This data and imagery will be used to update nautical charting and benthic mapping in support of several NOAA mission areas and 2022 NOAA Ship Rainier operations in the same area. KAUA’I, Hawaii (Feb. 12, 2021) — Woolpert has been awarded a task order under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Shoreline Mapping Services Contract… Read More
By mid-March, Timberlake residents hope to see the beginning of a dredging process — a long-awaited, much-fought-for effort to save Timber Lake from decades of damage and compounded sedimentation that threatens its health. After a referendum held in November 2019, the Timberlake Watershed Improvement District acquired the power to tax its residents, and recently set… Read More
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) reports that it has been awarded a contract by shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine for the shipboard integration and production of major subsystems onboard the U.S. Navy’s first Constellation class (FFG 62) guided-missile frigate, FFG 62. L3Harris says it is prepared to support the Navy’s plans to build at least 10 ships and… Read More
The hopper dredge Liberty Island is on schedule to arrive in Emerald Isle Feb. 20 to begin dredging, holding, sailing and pumping sand on the beach at Reach 1, the far west of the Carteret County beach town, as part of Phase III of the post-Florence Renourishment Project. The Liberty Island will complete Reach 1 and then… Read More
Pipes and equipment staged along Carlsbad Boulevard Sand replenishment from the dredging of Agua Hedionda Lagoon in Carlsbad will start later and finish sooner than expected, a Poseidon Water official said. Pacific Dredge Co. of San Diego has begun placing pipes and equipment along Carlsbad Boulevard in preparation for the work, said Peter MacLaggan, senior… Read More
If the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “continues to ignore its duty to properly account for the harm Nationwide Permit activities pose to species, then litigation may be necessary,” the groups said. A coalition of environmental advocacy groups on Monday threatened to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for failing to ensure that Trump-era… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Buffalo District is looking at ways to use dredged material from Fairport Harbor’s federal navigational channel for ecosystem restoration projects. One idea that the Army Corps is researching is to take dredged material and make it a component in an artificial reef. This underwater structure would be placed off… Read More
Scroll down to read the DEP Commissioner’s letter New Jersey is requesting emergency help from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fix damaged dunes and beaches carved up by last week’s strong nor’easter. In a letter sent Monday to the Army Corps’ offices in Philadelphia, New York City and Fort Hamilton, New York, acting… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss.— Dr. David Pittman, director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), has been chosen for the 2021 Director of the Year award by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC). “This national award is truly a testimony to your outstanding efforts—and I am honored to receive it in that spirit,” Pittman told… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will begin rehabilitation of its Big Sandy Lake Dam, near McGregor, Minnesota, this week. The contractor, Kaiyuh Services, LLC, out of Anchorage, Alaska, began staging materials and equipment in preparation for construction last week and anticipates construction will start within the next week…. Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2020 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Feb. 8. During the 2020 season, Corps staff supported 2,620 commercial navigation lockages at Lock and Dam 10, near Guttenberg, Iowa, which was above the 10-year average of 2,164 lockages. The 2020… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Mississippi Valley Division Commander Maj. Gen. Diana Holland will be in Arcadia, Wisconsin, Feb. 9 to celebrate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers partnership with this city. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the city of Arcadia signed a cost sharing agreement to construct a flood risk… Read More
The crew of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District Survey Vessel Florida II, assisted the U.S. Coast Guard in the rescue of a small distressed boat off the coast of Florida recently. The three-person crew conducted a routine hydrographic survey 10 miles offshore near Cape Canaveral and responded to a “MAYDAY” call stating that… Read More
Ameresco to implement advanced energy solutions that will maximize reliability and resiliency at Virginia naval shipyard FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ameresco, (NYSE: AMRC), a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, today announced that the U.S. Navy and the Ameresco Federal Solutions team are breaking ground to expand on-site generation, strengthen reliability, and enhance resiliency at Norfolk… Read More
Now that the $834 million Wilmington Harbor Navigation Improvement Project is included in federal legislation, funding for studies will be needed to keep the project rolling through the process, officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said this week. The N.C. Ports project, which aims to deepen the Wilmington Harbor navigational channel leading to… Read More