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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
Bristol, R.I. headquartered Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI) has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to provider naval architecture and marine engineering services for the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Philadelphia District, Marine Design Center. The contract continues BHGI’s partnership with the Marine Design Center (MDC). Among the projects BHGI has worked… Read More
Massport’s Boston Harbor dredging project — deepening the harbor and allowing larger tankers and cruise ships to enter the South Boston main ship channel — is expected to receive a major funding boost from the feds. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works fiscal year 2021 budget proposes $68.4 million to continue funding the… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the U.S., today reported the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $71.6 million. The awarded work includes: Caminada Headland Back Barrier Marsh Creation Project (Coastal Protection, Louisiana, $30.1 million) York Spit Project (Maintenance, Virginia, $17.6 million) West of Shinnecock Inlet… Read More
“In two or three weeks,” the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will be placing riprap along storm-damaged sections of the Chicago lakefront between 49th and 51st streets, said Patrick Bray, the Chicago District Chief of Public Affairs. Storm waves have extensively damaged the shoreline in the Morgan Shoals area, eroding parts of the Lakefront… Read More
SHELBURNE, N.S. — Work is expected to start in April at Shelburne Ship Repair on a $12.1 million retrofit of the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) light icebreaker Edward Cornwallis. Bernadette Jordan, minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, made the announcement on Monday at the Shelburne Marine Industrial Park. The contract was… Read More