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Nearly $100 million awarded to 24 communities impacted by Irma BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Governor Ron DeSantis announced that nearly $100 million has been awarded to 24 communities impacted by Hurricane Irma through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s (DEO) Rebuild Florida Infrastructure Repair Program. The program, administered by DEO, helps communities fund infrastructure restoration… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is already hard at work dredging the Mississippi River to a depth of 50 feet. The dredging is being performed to allow super-sized ships called Panamax and Post-Panamax vessels to make their way up the Big Muddy as far as Baton Rouge—as long as they fit under bridge crossings…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, received an additional $56.02 million boost for fiscal 2021, including funds for oyster restoration, beach renourishment in Ocean City, the dredging and south jetty rehabilitation of Fishing Creek in Calvert County, completion of engineering and design work to restore James and Barren islands, and more. This funding… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan bill authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) – the top Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee – to address rising water levels and shoreline erosion in the Great Lakes has been signed into law. The new law provides support for local communities facing rising water levels,… Read More
PITTSBURGH – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District, announces its Fiscal Year 2021 Work Plan includes an additional $57.4 million for the civil works program. Total appropriations for FY21 from all sources are expected to be approximately $166 million. The plan provides $22 million to initiate construction for the Upper Ohio Navigation Project,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted a $22 million Construction New Start award to the Upper Ohio Navigation Project to finish the pre-construction, engineering and design phases of the project and to kickstart its construction. The $1.8 billion endeavor, set to take seven years to complete, will upgrade a series of locks along… Read More
The General Service Administration has awarded a contract to lease space in the historic Hens & Kelly Building – currently the Mohawk Building, allowing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District offices to relocate the main district office. The current campus located at 1776 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY has deficiencies that required researching locations… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District received a total of $140,542,000 in the Fiscal Year 2021 Work Plan to complete projects across the District’s area of responsibility. This includes the $34,405,000 the District had already received in the Fiscal Year 2021 President’s Budget. “The Buffalo District is grateful for the large investment into… Read More
Harbors at North Carolina’s ports may now be maintained year-round under a new agreement between the state and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The North Carolina Division of Coastal Management recently approved the Corps’ request to eliminate the seasonal dredging window at the ports in Morehead City and Wilmington. The Corps may clear the… Read More
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) today reported that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is directing an additional $63.6 million in FY2021 funding to Mississippi for work on 17 projects, including $9.2 million for pre-construction project planning and related activities, and to acquire mitigation lands for the new, recently approved Proposed Plan for the Yazoo… Read More
(Honolulu) – A new beach maintenance project for Waikīkī Beach starts next week. The project is a collaboration between the DLNR Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands (OCCL) and the Waikīkī Beach Special Improvement District Association (WBSIDA). Mobilization of equipment will begin on January 25, with the start of construction about 2 weeks later. Hydraulic… Read More
The Port of Houston today received notification from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) that it was awarded a “new start” designation and $19.5 million in federal funds to begin construction of the Houston Ship Channel Expansion Channel Improvement Project. That project was authorized in the Water Resources and Development Act of 2020 as… 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
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 21, 2021– Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ORN) a leading specialty construction company, today announced contract awards totaling approximately $27 million. The Company’s Concrete segment has been awarded several contracts to provide concrete and associated paving services. In the Central Texas region, the Company has been awarded an $11.6 million contract to construct a large tilt-wall distribution center. The… Read More
Quincy, MA — Today, Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Co., LLC of Quincy, Massachusetts, announced the execution of a design contract with IHC America Inc. for a new 6,500 cubic yard trailing suction hopper dredge. The new vessel will complement Cashman Dredging’s current fleet of specialized dredging equipment and will primarily service the coastal protection and… Read More