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VICKSBURG, Miss.— Modeling the risk of extreme weather and natural disasters along the nation’s coastline is critical to the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) mission of delivering innovative solutions for safer, better world. Increasing this modeling capacity and better dissemination of data to climate research is the goal of a new agreement between… Read More
Fire Island Light House — Earlier today, leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, gathered with elected officials and project partners at Fire Island Lighthouse, Bay Shore, NY, where an official ceremony kicked off commencement of construction for a major coastal-storm risk-management project. The Fire Island to Montauk Point (FIMP) Project… Read More
Leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New York District gathered at the Fire Island Lighthouse on Dec. 17 for an official ceremony kicking off construction on the $1.7 billion Fire Island to Montauk Point (FIMP) coastal-storm risk-management project, which has been in the works for several decades. The project is designed to reduce… Read More
At the request of the CNMI government, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, has agreed to halt the feasibility study for Coastal Storm Risk Management on Beach Road on Saipan, which is threatened by coastal erosion. The CNMI had preferred natural and nature-based solutions to mitigate the threats but the U.S. Army Corps… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to begin dredging operations on the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) Palm Valley North Reaches next week. Dredging will begin at the Duval-St. Johns County line and move southward to the Palm Valley Bridge. The work area will operate with 7.5 miles of pipe… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) San Francisco District, in collaboration with the Port of Oakland as the non-federal sponsor, have prepared a draft Integrated Feasibility Report and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Environmental Assessment (IFR/EA), as well as a draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed Oakland Harbor Turning Basins… Read More
A new wetland ecosystem is on the table for Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC) Board of Directors has approved the initiative, which entails a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District. The $14.8 million project will create a wetland ecosystem for fish and wildlife… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers 2020 Work Plan included funding for infrastructure projects in Louisiana, including $85 million to deepen the Mississippi River to 50′. The launch of the project followed the July 31, 2020, signing of an agreement between the Corps and the state of Louisiana. The final 256 miles of the Lower Mississippi between… Read More
SURF CITY — The Town of Surf City has waited forever — literally — to renourish its beaches. Now, it will have to wait a little longer after North Topsail Beach pulled out of a joint federal project that would provide partial funds. The neighboring towns were tied together, based on proximity and project scope,… Read More
This week, Florida’s two U.S. senators–Republicans Marco Rubio and Rick Scott–wrote to Michael Connor, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, prior to the Army Corps Engineers finalizing their supplemental work plan for Fiscal Years 2022 through 2024, to ensure that “all proposed and ongoing projects in Florida receive full and fair… Read More
All members of Oregon’s congressional delegation are pushing for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to include funding for Oregon’s port infrastructure as the agency implements the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. A release from Senator Jeff Merkley said in a letter sent to the Army Corps and the Office of… Read More
To close out the two-day sprint across five states, the Memphis District held two final ribbon-cutting ceremonies on Nov. 18, 2021. Both events celebrated construction projects completed in Arkansas and Missouri. The first celebration acknowledged a project in Greene County, Arkansas. There, contractors addressed a damaged levee culvert and erosion caused by previous flood events…. Read More
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo., Dec. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Arcadis (EURONEXT: ARCAD) today announced it is among 12 firms selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Center (USACE) in Huntsville, Alabama as one of the awardees on a $1.136 billion shared-capacity contract for chemical, environmental and munitions remediation services. Services provided under the contract… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District awarded a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) to six Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) companies on Nov. 29, 2021. Simply put, a MATOC is an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract awarded to multiple firms following a formal selection process. It provides for an indefinite quantity… Read More
Officials with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the Charleston District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently conducted a walk-through inspection of the completed Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary restoration project with project contractor Norfolk Dredging Company. Norfolk began placing approximately 660,000 cubic yards of compatible material from the Charleston Harbor Deepening “Post… Read More