maintenance, modernization and repair of… Read More
New York State officials have designated a contractor to start a $439 million project that will divert sewage out of Reynolds Channel and into the ocean by laying miles of pipe under Sunrise Highway. Work is set to begin early next year to eventually transport sewage from Long Beach and the Bay Park Sewage Treatment… Read More
Pipestone County Commissioners during their Oct. 27 meeting hired Double “D” Gravel to dredge the county ditch from near the bridge on North Hiawatha Avenue to the area near the bridge on Ninth Street NE in Pipestone for a cost of $20,970. The county received two quotes for the work. The other was for $25,000…. Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently awarded a $5.3 million dollar contract to Kaiyuh Services, LLC, out of Anchorage, Alaska, for the rehabilitation of Sandy Lake Dam, near Libby, Minnesota. From 2011 – 2016 a series of above and below water inspections of the dam structure identified several… Read More
The Beardstown City Council has approved an additional round of dredging to further the completion of the Beardstown Marina. According to the Cass County Star-Gazette, the council approved an additional $150,000 worth of dredging costs to create a “Logsdon Cut” rogue channel at the mouth of the Sangamon River. The channel is expected to be… Read More
HOUSTON — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Nov. 9, 2020 — Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ORN) a leading specialty construction company, today announced contract awards totaling approximately $52 million. The Company’s Concrete segment has been awarded three separate contracts to provide concrete and associated paving services for projects in Texas. All three projects call for the construction… Read More
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that it has received an undefinitized contract award from the U.S. Navy to shift the delivery strategy for the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), currently under construction at its Newport News Shipbuilding division, from a two-phase delivery to a single phase. The contract action has a potential… Read More