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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
A construction contract for reconstruction of the jetties that flank the channel into and out of Nantucket Harbor is expected to be awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Sept. 18. Town emergency-management coordinator Dave Fronzuto said in an e-mail the dredging associated with the project is expected to start in early October… Read More
The State of New Jersey Department of Transportation is working in conjunction with North Wildwood City officials to accommodate a much needed back-bay beach creek dredging project. An estimated 43,000 cubic yards of sand will be dredged from the Beach Creek channel and North Wildwood inlet, onto the front beach of North Wildwood, south of… Read More
Work is nearly complete on a dredging project along the industrial canal in Gulfport that will allow large vessels to move in and out more easily. The area along the canal from Big Lake to Gulf Shipping is being cleared of debris and sediment to allow clear passage for the huge oil rig crew vessels… Read More
Down by the toe of Louisiana’s boot, Bayou Grand Liard used to be surrounded by solid land. “I’ve talked to people whose fathers and grandfathers used to come out here and hunt rabbits. Now you see it’s all open water,” says Chuck Perrodin, a spokesman for the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
Mayor Lenny Curry will meet with top state transportation officials Friday to review the JaxPort and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to dredge the St. Johns River, the latest sign that the high-profile and controversial project is a top priority for his administration. The meeting — billed to be an informal sit down that… Read More
The Shell Rock River Watershed District is budgeting a significant amount of money for the Fountain Lake restoration project in its 2016 preliminary non-property tax budget. The budget, which was approved Tuesday morning, includes $2.06 million for dredging elements, with $1 million specifically for Fountain Lake land pursuits. The district is looking at building a… Read More