New York State officials have designated a contractor to start a $439 million project that will divert sewage out of Reynolds Channel and into the ocean by laying miles of pipe under Sunrise Highway. Work is set to begin early next year to eventually transport sewage from Long Beach and the Bay Park Sewage Treatment… Read More
Pipestone County Commissioners during their Oct. 27 meeting hired Double “D” Gravel to dredge the county ditch from near the bridge on North Hiawatha Avenue to the area near the bridge on Ninth Street NE in Pipestone for a cost of $20,970. The county received two quotes for the work. The other was for $25,000…. Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently awarded a $5.3 million dollar contract to Kaiyuh Services, LLC, out of Anchorage, Alaska, for the rehabilitation of Sandy Lake Dam, near Libby, Minnesota. From 2011 – 2016 a series of above and below water inspections of the dam structure identified several… Read More
The Beardstown City Council has approved an additional round of dredging to further the completion of the Beardstown Marina. According to the Cass County Star-Gazette, the council approved an additional $150,000 worth of dredging costs to create a “Logsdon Cut” rogue channel at the mouth of the Sangamon River. The channel is expected to be… Read More
HOUSTON — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Nov. 9, 2020 — Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ORN) a leading specialty construction company, today announced contract awards totaling approximately $52 million. The Company’s Concrete segment has been awarded three separate contracts to provide concrete and associated paving services for projects in Texas. All three projects call for the construction… Read More
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that it has received an undefinitized contract award from the U.S. Navy to shift the delivery strategy for the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), currently under construction at its Newport News Shipbuilding division, from a two-phase delivery to a single phase. The contract action has a potential… Read More
Detyens Shipyards, Charleston, S.C., has been awarded an $18,144,376, 76-calendar day, firm-fixed-price contract for the regular overhaul dry-docking availability of the Henry J. Kaiser class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO 195). Work will be performed in Charleston and is expected to begin January 20, 2021, and be completed by April 5, 2021. Contract… Read More
The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay is conducting dredging operations in the Charleston Marina Complex in November and December and boaters are urged to be wary of the work. The dredging will take place near the Point Adams Facility and the Russell Marine fuel dock. Boaters are advised to use extreme caution navigating in… Read More
Jacksonville, Fla. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District has proposed a project for maintenance dredging of the McGriff Channel at Suwannee River to restore the channel depth and width for safe and efficient navigation along the length of the extant federal navigation project. The proposed dredging will take place at McGriff Pass… Read More
Theodore, Ala., based Silver Ships Inc. reports that has received a contract award worth from the Naval Sea Systems Command for six Riverine Patrol Boats (RPB). Worth $6.12 million, the Riverine Patrol Boat contract is a U. S. Navy Foreign Military Sale (FMS) award that will benefit a Pacific region ally. The 40 foot vessels… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — The Emerald Isle beach nourishment project is officially set to begin the final week of January. That was the word from Carteret County Shore Protection Office Manager Greg Rudolph after a preconstruction meeting Tuesday with town, state and federal officials, the contractor for the project and the county’s beach engineering firm. The… Read More
On Oct. 19, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District announced the approval of a planned deviation from the water control plan for Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades Agricultural Area, also known as the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule (LORS 2008), in order to reduce risk from harmful algal blooms (HABs). The Corps has approved… Read More
ATLANTA, Oct. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mueller Systems today announced the City of Newport Beach, CA, has selected Mueller Systems to deploy 26,500 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) water meters. The project will include the replacement or retrofitting of all current City water meters with the Mi.Net® AMI system. “After a successful 18-month pilot, the… Read More
CAPE MAY COUNTY, NJ — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has awarded a contract to Yannuzzi Group of Kinnelon, NJ for $1.1 million to conduct periodic nourishment of the Lower Cape Meadows-Cape May Point project in New Jersey. The project is a joint effort of the Army Corps’ Philadelphia District, the New… Read More
SPOTSWOOD, NJ – Improving the condition of Devoe Lake is one project borough residents have been anticipating for a very long time. Back in July 2018, it was announced by Senator Linda R. Greenstein, Assemblymen Wayne P. DeAngelo and Daniel R. Benson that Spotswood was receiving a $2.5 million grant though the Department of Environmental… Read More