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Manson Construction Company, Seattle, Wash., has been awarded a $9,847,000 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging in the Port of Alaska. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Anchorage, with an estimated completion date of January 26, 2022. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of… Read More
DW Exclusive By a DredgeWire special correspondent Feb 2 – Dane County (WI) Executive Joe Parisi has announced funding for the next phase of the Lower Yahara River Trail, along with several water quality improvement initiatives as part of his 2021 budget proposal. County Executive Parisi’s 2021 budget includes $6.5 million for construction of the… Read More
BURAS, La. — Thanks to funds from Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA), more than 500 acres of coastal marsh will soon be restored. “Allocating these funds to projects in our parish means big steps are being taken toward bringing projects to reality. Marsh creation is key. Overall, marshes provide vital habitat for… Read More
Crowley Solutions has been awarded the five-year contract to deliver military specification fuel to the Eareckson Air Station located on the remote Aleutian Island of Shemya, Alaska. Under the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency-Energy contract, beginning in 2021, Crowley will provide lightering and transportation of 4 million gallons of fuel annually for the radar and aircraft… Read More
ALMA, Wis. (WEAU) – Out of sight, out of mind, for most, the lock and dam system along the Mississippi River keeps our lives moving. “It controls the river a little bit more in order to make sure that the barge traffic can get through instead of always fighting these currents,” says Joe Schroetter with… Read More
Oregon Inlet has a dredging schedule for February and March. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge Merritt, a side caster, is the only Corps dredge in North Carolina. The dredge is expected to arrive Oregon Inlet the second week of February after brief stops is Lockwoods Folly and Carolina Beach. Once the Merritt arrives… Read More
The proposed project would place about 2,400 cubic yards of fill along 270 feet of the Sheyenne River. ST. PAUL — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking comments on a draft feasibility report and environmental assessment for the proposed Sheldon Road Bridge streambank protection project near Sheldon, N.D. The proposed project would place… Read More
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced Monday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has dedicated $8,750,000 to the ongoing Rough River Lake Dam remediation project in its Fiscal Year 2021 Work Plan. According to USACE, a 2012 safety report on the existing dam called for structural improvement to lower the risk… Read More
Maintenance and New Work Dredging Commences to Commence This Year GALVESTON, TX – February 1, 2021 – Callan Marine has been awarded the long-term contract for maintenance and new work dredging of the Port of Corpus Christi. “The Port of Corpus Christi is a vital piece of our waterway infrastructure and Callan Marine is honored… Read More
Governor Larry Hogan and the state Board of Public Works (BPW) today approved contracts with two Maryland companies to study use of sediment from shipping channels leading to the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore for innovative purposes such as creation of structural concrete. The contracts follow three others recently approved by the BPW to… Read More
Poplar Island Expansion Completion News Release 28JAN21
Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Ore., has been awarded a $21,543,401 firm-fixed-price contract for a 76-calendar day shipyard availability. The work to be performed provides services for the regular overhaul availability and dry-docking of the fleet oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202). The contract also contains 11 unexercised options that, if exercised, would increase its cumulative contract… Read More
FEMA has approved more than $1 billion in federal disaster assistance, long-term disaster loans and flood insurance claims since Hurricanes Laura and Delta hit the state in 2020. Laura made landfall in Louisiana in late August 2020 and Delta in mid-October. Over $110 million has been paid in flood claims to 3,249 policyholders by the… Read More
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021) Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program on January 19, 2021, which included funding appropriations for the Deep Creek Bridge Replacement Project in Chesapeake, Virginia in the amount of $12,657,000. The Work Plan identifies the projects, programs,… Read More