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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
Weary Alaska communities are seeking permanent protections for the Bristol Bay watershed. Robin Samuelsen still recalls his first meeting about the prospective Pebble Mine. It was around 2005 or 2006, in Dillingham, Alaska. Listening to an early plan for developing a copper and gold mine in the spawning grounds of Bristol Bay’s abundant salmon, this… Read More
Federal funds have been allocated to perform a major dredging project in Fairport Harbor. U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce recently announced that the Fairport Harbor dredging initiative and several other projects critical to Northeast Ohio and the Great Lakes are included in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Work Plan for fiscal year 2021. Joyce is… Read More
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, continues to demonstrate its unique engineering and construction capabilities in providing tangible, real-world solutions for some of the Nation’s toughest challenges. The latest example involves the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Over the years, the lab has been on a mission to remove old buildings on its… Read More
As a powerful nor’easter slammed New Jersey with thick blankets of snow and ice earlier this week, the storm chewed through the state’s beaches and dunes. Hour after hour of coastal flooding caused widespread beach erosion documented in photos and videos posted on social media. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection spent recent days… Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have allocated nearly $1.65 million for the dredging of Holland Harbor in 2021. U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, announced the figure Tuesday. USACE will dredge both the inner and outer harbors in Holland, after including it in its 2021 work plan. Dredging cleans out the bed of… Read More
DETROIT- Using strategically placed water monitoring equipment and a field team, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is providing technical advice for St. Clair River U.S. and Canadian coast guard ice breaking operations. The technical advice helps identify areas to focus ice breaking efforts and Corps of Engineers Emergency Management is helping coordinate efforts across… Read More
The operator of the Port of Baltimore’s container terminal plans to spend more than $166 million on upgrades as shipping rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic and the long-awaited Howard Street Tunnel project promises to potentially double the port’s container volume. Ports America Chesapeake, the New Jersey-based firm that operates the state-owned Seagirt Marine Terminal under… Read More
Solstad Offshore ASA, Skudeneshavn, Norway, reports that it as signed a contract with MHI Vestas for hire of the construction support vessel Normand Fortress to support its walk-to-work (W2W) operations at the Triton Knoll wind farm in U.K. The firm period of the contract is 140 days plus options thereafter, commencing March 2021. The contract… Read More
Project will examine present state of City’s beaches and dunes, and make recommendations for sea level rise adaptation and coastal resiliency. Integral Consulting is to undertake an assessment of beach and dune conditions at South Padre Island in a Texas Coastal Management Program study funded[1] by the Texas General Land Office and the City of… Read More
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Technical Solutions division was awarded a contract last week to provide maintenance, training and planning support for U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes a five-year ordering term, with a total potential value of $175 million. “We are very pleased the U.S. Navy has entrusted us to support the readiness… Read More
East Coast Repair and Fabrication LLC, Portsmouth, Va., has been awarded a $12,131,903 firm-fixed-price contract for a 50-calendar day shipyard availability. The work to be performed provides services for the mid-term availability of the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196). The contract also contains five unexercised options that, if exercised, would bring its cumulative… Read More
When it comes to maintaining a home, dredging doesn’t typically come to mind on the to-do list. But when owning waterfront property complete with a private boat slip, Sean Scarborough, owner of Scarborough Marine Group, said dredging to remove muck and silt could make all the difference in the world. “It increases the value of… 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 at Oregon Inlet the second week of February after brief stops in Lockwood Folly and Carolina Beach. Once the Merritt… Read More
The Tuesday agenda for the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners was short on business items, but commissioners, staff and the public found plenty to discuss. Commissioners heard about drainage problems from a Risk Road resident; they heard reports that the US Army Corps of Engineers is asking certain Columbia River shoreline residents for letters of… Read More