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PITTSBURGH – If you could choose any mode of transportation to travel across America, would you pick a canoe? Neal Moore chose exactly that, opting for a two-mile-an-hour, paddle-powered vessel on the riverways, instead of the comforts of a cozy RV coasting the major highways. His trip will have taken nearly two years once he… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at Level II Emergency Watch for Hurricane Ida, Aug. 27, 2021, and conducted its first crisis management team meeting today to coordinate with all District elements and ensure proper hurricane preparation. The Vicksburg District EOC is in… Read More
In its largest civil works project in more than 30 years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District will begin reinforcing a portion of the Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project’s eight-mile-long earthen dam by spring 2022. On Aug. 23, the district awarded the main construction contract valued at about $36 million to… Read More
CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (WECT) – It’s a project that started roughly four years ago, a seemingly simple plan to dredge the lake at Carolina Beach Lake Park that turned into a headache for everyone involved. The multi-million dollar project was supposed to remove materials from the lake and the town had permission to fill a… Read More
Navigation Channels Selected as Part of a Three Phase Dredging Program Included in $300 Million Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative Governor Kathy Hochul announced today dredging is underway at Oak Orchard Harbor, a navigation channel in Orleans County, used by boaters to access Lake Ontario. The accumulation of silt, sand, and other debris can cause areas like… Read More
The Baker-Polito Administration recently announced its latest round of grant funding to nine dredging projects through the Massachusetts Dredging Program. Among the recipients was the Town of Plymouth, which received a $1,300,000 grant for the Phase II of the Plymouth Harbor Dredging Project. The project calls for the removal of about 22,000 cubic yards of… Read More
An attorney with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District recently earned an award for her efforts to make federal ethics rules more understandable to District employees. Traci Cunningham, a TAM assistant district counsel, received the E. Manning Seltzer award from USACE headquarters. The award, named after the Chief Legal Advisor to… Read More
The Army’s new high-altitude research laboratory at the top of Pikes Peak in Cascade, Colorado, was officially completed on July 1, and is the highest facility of its kind in North America. Built by members from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District’s Ft. Carson Resident Office team for the U.S. Army Research Institute… Read More
Beloit, Wis., headquartered Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) reports that its aftermarket support division, Fairbanks Morse Service (FMS), has been awarded a five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract by Military Sealift Command (MSC). FMS has also been awarded multiple contracts by the U.S. Navy, including a five-year basic ordering agreement and a four-year IDIQ global repair services contract… Read More
DonJon Marine Co. Inc., Hillside, N.J., has been awarded a $39,018,285 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Elizabeth, N.J., with an estimated completion date of January 23, 2022. Fiscal 2021 civil construction funds in the amount of $39,018,285 were obligated at the… Read More
A Kiewit Corp. unit will design and build the first U.S.-made offshore wind substation—a 1,500-ton, 60-ft-tall structure to be deployed for the 132-MW, 12-turbine South Fork wind farm that is set for construction off New York’s Long Island, said project developers Ørsted Offshore North America and Eversource Energy on Aug. 25. Kiewit Offshore Services Ltd.,… Read More
Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio on Tuesday delivered a “State of the Lake” to homeowners, officials, and stakeholders with interest in Deep Creek Lake. The secretary also announced $2.2 million in additional funding for dredging as part of her presentation. Speaking to the group at Garrett College, Secretary Riccio discussed the state’s… Read More
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission opened a public hearing this week on a large, complicated project to redevelop the Tisbury Marine Terminal into a vessel staging facility for Vineyard Wind — with the potential to broadly transform Vineyard Haven’s half-mile stretch of working waterfront. Under review by the MVC as a development of regional impact (DRI),… Read More
The Port of New Orleans has chosen a firm to handle program management and program control services at its planned container facility in St. Bernard Parish. The board of commissioners on Thursday unanimously approved a $4 million contract for up to three years with HDR Engineering, Inc. a global engineering and consulting firm. The Omaha,… Read More
Sections of a new $63.6 million US 60 bridge that will span the Cumberland River at Smithland, Ky., will be constructed at the Paducah McCracken County Riverport Authority. Plans are for the bridge’s 700-foot main span to be put together off-site, then floated to the bridge construction site by barge. The Riverport Authority says that… Read More