ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $6.3 million contract to Dubuque Barge and Fleeting (doing business as Newt Marine Service) of East Dubuque, Illinois, Aug. 12, for the construction of the Reno Bottoms Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project on the Upper Mississippi River near New Albin, Iowa…. Read More
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District commemorated the completion of the Three Rivers Project during a ribbon cutting ceremony Aug. 12, 2026, celebrating a nationally significant infrastructure project that protects the long-term reliability of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. Adam Telle, assistant secretary of the Army for civil… Read More
US Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District just put $95 million behind a different kind of dredging strategy: don’t predict exactly where the shoaling will happen. Build the contracting capacity to respond when it does. The District established a five-year IDIQ Multiple Award Task Order Contract for unanticipated shoaling hopper dredging at multiple locations across… Read More
By Spencer Byers Meaford Harbour will undergo dredging beginning Aug. 17 and running until mid-October. Dredging is required because material builds up on the harbour bottom over time, making parts of the harbour shallower. Removing this material will improve safe boating access and support harbour operations. In-water dredging can only occur during an approved environmental… Read More
Interested parties are hereby notified that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (USACE) proposes to perform maintenance dredging of the Yaquina River Federal Navigation Channel (FNC) from river mile (RM) 4+20 to RM 14+20 to authorized dimensions by removing shoals that have formed in the FNC. Dredged material would be transported for disposal… Read More
By Patrick Bloodgood ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted a Change of Responsibility ceremony between outgoing Command Sgt. Maj. Douglas W. Galick, the 15th USACE command sergeant major, and incoming Command Sgt. Maj. Shade Munday at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, in Arlington, Virginia, Aug. 15. The ceremony was followed by a retirement ceremony… Read More
By Justin Campfield, public affairs specialist HANOVER, N.H. — Two researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire, have been awarded a national environmental award from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Drs. Adrian Doran and Kyle Dunn, both CRREL research physical scientists,… Read More
Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11681/50369 Report Number: ERDC/CHL MP-26-30 Title: Lifecycle Analyses of Subaerial Beach Nourishments with Concurrent Nearshore Placement of Dredged Sediment and the Role of Alongshore Transport By Douglas R. Krafft, Brian C. McFall, Jeffrey A. Melby, and Bradley D. Johnson Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited August 2026 11 pages / 1.33 MB *Journal: https://doi.org/10.1061/jwped5.wweng-2152 Source
Marinex Construction Inc., Charleston, South Carolina, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging and related construction services, including furnishing personnel, transportation, mobilization and demobilization, equipment and materials to remove up to five million, six hundred thousand cubic yards of maintenance material from an inner harbor. The amount of this action is $33,052,500 with a… Read More
Cottrell Contracting Corp.,* Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $75,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for maintenance dredging services. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 11, 2031. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
TOLEDO, Ohio (WOWO) — The largest annual dredging operation on the Great Lakes is set to begin in Toledo Harbor next month, with crews expected to remove roughly 750,000 cubic yards of sediment from the Maumee River’s federal navigation channel. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Buffalo District and Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction Company will… Read More
By Aaron Styza Pinellas County commissioners unanimously approved a $54.5 million agreement today to help reimburse beach and dune construction along Sand Key that was completed in 2025, following years of uncertainty surrounding federal beach nourishment funding. The agreement includes $27.3 million from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and an equal county match… Read More
Dredging work is expected to begin in Meaford Harbour on Aug. 17 and continue until mid-October. The work is to remove built-up sand, silt and natural material to improve boating access and keep the harbour safe and usable, the municipality said in an advisory. Services and areas that may be temporarily affected include parking, vehicle… Read More
By Mike Schuler South Korea’s Hanwha has made a preliminary offer worth up to $1.2 billion to acquire Austal USA, potentially giving the Korean defense giant control of one of the largest U.S. naval shipbuilders as Washington pushes to expand domestic shipbuilding capacity. Hanwha Defense USA confirmed Monday that it submitted a preliminary, non-binding offer… Read More
Norfolk Dredging Co., Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $27,250,950 firm-fixed price contract for maintenance dredging of the Delaware River, Philadelphia to Sea and Wilmington Harbor Project. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of July 13, 2027. Fiscal 2025 and 2026… Read More