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BATON ROUGE, LA – The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has been awarded $15 million for research, data collection, and implementation of its Adaptive Management program to increase effectiveness and flexibility when implementing coastal projects under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of… Read More
This past week J.E. McAmis was awarded two more jetty projects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District. J.E. McAmis jetty crews will commence work on the Lake Worth Inlet, North Jetty in Palm Beach County, and work on the Port Everglades South Jetty in Broward County early in 2021 with completion of… Read More
Dredging of Bigfoot Slough area of Pamlico Sound is tentatively scheduled for next week, once inclement weather caused by the remnants of Hurricane Sally clears the region. Once the The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dredging effort is complete, the state Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will be able to resume its full schedule between… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District, in collaboration and agreement with its local, state and federal partners, plans to operate the Muddy Bayou Control Structure to lower the elevation of Eagle Lake, located approximately 10 miles north of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to near 73 feet by early to mid-October. USACE… Read More
Volunteers team up to tidy the Lake Superior shoreline. MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – You know the lyrics “clean up, clean up. everybody everywhere?” That is exactly what happened today at Marquette’s Clark Lambros Beach Park, as volunteers of all ages came together to pick up litter and plant beach grass along Lake Superior. Great lakes… Read More
DETROIT — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will remove more than 130,000 cubic yards of material, including contaminated sediment and debris, from Howards Bay in Superior, Wisconsin beginning this fall. The removal is part of a maintenance dredging contract the Corps’ Detroit District awarded to La Crosse, Wisconsin-based, J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. “Dredging in… Read More
GALVESTON, Texas – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $15,494,310 to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, LLC for the first phase of the Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement Project. “This contract is a huge milestone as it initiates the beginning of the first step to build this… Read More
OAK BROOK, Ill., Sept. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States announced today the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $118.8 million. The awarded work includes: Post 45 Contract 4 Charleston Lower Harbor New Work Dredging Project (Capital, South Carolina,… Read More
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is spending $5.9 million to fix part of Cleveland’s Lake Erie West Breakwater. The agency has hired Kososing Construction from Cheboygan, Michigan, to perform repairs on a damaged portion of the Cleveland Harbor West Breakwater, which protects the city’s shoreline. Nate Martin, a structural engineer at… Read More
Sea Isle has submitted an application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a permit to perform hydraulic and mechanical dredging within Ludlam Thorofare, as well as within the City lagoon system. Mayor Leonard Desiderio, in a message on the city’s website, said the city is awarding a project to perform maintenance dredging its… Read More
Manson Construction, Seattle, Wash., has been awarded a $26,493,750 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Plaquemines, La., with an estimated completion date of June 20, 2021. Fiscal 2020 civil operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $26,493,750 were obligated at the… Read More
For a second time, Surfside Beach Town Council voted to award a contract for construction of a new, revamped pier. This time around, however, town leaders voted to award a bid to Consensus Construction & Consulting, Inc. The company and two other bidding parties have vied for the contract. “This is a big step forward… Read More
The Intergovernmental Stormwater Committee on Thursday awarded a $1.22 million contract for dredging of the pond at Lakemont Park to low bidder Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. of State College. The cost is about $500,000 less than a pre-bid estimate. There were three other bids, spanning from $1.24 million to $1.7 million, according to engineering consultant… Read More
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., announced Thursday, Sept. 10, that he has helped to secure more than $7 million in funding from the Army Corps of Engineers for dredging at the Port of Gold Beach. “The severe shoaling at the Port of Gold Beach has not only threatened the regional economy, but has… Read More
SEA ISLE CITY – Sea Isle City Council approved a resolution,awarding a municipal lagoon dredging project, for $945,000.Prior to the approval, Mayor Leonard Desiderio said the resolution was an important one. “We also have been working with the property owners in the areas of 38th Street and south, and along Venicean Road, to get the… Read More