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China said on Thursday it will host defence ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) next month, amid tension between some of its members and China over the disputed South China Sea. The Oct. 15-16 informal summit will take place in Beijing and China has invited the defence ministers of all 10… Read More
Tappan Zee Constructors completed dredging work at the $3.9 billion Tappan Zee Bridge project in New York, reports lohud. The contractor removed 188,000 cubic yards of sand and silt to allow the I Lift NY supercrane to work close to shore so it can dismantle the current bridge and construct the new one. Workers were… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded the contract for a dissolved oxygen system to CDM Constructors Inc. for $99.6 million on July 31. On Aug. 13, Crowder Construction Company filed a protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office. “We have pursued the process provided by federal contract rules that allows us to ask for… Read More
According to city business administrator Jim Mallon, the contractor, Wickberg Marine, was prepped and mobilized to begin work shortly after Labor Day. There was a slight delay, but dredging began Monday, Sept. 21. Mallon said the contractor must complete dredging by Nov. 15, according to the $937,900 contract awarded at council’s Aug. 27 meeting. About… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey vessel Georgia left the docks at Tybee Island Marina at first light Monday. She made it to her offshore destination before sunrise, as muted colors of pink and orange streaked the nearly cloudless sky. But Corps officers and staffers, Georgia Ports officials and other members of Savannah’s maritime… Read More
South Carolina‘s ports are embarking on an ambitious five-year plan that will see the Charleston shipping channel deepened, a new container ship terminal come on line, a new rail transfer terminal begin operating and continued planning for a massive new container terminal the state will operate with Georgia. The agenda for the ninth-largest container port… Read More
The South Padre Island Shoreline Task Force met Monday afternoon for their regular monthly meeting. Coastal Resource and Parks Administrator Reuben Treviño brought some good news regarding the Beneficial Use Dredge Material (BUDM) project. The BUDM project, which began in 1997, is the City’s primary way of combating the erosion of beaches by using the… Read More
The Adani Group has claimed that the Vizhinjam port in Kerala would be up and running in 1000 days with the construction starting this November. It would be the deepest sea port in India with a transhipment hub. It would be the first port in India that would be capable of handling giant mainline container… Read More
The Long Beach Island Historical Museum was packed Monday evening, Sept. 14, with local residents of Beach Haven and surrounding towns who were eagerly seeking information about the upcoming beach replenishment that the borough has been awaiting. As part of the town council’s regularly scheduled monthly meeting, officials from the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection’s… Read More
After two decades of planning, some of the most visible cleanup projects along Bellingham’s contaminated waterfront are making progress. From dredging to demolition, hundreds of workers are currently preparing downtown sites near the former Georgia-Pacific Corp. pulp and tissue operations for rebuilding, which could start within a few years. The efforts represent tens of millions… Read More
DETAILS of a £43.7 million programme of works to protect Bournemouth’s coastline for the next 100 years will go on display this week. The work will see the replacement of all 53 groynes along the beach with three more to be installed and three beach replenishments. Works will span 17 years and will be delivered… Read More
Dredging operations at the mouth of the Quillayute River are scheduled to begin Sept. 25 and last through December. The project is expected to keep the channel clear for the Coast Guard and the commercial fishing fleet, which operate out of the Quileute Harbor Marina, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. An estimated… Read More
Notice Date 9/19/2015 Notice Type Presolicitation NAICS 237990 — Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction Contracting Office Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Wilmington, CESAW-CT, 69 Darlington Ave, Wilmington, North Carolina, 28403-1343, United States ZIP Code 28403-1343 Solicitation Number W912PM-16-B-0001 Archive Date 12/30/2015 Point of Contact Michael Mullen, Phone: 9102514710,… Read More
China’s Sinohydro company’s dredger starts dredging in Padma at Shimulia Munshiganj: China’s Sinohydro Company’s dredger has started dredging work in the river Padma at Shimulia riverine route point. The dredger could not remove silt deposited on the river bed due to strong current during the daytime on Sunday and during the day- and night-time on… Read More
After dredging 3 kilometres of the choked Odaw River, Engineers and Planners Company Limited has returned some of the equipment from the Local Government Ministry it used for the work. The decision by government to release the equipment to the Company generated some public outcry because it belonged to the younger brother of President Mahama,… Read More