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The following press release from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management was shared to The Block Island Times on Saturday, Oct. 17: The Rhode Island Congressional Delegation and General Treasurer Seth Magaziner joined Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Director Janet Coit in launching a $5.2 million project to make much-needed improvements at the Port… Read More
JEFFERSON COUNTY, PA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District has awarded a more than $1.4 million contract to remove sediment and repair a concrete structure within Mahoning Creek in Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. The district awarded the contract to Green World Contracting Corporation of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania. The work involves removing accumulated… Read More
Pond will be closed to ice skating as work continues through winter DOWNERS GROVE – The Downers Grove Park District is working with the village of Downers Grove to pursue improvements to Prince Pond. The project is slated to start Nov. 30 and is expected to continue through the end of February 2021. Paul Fyle,… Read More
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK), a leading provider of high-end consulting and engineering services, announced today that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District, Planning and Environmental Division awarded the Company a $209 million multiple-award contract. Under this five-year contract, Tetra Tech will provide technical services for planning, assessments, and studies to support… Read More
Desal plant takes over maintenance from power company Seawater desalination operator Poseidon is poised to take over the Agua Hedionda Lagoon maintenance dredging that has been done by local power companies since 1954. Permits are being obtained for the work to begin in November or early December with expectations to finish by mid-April, said Poseidon… Read More
The U.S. Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE-11) conducting a vertical replenishment in the Philippine Sea while underway in 2014 Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, Ala., has been awarded a $17,902,644 firm-fixed-price contract for a 76-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE… Read More
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Ala Wai Canal dredging project has been going on for the past year and it is still scheduled to be completed in early 2021. But you may be seeing work go further into the night for this last push. In July, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources said… Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will begin dredging the Gowanus Canal in mid-November, scraping out the thick layer of tar and feces that sits at the bottom of the waterway. But, Christos Tsiamis, the EPA engineer who heads the cleanup, warns that a new layer of gunk could start accumulating after dredging is completed in… Read More
Engineering, consulting and design services supports expansion for Florida’s number one container port DALLAS, Oct. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Jacobs (NYSE:J) was selected to provide civil, structural and marine engineering consulting and design services for the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT). The largest container port in Florida, JAXPORT is deepening its shipping channel to accommodate more… Read More
October 19, 2020: Ocean Floor Geophysics Inc (OFG) and Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) have announced today the signing of a cooperation agreement under which the two companies agree to work together on various projects to promote the use of marine CSEM technology. The agreement places specific emphasis on exploiting the obvious synergies between the state-of-the-art… Read More
DETROIT — FishPass project construction in Traverse City, Michigan, will kick off with a virtual groundbreaking ceremony October 24. This final phase of the Boardman River Ecosystem Restoration Project is primarily funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and led by the Great Lakes Commission in partnership with the City of… Read More
There is good news and bad news on the Bourne winter dredging front. The good news is the Little Bay channel at Monument Beach will be dredged. The bad news is the long-planned Pocasset River channel dredging will not. Delays with county dredge plans have frustrated the work in Pocasset. Natural Resources Director Chris Southwood… Read More
Following the Midtown Beach renourishment in May, Phipps Ocean Park is next in line to receive new sand to replace losses from Hurricanes Matthew and Irma. The project, which was presented at the Shore Protection Board meeting last week by Coastal Program Manager Rob Weber, will dredge approximately 400,000 cubic yards of offshore sand and… Read More
Sand from dredge will be used to replenish downcoast beaches; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be staged at Oxnard harbor area through February 2021. OXNARD—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be at Channel Islands Harbor to dredge the harbor’s main channel, with the hydraulic dredge H.R. Morris scheduled to arrive early this month…. Read More
This graphic, produced in October 2020, shows current depths in the Seagirt Loop channel, based on data shared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, and the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration are launching a study to determine ways to address marine navigation at the… Read More