The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District awarded a $5.3 million contract to Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction Co. on July 27 to construct a stone breakwater in the abandoned Shipping Slip 3 in Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. Construction of the breakwater marks the first major physical step in creating another new wetland ecosystem on… Read More
Members from the city of Wabasha, Minnesota, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, gathered at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha to sign a historic partnership agreement July 24. Wabasha Mayor Emily Durand and St. Paul District Commander Col. Eric Swenson signed a pact for the management of dredged river sand… Read More
Col. L. Reyn Mann assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District in a change of command ceremony held at the Henry Clay Building in Louisville, Kentucky, July 27, 2023. As commander of the Louisville District, Col. Mann will provide strategic direction, and command and control for the district’s $1 billion workload… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District, plays a key role in America’s economy by keeping waterways open for navigation and commerce. The Galveston District is directly responsible for monitoring more than 1,000 miles of channel along the Texas Gulf Coast. This navigation mission sometimes requires getting help from some friends in the… Read More
USACE releases final revision of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System Master Plan & lifts shoreline use permit moratorium on Lake Dardanelle The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is releasing the final revision of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System Master Plan and associated environmental assessment. The final revision of the MKARNS Master Plan and environmental assessment can be viewed… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District awarded a $5.3 million contract to Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction Co. on July 27 to construct a stone breakwater in the abandoned Shipping Slip 3 in Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. Construction of the breakwater marks the first major physical step in creating another new wetland ecosystem on… Read More
City commissioners were surprised and confounded to learn the Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District told Pinellas County that none of its beach renourishment projects are moving forward, even though they were ready to go out to bid, because some beachfront property owners refuse to grant the federal government perpetual public access easements to come… Read More
Nine levee rehabilitation projects are planned in Snohomish, Whatcom, Skagit and King Counties during the summer of 2023, in hopes of completion before the fall flood season. A number of flooding events damaged levees, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers aims to restore them to pre-flood levels of protection. Work kicked off with reinforcement… Read More
Today, Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) and Chairman of the Dare County Board of Commissioners, Robert L. “Bob” Woodard, Sr., issued the following statements regarding federal funding for a feasibility study performed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on beach nourishment for the village of Rodanthe. “I am delighted to work with Dare County… Read More
The Port of New Orleans Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved $8 million worth of design and engineering contracts for the Louisiana International Terminal. The project continues to progress through the federal permitting process. “Contracts awarded today will provide cost estimating, geotechnical services, and will design rail access to the terminal, earthwork and ground improvement, and a… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. is expecting to start this year work on the Rio Grande LNG export terminal project in Texas. It announced this week it had received the notice to proceed with the NextDecade Corp. project, which is planned to open to traffic 2027. “The work includes deepening the entrance channel to the… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York, New York, is the contracting Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $20,653,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Atchafalaya River basin maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Morgan City, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $16,069,475 firm-fixed-price contract for one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in New Orleans, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 5, 2024. Fiscal 2010… Read More
Concord, Mass. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from NSTAR Electric Company doing business as Eversource Energy for proposed work in Vineyard Sound between Surf Drive in Falmouth, Mass., and Eastville Avenue in Oak Bluffs, Mass. The proposed work… Read More
HOUSTON, July 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, announced today the signing of the first ever subcontract for procurement of rock for a U.S. offshore wind farm with Carver Sand & Gravel LLC (“Carver”), a… Read More