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A Commonwealth grant of almost $3 million will help the Great Lakes Council with what it calls a ‘triple whammy‘ of environmental improvements. The Eastern Channel of the Lower Myall River, near Jimmys Beach will be dredged and sand used to replenish the badly eroded Winda Woppa sand spit. The council general manager Glen Hanford… Read More
Hundreds of houses along a Ho Chi Minh City canal have been weakened and are in danger of collapse reportedly because of work to dredge and clean the canal and upgrade the streets along it. More than 300 houses on one bank of the Tan Hoa-Lo Gom Canal in District 6 have sustained cracks, subsidence… Read More
The Odaw river that runs through the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra is being dredged after the devastating floods in Accra on Wednesday June 3, 2015, Joy FM reports. The river, choked with garbage and remains from the recent flood, is being cleared in response to an order from the Mayor of Accra, Dr Alfred… Read More
The Town Council is expected to decide Tuesday whether to award a $16.9 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. for a large-scale Phipps Ocean Park/Reach 7 beach fill and Reach 8 dune restoration. The plan is to place 1 million cubic yards of sand from the north end of Phipps Ocean Park… Read More
Earthmovers will be at the Cardiff State Beach lagoon inlet to dredge and disperse accumulated sand from Thursday, June 4 through Friday, June 12. This annual inlet excavation reconnects San Elijo Lagoon to the Pacific Ocean. The San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy oversees the process. “The lagoon’s inlet and channel appears open but is approximately 80… Read More
Contractors completing beach replenishment work for theU.S. Army Corps of Engineers will soon begin moving their equipment to Nebraska Avenue in the Haven Beach section of Long Beach Township. The crews from Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company are, for now, still in Ship Bottom progressing southward. Over the past several weeks, workers have begun… Read More
A dozen contractors expressed interest in the Fountain Lake dredging project during a request for qualifications issued earlier this year, according to the Shell Rock River Watershed District. The request for qualifications helps district officials find out which contractors may be interested in the project and what their backgrounds, insurance, safety and experience are from… Read More
The Egyptian government will fund the opening ceremony of the new Suez Canal waterway through donations from the public and contributions from participating dredging companies, to avoid any burdens on the state budget,the canal authority head Mohab Mamesh said on Friday. The flagship project of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi‘s economic programme is set to open at… Read More
This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice This project will be announced as W912DR-15-B-0001. Project Description: Maintenance Dredging, Various Channels Sections, Baltimore Harbor Channels, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland FY 15 The proposed procurement is unrestricted, NAICS 237990 with a magnitude of construction between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. Approximately 2,500.000 cubic yards of material consisting primarily of mud, silt, sand,… Read More
With families getting set to enjoy time along Rhode Island’s 400 miles of coastline this summer, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced over $1.35 million in federal funding through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Coastal Zone Management Program to provide continued assistance to preserve the state’s natural coastline. The Coastal… Read More
The city of Cape Coral plans to begin dredging in the North Spreader Canal Monday, June 29. This project will continue for several months, and will be completed no later than mid-November. The city’s Public Works Department dredging crew will be working in the canal Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., excluding holidays…. Read More
Huge earth-moving vehicles began removing sand Thursday from the nearly clogged mouth of the San Elijo Lagoon as part of a week-long, annual ritual that aims to keep the lagoon’s water healthy for wildlife. “The lagoon’s inlet and channel appears open but is approximately 80 percent blocked,” said Doug Gibson, executive director and principal scientist… Read More
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A €6m dredging project has been announced for Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre in Co Waterford. The contract to complete the works was awarded to L&M Keating Ltd, following a tendering process. It is anticipated the long-sought works will be substantially completed by the end of September. Marine Minister Simon Coveney, who announced the project,… Read More
An ongoing maintenance programme consisting of both land-based and sea-based dredging methods is set to proceed for the Whakatane Harbour entrance. The Whakatane District Council’s projects and services committee approved the methods after discussing maintenance options investigated by Opus International Consultants, which assessed the feasibility of the available dredging methods. In total, nine sea-based methods… Read More