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EXPRESSIONS of interest have been called for construction work to expand the Abbot Point port. Minister for State Development Anthony Lynham said construction and dredging works at the port would generate up to 155 jobs for about six months. “We are calling for expressions of interest from suitably qualified companies to undertake the dredging works… Read More
If you are planning to use Sutherland Reservoir, the Nebraska Public Power District is asking you to stay away from the intake channel area at Gerald Gentleman Station this summer and fall. Beginning Monday, Nebraska Public Power District is dredging the intake channel. Work is expected to continue through Oct. 23, Monday through Friday. Normally,… Read More
Axiall Corporation began the Bayou d’Inde remediation project at Lockport Marsh and areas near the Lake Charles manufacturing facility in December 2014. The remediation project is part of the work required under an October 2013 agreement between the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and several companies, including Axiall. Prior to this work, in 2009, Axiall… Read More
Dredging is underway on a $16 million project that will ultimately increase Mississippi River water flow into Bayou Lafourche. The Courier reports (http://bit.ly/1RsNcde) the second dredging phase of the massive Mississippi River Reintroduction to Bayou Lafourche project involves removing vegetation and dredging sediment and mud flats for 8.3 miles between Belle Rose and Napoleonville. Nearly… Read More
After more than 50 years of Surfer’s Beach slowly eroding away, the San Mateo County Harbor District has opted to take charge of efforts to replenish sand and deter further damage caused by the construction of Pillar Point Harbor. The district’s Board of Commissioners unanimously voted last week to take the local lead agency status… Read More
A $6.3 million beach replenishment project to restore severely eroded north-end beaches in the borough started over the weekend at Eighth Street, three weeks later than anticipated. The project, funded by the borough, will build up beaches between Eighth and 26th streets with as much as 700,000 cubic yards of sand. Originally scheduled to start… Read More
olicitation Number: W912HP-15-B-0004 Agency: Department of the Army Office: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Location: USACE District, Charleston Solicitation Number: W912HP-15-B-0004 Notice Type: Presolicitation Synopsis: Added: Jun 23, 2015 12:07 am FY15 Charleston Entrance Channel Maintenance Dredging, Charleston County, South CarolinaThe work consists of maintenance dredging of a base amount of approximately 1,135,000 cubic yards… Read More
The dredge pumping sand onto Strathmere’s beaches left for Avalonthis week to complete a municipal beach replenishment project there, and could return here as soon as July 9. Township engineer Paul Dietrich said Friday, June 19 that the dredge has completed all of the beach fill on the northern end of Strathmere, including the state… Read More
The toughest part of the dredging work at Wonder Lake is done, the lake manager said. The completed work amounts to only a quarter to a third of the total work but the inlet of Nippersink Creek was the most challenging because the material was rockier there, lake manager Randy Stowe said. The lake restoration… Read More
Wet weather slowed work to increase the storage space for sediment from Lake Decatur, but dredging operations continued without issue last week. Crews from Terra Contracting Services have been working to raise the berms around a 523-acre site in Oakley, increasing the basin’s capacity to hold sediment pumped out of the lake. But the earthwork… Read More
The Chairman of the Federation Council of Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Mrs. Valentina Matvienko, and Deputy Minister of Transport, Mr. Victor Olersky, held a working visit to the Multipurpose Sea Cargo Complex Bronka last week. Within the working visit framework, the management of MSCC Bronka project realizing company Fenix LLC, gave the guests a… Read More
Since 2010, a consortium including Jan De Nul Group has been constructing the new lock complexes at the Panama Canal, one of the most prestigious infrastructure works in the world. The works comprise the construction of two lock complexes, each having three lock chambers, of which each chamber has approximately the same size of Antwerp’s… Read More
Rainfall has not delayed crews from continuing work on the Krug Park lagoon. “The rain doesn’t affect the dredging operations as one might think,” said Jeff Atkins, City of St. Joseph Parks Dept. Superintendent. “With the clay bottom that’s in the lagoon that was installed back in the late 70s it’s actually a very stable… Read More
The Panama Canal Authority last week took an important step forward toward the completion of its canal Expansion Program as it began to fill the lower chamber of its new Atlantic locks. Panama_Canal_Gatun_Locks_opening The news signals the start of a deliberate and methodical phase of operational tests and quality control that will prepare the Canal… Read More
Construction at the new £300 million ($500million) container terminal being built at the Port of Liverpool has reached an advanced stage. Work to reclaim 12 hectares of land has passed the first stage with further infilling due to take place over the summer. The majority of 296 steel piles have been driven into the seabed, allowing… Read More