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BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, Calif., has been awarded a $200,313,251 firm-fixed-price contract for the execution of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer’s (LHD-4) docking and selected restricted availability. Work includes a combination of maintenance, modernization and repair of USS Boxer. The contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities… Read More
VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded a $39,906,609 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract. It covers the detail design and construction of a fourth Navy berthing barge, formally termed an Auxiliary Personnel Lighter – Small (APL(S)). Construction of all APL(S) craft is firm-fixed-price. The contract also includes options for associated support… Read More
Federal regulators on Thursday approved the Jordan Cove LNG project in Coos Bay and the 230-mile Pacific Connector Pipeline, presaging a battle with the state of Oregon, whose regulators have declined to issue the three most significant state permits for the facility. The projects owner, Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline Corp., immediately informed the Oregon Department of… Read More
Coronavirus or not, the city of Toledo still plans to meet Thursday with contractors who might want to bid on a major wetlands project the city hopes to have done in North Toledo later this year to provide more wildlife habitat and help improve Maumee River water quality. The 10 a.m. pre-bid meeting will be… Read More
The first step in implementing Project Hope has been taken. The Menomonie City Council voted Monday to allow up to $75,000 in administrative spending to launch the project. Project Hope is an initiative between the city and Menomonie Police Department to use evidence-based practices in an effort to combat methamphetamine and opioid addiction in the… Read More
Defense contracts valued at $7 million and above NAVY United Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $319,792,357 modification (P00018) to a previously awarded, firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable contract (N00019-18-C-1021). This modification exercises an option for the production and delivery of 20 F135-PW-100 propulsion systems for the Navy, six… Read More
Reprinted from Island Free Press As interest in Spring fishing is picking up, members of the Dare County Waterways Commission Monday were anxious about getting Hatteras Inlet in shape before the busy season. Plans are now being proposed for the state, rather than the Army Corps of Engineers, to dredge a shoaled area on the… Read More
LOUISA COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) — People packed the Spring Creek Clubhouse in Zion Crossroads for a meeting about the James River Water Authority’s project to bring water to Fluvanna and Louisa counties on Wednesday. The James River Water Authority Board voted to move forward on its water project to bring a water supply from… Read More
The highly contaminated site is one of 43 “Areas of Concern” around the Great Lakes. The next chapter in the epic book of cleaning up the St. Louis River Estuary is taking shape with a plan announced Friday to clean up contaminated sediment off Munger Landing in western Duluth. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said… Read More
Marblehead, Mass., based Ribcraft has been awarded a five-year indefinite quantity U.S. Navy contract worth up to $43 million. Under the contract, Ribcraft will build and deliver an estimated 48 11-meter expeditionary mine counter measure boats. Ribcraft has also been providing the U.S. Navy with 7-meter shipboard RIBs since 2014. “The awarding of this latest… Read More
The four lakes at the West Lake complex in Davenport will be off limits to the public this year. If weather cooperates, the Scott County-owned lakes will reopen for fishing and swimming next year. For now, they remain drained or poised to be re-drained when weather permits heavy equipment to be used on the now-wet… Read More
The issue of renourishing the highly eroded Lido Beach, which has been contentious and a drawn out battle, may soon come to a resolution. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has stated that it expects to award a contract the week of March 17. The estimated cost is just shy of $20 million of… Read More
Bradford Rex, who called himself a “concerned waterman” in Petaluma, sent us this photo in summer 2018. “These fellows . . . are not the first to get stuck in the Petaluma turning basin and they won’t be the last. My charges in the summer sailing camp have learned to use the dagger boards of… Read More
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County commissioners have taken steps toward a large-scale joint project that will dredge the lake at Lakemont Park and position the dam for repairs. At the request of the Intergovernmental Stormwater Committee, which has arranged funding for the proposed project, commissioners have agreed to accept a permit from the U.S. Army Corps… Read More
Officials say the goal is to prevent nearby homes from hurricanes and storm surge. This week, St. Johns County officials took another step in getting more sand on a three-mile stretch of shoreline in Vilano Beach. This project could add up to 1.3 million cubic yards of sand to widen Vilano Beach shores. Officials say… Read More