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After repeated assurances that downtown Montauk would be the first component of the long-awaited Fire Island to Montauk Point Reformulation Project, East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said last week that the Army Corps of Engineers had announced that the town is not slated to see renourishment of the ocean beach this fall, when… Read More
In the midst a detailed, fact-filled draft letter to the US Army Corps from the Sandwich board of selectmen, one sentence dramatically underscored the town’s urgent need for federal help. “Over the last month, four private homes on Spring Hill Beach have toppled onto the beach and been destroyed as drastic erosion continues to place… Read More
The Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans has risen above 11 feet prompting the New Orleans Engineer District to activate Phase I flood fight procedures beginning March 11, 2021. Closely coordinating efforts with the local levee authorities, the New Orleans District will begin patrolling levees along the Mississippi River twice weekly until… Read More
Every day thousands of vessels move people, animals, and products across the country via the nation’s rivers and harbors. This water traffic is a vital component of the nation’s economy. One of the Corps primary missions is to ensure that this traffic can move safely, reliably, and efficiently and with minimal impact on the environment…. Read More
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CONCORD, Mass. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is proposing a Section 111 Shore Damage Mitigation Study for beach nourishment of Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts, that has eroded as a result of the Cape Cod Canal Federal Navigation Project (FNP) jetties at the east entrance of the Canal. The… Read More
Canada’s Seaspan Shipyards reports that it has awarded more than $1 billion in contracts to date to 140 Canadian companies from coast to coast that are supporting design and construction of two Joint Support Ships (JSSs) for the Royal Canadian Navy. Seaspan will award JSS further contracts to its Canadian supply chain partners as additional… Read More
BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, Calif., has been awarded a $34,729,132 contract for a combination of ship maintenance, modernization and repair of the USS Russell (DDG 59) to execute its fiscal 2021 selected restricted availability. The contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring its cumulative value to $49,973,764. This is a… Read More
Gravity flowing water from Lake Ouachita to the treatment plant the city plans to build off Amity Road is critical to the $100 million project that will increase the regional water system’s daily capacity by more than 60%. Standing in the way is Blakely Mountain. Pumping raw water over it represents a significant recurring cost,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will present their final engineering design for the Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project at a Lavaca Bay Foundation meeting on Thursday. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. in Calhoun County’s extension office auditorium, 186 Henry Barber Way in Port Lavaca. The public is invited to attend and provide… Read More
NORFOLK, Virginia – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Norfolk District is scheduled to host a “Careers Virtual Open House” event March 17 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to fill multiple vacancies within the organization. During the event, district leadership will explain USACE hiring processes, resume preparation, and federal employee benefits. Participants will… Read More
BMT reports that it has been awarded a prime contract to conduct industry studies for the U.S. Navy’s T-ARC(X) cable ship replacement program. The contract consists of capability and cost trade studies in key areas, investigation of options to maximize affordability and producibility, and development of a concept design. BMT’s partners on this project include… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced today that dredging activities continue to progress on Phase 2 of the $36.5 million Muddy River Flood Risk Management project in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts.Beginning March 10, 2021, work will progress to Work Area #13 in the vicinity of Fenway and Agassiz… Read More
Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors LLC, Lockport, La., has been awarded a $15,778,147 firm-fixed-price contract to acquire a new diesel electric-hybrid vessel for the New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The vessel that will be used by the district in support of its drift collection and emergency response missions and will replace the… Read More
The last hurdles before dredging begins to create the Acadiana-Gulf of Mexico Access Channel are being cleared, opening the way for the Port of Iberia to be open to much larger vessels in coming years. Parish government and Port of Iberia officials were on hand for a ribbon cutting Thursday morning to mark the lowering… Read More