Dredging plans have been approved for three areas of Rainbow Lake, which has long had problems with the growth of weeds and algae. Suction dredging at three locations in 42-acre Rainbow Lake has been approved by the town Inland Wetlands Board. The Ridgefield Lakes Association won approval for plans to remove muck and leaves from… Read More
Corps awards $8.9M contract to AECOM HDR for design the Sabine to Galveston Freeport and Vicinity Project GALVESTON, Texas – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District awarded an $8,913,362.61 Architect-Engineer (AE) Task Order Sept. 30, to AECOM HDR Galveston JV, for design efforts of the Sabine to Galveston Freeport and Vicinity Coastal… Read More
Mike Hooks, LLC, a leading dredging contractor along the Gulf Coast, announces they were awarded the contract to perform maintenance dredging in the Calcasieu River and Pass– a nearly $13 million contract. The Company submitted their bid through the competitive contract opportunity from the US Army Corps of Engineers to provide dredging services in Calcasieu… Read More
The Wisconsin Domestic Maritime Coalition reports that Luedtke Engineering Company has returned to Green Bay Harbor for the fourth time in the last five years to complete maintenance dredging of the federal navigational channel. Each year clean dredge material is beneficially reused by being pumped into island cells of the Cat Island Chain restoration project…. Read More
BUFFALO, NY — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District awarded a $3.86 million contract to Michigan-based Great Lakes Dock & Materials, L.L.C, on August 21 for repairs to the east breakwater in the Great Sodus Harbor, located in Sodus Bay, Village of Sodus Point, Wayne County, NY. Construction is scheduled to start later… Read More
A beach replenishment project on Absecon Island will start soon in Ventnor, officials said Tuesday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its awarded contractor, Great Lakes Dredging, will begin a beach replenishment project stretching from Atlantic City through Longport, according to a news release from Ventnor officials. The city will be the first area… Read More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, awarded two contracts totaling $17M to Supplied Industrial Solutions of Granite City, Illinois to complete repairs and modifications to ten pump stations along the Armourdale and Central Industrial District Levee Units. Due to diligent work by all team members, these contracts were… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded an $8.8 million contract to Dubuque Barge & Fleeting Service Company doing business as Newt Marine Service, of Dubuque, Iowa, Sept. 28, to begin constructing a habitat restoration project in the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge located near Prairie… Read More
The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command has awarded Hornbeck Offshore Operators LLC, Covington, La., a $37,980,207 contract that exercises a one-year option period for the operation and maintenance of four modified offshore supply vessels, identified as T-AGSEs vessels: USNS Arrowhead, USNS Eagleview, USNS Westwind and USNS Black Powder. The vessels serve as blocking vessels in… Read More
DETROIT — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials announce the New Lock at the Soo second phase construction contract is awarded to Kokosing Alberici LLC of Westerville, Ohio. The much-anticipated mega-project will take three phases to construct. Kokosing Alberici will receive more than $111 million to complete phase two. This contract will stabilize the existing… Read More
CLARK – The Union County Freeholder Board is set to receive $250,000 in state funds to dredge the Clark Reservoir, off Lake Avenue. The announcement comes as the county is studying recreational use, environmental impacts and planning to dredge the 150-acre reservoir in a master plan, according to a news release. “We are looking forward… Read More
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (WXYZ) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday that the second phase of new lock in the Soo Locks has been given a contract. That contract wen tot Kokosing Alberici LLC in Westerville, Ohio. The project is expected to take three phases to construct, and Kokosing Alberici will get… Read More
HOMER CITY — Here’s an instance where folks are hoping for rain so they can go out and get their job done. A plan by Central Indiana County Water Authority to dredge tons of silt and sediment from behind the Yellow Creek Dam was funded in large part Tuesday by a grant of $71,250 from… Read More
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources wants to dredge the landlocked Pohoiki boat ramp to re-establish ocean access in Puna. The only boat ramp between Hilo and Milolii, the Pohoiki ramp closed shortly after Kilauea volcano began erupting in May 2018 and eventually became landlocked by a black sand and cobblestone beach. The… Read More
Barge-mounted excavators will start dredging the Gowanus Canal in mid-November, scooping out more than a century’s worth of contaminated sediment from the channel bed, the federal cleanup’s project manager said at a Tuesday meeting with local watchdogs of the project. “We are on schedule for mid-November start of dredging,” said the Environmental Protection Agency’s Christos… Read More