Dunes on beaches in Wells, Saco, and Old Orchard Beach were badly damaged during the January 2024 storms YORK COUNTY, Maine — Some of Maine’s beaches are still not the same after back-to-back winter storms hit in January 2024. Nearly two years later, some of those beaches are getting a buffer against future storms. In… Read More
Project Aims To Improve Navigation And Safety Dredging Work Scheduled For Southern Ocean Waterways $6.2M Investment To Support Local Boaters And Economy Boating is a significant issue in the Garden State, and maintaining our boating waterways’ safety and up-to-date infrastructure is a crucial part of our state’s infrastructure. A new project aims to improve navigation and… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers’ 274-foot dustpan dredge, known as the Jadwin, is currently engaged in critical dredging operations along the Mississippi River, specifically near Stack Island in Lake Providence, Louisiana. This essential work is part of the Corps’ ongoing effort to ensure that the river remains navigable for commercial and recreational traffic. The primary… Read More
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, is awarded a $61,080,000 firm-fixed-price construction contract for a lighterage and small craft facility at Marine Corp Support Facility, Blount Island Command, Jacksonville, Florida. Work will be performed in Duval County, Florida and is expected to be completed by July 2027. Fiscal 2022 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the… Read More
Cycle Construction Co. LLC,* Kenner, Louisiana, was awarded a $22,159,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Calcasieu River and Pass Dredged Material Management Plan CDF-D Degrading. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 30, 2027. U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
Opinion piece regarding HMTF Congress should allocate the funds that ports have planned for and were promised rather than allowing the Army Corps of Engineers to circumvent congressional intent. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has nullified one of the most critical federal port funding equity reforms in decades, depriving some major ports of much-needed… Read More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the City of Parkville, is pleased to announce the completion of the Parkville Bottoms Wetland Restoration Project. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Sept.23 at the Parkville Bottoms to celebrate this significant achievement. This ambitious project has successfully restored over… Read More
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville furnished the Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District’s new six-story headquarters in downtown Mobile. The $92 million, 190,000-square-foot building now houses 650 employees with capacity for up to 800. The project officially culminated June 30 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that drew community leaders, district staff… Read More
Conrad Shipyard LLC,* Morgan City, Louisiana, was awarded a $45,830,000 firm-fixed-price contract for a new barge and the integration of an existing government furnished crane. Work will be performed in Morgan City, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of March 25, 2028. Fiscal 2025 revolving funds in the amount of $45,830,000 were obligated at the… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $19,180,000 firm-fixed-price contract for shoreline renourishment. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Delray Beach, Florida, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2026. Fiscal 2025 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act and county funds in… Read More
Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, Louisiana, was awarded a $28,128,150 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging of the Kings Bay Entrance Channel in Camden County, Georgia, and Nassau County, Florida. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in St. Marys, Georgia, with an estimated completion date of March 30, 2026. Fiscal… Read More
Mike Hooks LLC, Westlake, Louisiana, was awarded a $23,771,500 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging services at Galveston Harbor and Channel. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Galveston, Texas, with an estimated completion date of July 23, 2026. Fiscal 2025 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of… Read More
Cottrell Contracting Corp.,* Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for $8,255,950 to perform maintenance dredging of the Coast Guard Pier Papa and Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Charleston, South Carolina, with an estimated completion date of March 13, 2026. Fiscal 2025 civil… Read More
BERKELEY – The dredging of channels in Berkeley and Lacey is beginning this month and is expected to be completed around February. The State Department of Transportation announced that the $9.5 million project will be performed by H&L Contracting. They will dredge fine sand and silt from multiple channels within the Edwin B. Forsythe National… Read More
TOLEDO, Ohio — The City of Toledo along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District hosted a signing ceremony for the Project Partnership Agreement that will deliver the Toledo Ohio Environmental Infrastructure 594 project. The purpose of the Toledo OEI 594 project is to create the interconnect between the planned 1-billion-gallon reservoir… Read More