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Col. John P. Lloyd, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division, signed the updated Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering, or AMIE, program management plan at the NAD headquarters April 6. The update to the program management plan places focus on campus engagement and presence, aligns the plan with current USACE campaign… Read More
Two service gate liners will be replaced at Tuttle Creek Dam, near Manhattan, Kansas, later this year after damage was discovered during a routine dam inspection in Oct. 2020. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District received funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL, and has awarded a $2.03 million contract for… Read More
The Sarasota County Commission has allocated $1.6 million to either dredge or install culverts at the former Midnight Pass area. Sarasota County taxpayers have already spent over $10 million on two failed attempts to obtain permits to dredge Midnight Pass. Dredging Midnight Pass would be expensive, environmentally damaging, and a waste of taxpayer money. The… Read More
Beaches along Delaware’s coast are being eaten away by climate change and erosion. But new funding could help create a solution before things get worse. Lawmakers and community members discussing plans today in Slaughter Beach. “They’re all just bandaids, we need that real nourishment,” said Bob Wood, Slaughter Beach Mayor. Slaughter Beach is just one… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards (“Bollinger”) today announced that the U.S. Navy has awarded the Lockport-based shipbuilder the detailed design and construction contract for the sixth Auxiliary Personnel Lighter–Small (APL(S)) 67 Class berthing and messing barge. Construction will take place at Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi and is anticipated to begin in the second quarter of 2023…. Read More
The 400-foot Delaware dredger is gobbling up sand at such a prodigious pace that most of the Plum Island replenishment project could be over by the end of the week, according to local and state officials. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working with Norfolk Dredging Company on the final stages of a… Read More
Greenwich Harbor is set to undergo much-needed dredging, thanks to a $500,000 federal grant awarded for the fiscal year 2023. First Selectman Fred Camillo announced the grant at a chilly gathering by the ferry landing in Greenwich Harbor with Senator Richard Blumenthal and Congressman Jim Himes as well as Selectwoman Lauren Rabin. Camillo welcomed everyone,… Read More
Park rangers across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District have been preparing for the upcoming recreation season throughout the winter months. “Recreation season provides us a platform to get out and do what we signed up to do. Park rangers love being outdoors and working with the public. This is the time when… Read More
Neches River forested floodplain buyouts, North Pleasure Island Shoreline restoration and Texas Point marsh conservation are among 12 Jefferson County projects that a state agency has included in its plan of key projects to receive funding. Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham on Monday announced that the Texas General Land Office had selected 121 projects, including 12 in… Read More
With all access roads now complete and construction contracts set to be awarded for two more reaches this spring, the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Levee Project is continuing to move toward a 2026 completion. During a “West Shore Wednesday” update streamed via Facebook Live, St. John the Baptist Parish President Jaclyn Hotard explained that the… Read More
Greer Island, also known as Beer Can Island, is set to get another facelift after a budget transfer was approved by Longboat Key town commissioners Monday. After an emergency dredge was completed last summer, extra sand from the project has been awaiting its new home on the Gulf side of the island. The sand will… Read More
An historic beach nourishment project, being managed by an agreement with neighboring cities Boca Raton and Deerfield Beach, has begun. A dredge began mining the Boca Inlet Shoal last Friday and is expected to have sand on Boca’s south beach by the end of this week. Then a pipeline will deliver sand to beaches in… Read More
Silver Ships recently delivered an Explorer 40 workboat to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Pittsburgh District for use on the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. The 40-foot workboat will support USACE Pittsburgh District’s mission of improving navigable waterways and water infrastructure. This delivery is the second of three Explorer 40 series workboats ordered by USACE Pittsburgh… Read More
Parsons Corporation PSN announced today that the company was selected for a position on a $160 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) multiple award contract by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering and Support Center Huntsville to modernize Department of Defense facilities and infrastructure. The contract includes a base period of two years and a… Read More
Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Ore., has been awarded a $10,309,313 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N4523A22C0552 for the procurement of 14 out of scope work specifications for repair, maintenance and modernization in support of the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) docking selected restricted availability. The award comes hard on the heels of Vigor winning a $7,897,103 firm-fixed-price modification… Read More