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For the 30th consecutive year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, was named one of Nebraska’s Safest Companies with Distinction by the National Safety Council, Nebraska Chapter May 19. The award was presented to representatives from the district safety office at an online ceremony. The district received this award for its comprehensive safety… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. — The dredging industry has suffered a great loss with the recent death of Timothy L. Welp, a research hydraulic engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). A member of the Coastal Engineering Branch in the ERDC’s Coastal and Hydraulic Laboratory, Welp was a leader in the field of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking to get feedback from residents of St. Johns County as it prepares to conduct a study looking at coastal storm damages and risks along the shores of Ponte Vedra Beach. The Army Corps and St. Johns County have a cost-sharing agreement that gives the Corps the authority… Read More
“Until we change the movement of the planets, this is going to always be a project,” said Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber of the renourishment of the city’s beaches to begin this fall. The Army Corps of Engineers is funding a beach renourishment project that stretches over 10.5 miles. Since the late ’60s, Sunny Isles,… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) San Francisco District is currently preparing a general reevaluation report and integrated National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document to evaluate flood risk management and recreation alternatives along 5.5 miles of the Guadalupe River in San Jose, Calif. Valley Water is the non-federal partner for the… Read More
PICKENSVILLE, Ala. (WCBI) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins removing a barge from the Bevill Lock and Dam. Crews started cutting the barge to start the salvage process. The partially sunken barge hit the lock and dam in Pickensville, Alabama last weekend. Heavy rains led to flooding waters before the incident. Several people… Read More
Funding for 60 Boating Access, Navigation, and Safety Projects in 19 Counties ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced $13.5 million in Waterway Improvement Fund grants for Fiscal Year 2022 to enhance and improve public boating access, facilities, and navigation throughout the state. The announcement—coming during the fourth day of the governor’s tour of the Eastern… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers is looking for public comment on a proposed beach nourishment project for the Dare County village of Buxton. The village applied to the Corps’ Wilmington District seeking authorization to dredge 1.2 million cubic yards of beach-quality sand from an offshore disposal site. The sand is to be deposited along a… Read More
Dare County has asked to dredge 1 million cubic yards of beach quality sediment from two offshore borrow sites to nourish about 2.5 miles of oceanfront shoreline in the village of Avon. The Army Corps of Engineers, which received the application from the county for the unincorporated village, has asked the public to submit comment… Read More
Funding for 60 Boating Access, Navigation, and Safety Projects in 19 Counties ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced $13.5 million in Waterway Improvement Fund grants for Fiscal Year 2022 to enhance and improve public boating access, facilities, and navigation throughout the state. The announcement—coming during the fourth day of the governor’s tour of the Eastern… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Houston, Texas, has been awarded a $24,292,116 firm-fixed-price contract for furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge on a rental basis. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Plaquemines, La., with an estimated completion date of October… Read More
More than two years have passed since the Army Corps of Engineers announced that only sand pumped from federal projects could be placed in Corps-maintained dredged material disposal sites, leaving local governments, marinas and private property owners the challenge to find land on which to put sand removed from clogged waterways. Since then, state and… Read More
St. Paul’s largest and arguably most overlooked lake is about to receive 400,000 cubic yards of dredge soil from the Mississippi River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday that it will use river soil to create six new islands in Pig’s Eye Lake, a 600-acre wetland area that sits across the river from… Read More
AVALON – Just weeks after completing emergency dredging in Princeton Harbor, Avalon Borough Council June 23 approved a contract with Mott MacDonald for permitting services and engineering services aimed at responding to unexpected shoaling in Pennsylvania Harbor. With the summer boating season underway, the borough will move as expeditiously as possible given the need for state approvals. Treating the… Read More
The work is expected to begin soon and may cause periods where boaters will not be able to traverse the area. EAST PATCHOGUE, NY — Suffolk County will begin an emergency dredge operation to remove a large sandbar left by severe storms at the mouth of the Swan River in East Patchogue, Legis. Robert Calarco… Read More