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DARE COUNTY, North Carolina – After a long history of false starts and dashed hopes in the quest to ensure the navigability of Dare County’s Oregon and Hatteras inlets, real progress seems at hand. Dare County Commissioners unanimously approved Monday a contract for the design, construction and operation of a dredge tasked with clearing and… Read More
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Virginia Beach Oceanfront is getting some renourishment. The federal investment for this renourishment is $14.71 million, including design, construction and administrative purposes. This project consists of beach berm renourishment along the Oceanfront to provide for a minimum elevation of 9 feet above sea level and a minimum crest width of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $1.13 million contract for dredging of the federal navigation channel in Fairport Harbor. The Buffalo District of the Corps of Engineers recently chose Luedtke Engineering Co. of Frankfort, Michigan, as the contract recipient. Terms of the pact call for about 180,000 cubic yards of sediment material… Read More
CRANBURY – The municipal government is preparing to move forward with the much needed dredging Brainerd Lake project that could cost about $5 million. At the township committee’s last meeting, governing body members approved taking soil samples and creating a grid overlay map of Brainerd Lake, which are initial steps to dredge and apply for… Read More
ORLEANS — The selectmen voted unanimously last week to move ahead with the first year of a revised scope of field investigations and permitting for a less ambitious dredging of Nauset Estuary, for now at least without the financial support of neighboring Eastham. “We’ve revised dredge volumes,” Woods Hole Group consultant Leslie Fields told the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District awarded a 120-day period of performance contract to Cottrell Contracting Corp. for the Lynnhaven Inlet federal navigation project in Virginia. The new contract started in May, with completion projected for September. Approximately 170,000 cubic yards of dredged material will be placed on Cape Henry and nearby beaches… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District awarded a $1.5 million contract to Ryba Marine Construction Company for dredging the federal navigation channel and harbor areas of Oswego Harbor in New York. The contract was awarded March 21, and the contractor anticipates starting work in June 2019. The channel was last dredged in 2016,… Read More
A $26 million cleanup of a portion of the Grand Calumet River is planned to remove contaminated sediment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced the plan for the George Lake Canal, part of the Grand Calumet River, which will dredge roughly 60,000 cubic yards of contaminated material from the waterway. The costs of… Read More
NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Houston based Dredgit Environmental Corp., a $520,070 contract to perform maintenance dredging along the Chincoteague Bay Federal Navigation Channel. The company will be responsible for removing approximately 10,000 cubic yards of material to bring the channel to a minimum depth of 6… Read More
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. –The Virginia Beach oceanfront is getting some added protection, thanks to a joint effort by the city and Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The district has awarded the Virginia Beach Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project renourishment contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company of Oak Brook, Illinois. The… Read More
BUFFALO, NY– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has awarded a $2.486 Million contract for the sand nourishment of Presque Isle, located in Erie, Pennsylvania. The contract was awarded to PPW Builders, Inc., based in Cleveland, Ohio on April 29, 2019. The contractor is anticipated to start work in June 2019 with approximately… Read More
EAST CHICAGO — The harbor dredging project will resume in mid-June, officials said at the annual pre-dredging public meeting. This latest dredge cycle will involve the removal of approximately 175,000 cubic yards of sediment. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, over the next few years, the entire federal channel will be dredged to… Read More
NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Houston based Dredgit Environmental Corp., a $520,070 contract to perform maintenance dredging along the Chincoteague Bay Federal Navigation Channel. The company will be responsible for removing approximately 10,000 cubic yards of material to bring the channel to a minimum depth of 6… Read More
Soil removed in dredging can be classified as clean fill The sediment that the intergovernmental Stormwater Committee plans to dredge from the bottom of the lake at Lakemont appears to meet the criteria for clean fill, according to ISC member and engineer Tom Levine. Samples taken in six areas of the lake and tested for… Read More
Engineers, environmental specialists, planners and geologists have been working behind the scenes to secure state and federal funds, sand sources and permits for Oak Island’s next two beach improvement projects, engineer Johnny Martin told Town Council Tuesday. Martin, of Moffatt and Nichol, reviewed multiple efforts to garner sand from Lockwood Folly Inlet, from hurricane emergency… Read More