The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $2.4 million contract to American Mine Services (AMS) of Boulder, Colorado, on Sept. 28, to construct bulkhead slots on the intermediate wall and river wall upstream of the miter gates in the auxiliary lock chamber at Lock and Dam 3 located in Welch, Minnesota,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $1.5 million contract to OCCI, Inc., doing business as Missouri Fabricators of Fulton, Missouri, on Sept. 22, to fabricate four replacement Tainter valves at Lock and Dam 2 located in Hastings, Minnesota, on the Mississippi River. The supply contract includes fabrication and delivery of… Read More
USACE Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, awarded a $33.5 million contract Sept. 29 to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, of Houston, Texas, to execute a Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies (FCCE) re-nourishment of the St. Augustine Beach federal shore protection project. The project will place approximately 2.5 million cubic yards of sand… Read More
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $10.6 million firm-fixed-price construction contract, September 25, to General Mechanical Corp., from Daytona Beach, Florida, for beach dune restoration located onboard Naval Station (NS) Mayport, Florida. In September 2022, the dunes at the installation’s coastal area experienced erosion when Hurricane Ian passed offshore. “Dune restoration will… Read More
Many people in Topsail Beach are watching the beach slowly erode into the sea, which is why the town is set to begin a beach renourishment project. The dredging is set to begin in November. The project will help protect the environment and homes on the beach, however, the renourishment project will not only be… Read More
The Sabine-Neches Navigation District (SNND) has been cooperatively planning to execute the channel deepening work for the Sabine Neches Waterway Channel Improvement Project (SNWW CIP). The information below is an overview of the two initial areas of the main channel to be deepened: Contract 2B Contract 2B is approximately 20.5 miles long of the main… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $33,573,125 firm-fixed-price contract for shore protection and beach renourishment. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in St. Augustine, Florida, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 1, 2024. Fiscal 2019 civil operation and maintenance funds in… Read More
Crosby Dredging LLC, Galliano, Louisiana, was awarded an $18,390,005 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with seven received. Work will be performed in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of May 25, 2024. Fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $18,390,005 were obligated at… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $14,412,620 modification (P00009) to contract W912HY-21-C-0015 for removal and disposal of pipelines. Work will be performed in Corpus Christie, Texas, with an estimated completion date of March 20, 2024. Fiscal 2021 and 2023 civil construction funds and fiscal 2023 non-federal, Port of Corpus… Read More
Clearwater-based Gator Dredging won a $9.6 million contract to excavate hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of material from Seaport Manatee, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday. The dredged material will be used at Washington Park north of Palmetto to fill in portions of a 68-acre borrow pit that was dug in the 1950s… Read More
The City of Lewes has announced that dredging of the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal is set to begin on or around Oct. 9. According to the city, Dredgit, contracted by the Army Corps of Engineers, will be performing the dredging alongside maintenance. The dredging will run between the Roosevelt Inlet and the Freemans Highway Bridge. However it… Read More
Norfolk Dredging Co., Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $21,534,600 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Charleston, South Carolina, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 9, 2024. Fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $21,534,600 were obligated at… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG) awarded the fourth and final multimillion dollar contract for the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CCSCIP) September 25, 2023. Callan Marine will receive approximately $102.9 million to complete dredging on the final stretch of the project—the Inner Harbor reach. With the final contract the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, recently awarded a contract for constructing the eighth levee reach on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. This contract will construct approximately 3.0 miles of the 18.5-mile-long levee system that will provide 100-year level risk reduction to the area… Read More
SACRAMENTO, California — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has begun site preparation at Folsom Dam Dike 1 in Granite Bay, California, so contractors can raise the site up to 3.5 feet as part of the Folsom Dam Raise project. The prime contractor for Dikes 1-6, Maloney-Odin Joint Venture, has placed security fencing and… Read More