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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $9,295,100 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in St. Lucie, Florida, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 28, 2024. Fiscal 2022 civil construction funds in the amount of $9,295,100 were… Read More
In a strategic move to strengthen its global market presence, Greensea IQ, a leading provider of marine robotics software and integrated solutions, proudly announces the signing of BUVI Scandinavia (BUVI) to join its international sales team. The signing took place today at Oceanology International on the Greensea IQ stand (G200) and follows another recent signing… Read More
Early in Monday’s meeting of the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District board, there was joking about how boring the meetings have become. In a little more than five years, the Port of Morgan City has evolved from governing waterways clogged by silt from repeated floods, and with meager federal funding for dredging, to enjoying… Read More
Senior leadership of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spoke to the media yesterday about the Army Civil Works Fiscal Year 2025 Budget. “The Army Civil Works FY 2025 budget reinforces the administration’s ongoing commitment to protect, restore, and improve the nation’s water resources that will strengthen our economy, protect people, and property, and restore… Read More
Conrad Shipyard LLC,* Morgan City, Louisiana, is awarded a $18,484,619 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-22-C-2253) for the detail design and construction of one additional Yard, Repair, Berthing, and Messing craft, with delivery to Norfolk, Virginia. This award also includes exercise of a design changes option. Work will be performed in Amelia, Louisiana,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, recently hosted an enriching Engineer Week, showcasing the diverse talents and innovative spirit of its engineers. The week was packed with events that not only celebrated engineering achievements but also honored cultural heritage, reflecting the Corps’ commitment to diversity and inclusion. The Engineer Week Roundtable was… Read More
The President’s proposed budget for the Army’s Civil Works program for fiscal year 2025 was released today, March 11, 2024, and provides $280 million in federal funding to advance the Rough River Dam Safety Modification Project in Falls of Rough, Kentucky. The funds will be used to initiate Phase 2 of the project which includes… Read More
Dredging of the Muskegon Channel that is underway and expected to last until the end of June will supplement the beach at Pere Marquette. Dredging to remove about 133,000 cubic yards of sediment began on Friday, March 8, according to a press release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Operations are expected to conclude… Read More
Callan Marine, a Galveston-based dredging contractor, has been awarded a $136 million contract by the Port of Houston to dredge segment 1C of the Houston Ship Channel Expansion, under the port’s Project 11 program. Callan will use its newly named 32-inch cutter suction dredger, General Arnold, one of the newest, largest and most environmentally friendly… Read More
The President’s Budget request for Fiscal Year 2025 includes $500 million for construction of a downstream fish passage facility at Howard A. Hanson Dam on the Green River. This U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District project will restore the biological connection to more than 100 miles of high-quality salmon spawning habitat upriver from the… Read More
The President’s Budget for fiscal year 2025 released yesterday includes more than $7.2 billion in discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with just over $155 million set aside for Buffalo District projects. Of great significance for the region is $101.35 million in funding for projects within the… Read More
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham announced this week that the inner harbor in Georgetown will receive $6.5 million as part of this year’s spending package. Georgetown County leaders said the money will allow the harbor to be deepened for the first time since 2008, which is when the Army Corps of Engineers announced they’d no longer dredge the… Read More
Another sign of spring along the Lakeshore is the annual dredging of Lake Michigan harbors. This is the first full week of the 2024 Detroit District season to clear commercial pathways onto the big lake, with Holland-based King Company once again handling the chores for the US Army Corps of Engineers. Crews began last Friday… Read More
The Village of Bald Head Island has announced that it is receiving $4.5 million for its beach renourishment efforts thanks to the signing of six appropriations bills over the weekend. The funds will go to the village’s 2025 Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project, which aims to dredge sand from Jay Bird Shoals and place it on… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $42.2 million contract to R.J. Zavoral & Sons, Inc. of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, yesterday, March 11, to complete the Southern Embankment Reach SE-2B portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, which is also known as the FM… Read More