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The omnibus spending measure signed into law December 27, 2020, included the FY 2021 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Under the act, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Corps Water Infrastructure Financing Program (CWIFP) received funding for the first time ever. CWIFP, authorized by the Water Infrastructure Financing and Innovation… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced today that dredging activities continue to progress on Phase 2 of the $36.5 million Muddy River Flood Risk Management project in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. Beginning Jan. 11, 2021, temporary construction fencing will be installed in project Work Areas #11 and #12, in… Read More
Sandwich is seeking bids from contractors that can move 15,000 to 18,000 cubic yards of donated sand from Bourne to Town Neck Beach. The sand deposit is the second such gift from Bourne, which finds itself in the enviable position of having a surplus after completing a dredging project. Bourne gave Sandwich about 5,000 cubic… Read More
More projects planned A beach renourishment in St. Johns County will wrap up soon, but more beach projects are gearing up. One effort to beef up the coastline began late this year, and sand placement should be finished soon, said Damon Douglas, St. Johns County’s coastal manager. The work stretches from just north of Nease Beachfront Park to around… Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Corps Water Infrastructure Financing Program (CWIFP) received funding for the first time ever in the Fiscal 2021 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act signed into law by President Donald J. Trump yesterday as part of the Fiscal 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act. CWIFP, authorized… Read More
The parent company of the Pebble Limited Partnership said it is appealing the Trump administration’s recent decision to deny a key permit for the controversial mine proposal in the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska. In a written statement last Thursday, Northern Dynasty Minerals President and CEO Ron Thiessen said the rejection was “without precedent… Read More
SEATTLE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin maintenance dredging of the federal Grays Harbor Inner Harbor Navigation Channel January 4, 2021.USACE awarded this three-year dredging contract to HME Construction, which was $4.2 million dollars for the first of three work windows. Approximately 1.8 million cubic yards of material will be dredged via… Read More
Federal Appropriations: Update from Washington, DC FY2021 APPROPRIATIONS BILL HAS PASSED! On December 21, the U.S. Congress passed the FY21 Omnibus Appropriations Bill that includes funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program and the President signed the bill on December 27. Here are the final numbers: Overall USACE Allocation: Administration –… Read More
Two key pieces of federal legislation could shave off years waiting to start construction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $2.6 billion upper Ohio River project. The project, still in the design phase, replaces a lock each at the Emsworth, Dashields and Montgomery locks and dams. Recent legislation — the omnibus appropriations and covid-19… Read More
A big dam problem required a big dam solution. After seven years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District is wrapping up the East Branch Dam Cutoff Wall Rehabilitation project in Elk County, Pennsylvania. The project was to install a cutoff wall – a 1,500-foot concrete barrier designed to seal the dam’s interior from… Read More
The New York District is overseeing renovations at Watervliet Arsenal, a 200-year-old U.S. Army facility along the Hudson River in upstate New York. Watervliet Arsenal functions as a full-service support facility to the Joint Force and industry through precision manufacturing, engineering and quality assurance for cannons, mortars and associated materiel. Facility Makeover Army Corps of… Read More
In a demonstration of collaboration and innovation, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center deployed an experimental asset and team of experts to the Missouri River in the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to assist in dredging shallow areas called shoals in the navigation river channel. Missouri River Basin partners include… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is proposing to repair the breakwater feature of the Federal Navigation Project (FNP) at Hyannis Harbor in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The authorized FNP provides a stone breakwater extending southeast from the seaward end of the state breakwater on the western side of the outer… Read More
George Chartouni, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago District, was awarded the USACE Cost Engineer of the Year award at a virtual national awards ceremony on Nov. 12, 2020, hosted by Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, 55th Chief of Engineers and Commanding General. Each year, USACE recognizes a small number of the many outstanding… Read More
Crews will begin adding sand to northern sections of Fernandina Beach’s shoreline next month as part of a project dredging the entrance channel to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company will remove about 1.2 million cubic yards of material from the channel near the mouth of the St. Marys… Read More