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By Justin Campfield, public affairs specialist HANOVER, N.H. — Two researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire, have been awarded a national environmental award from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Drs. Adrian Doran and Kyle Dunn, both CRREL research physical scientists,… Read More
Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11681/50369 Report Number: ERDC/CHL MP-26-30 Title: Lifecycle Analyses of Subaerial Beach Nourishments with Concurrent Nearshore Placement of Dredged Sediment and the Role of Alongshore Transport By Douglas R. Krafft, Brian C. McFall, Jeffrey A. Melby, and Bradley D. Johnson Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited August 2026 11 pages / 1.33 MB *Journal: https://doi.org/10.1061/jwped5.wweng-2152 Source
Marinex Construction Inc., Charleston, South Carolina, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging and related construction services, including furnishing personnel, transportation, mobilization and demobilization, equipment and materials to remove up to five million, six hundred thousand cubic yards of maintenance material from an inner harbor. The amount of this action is $33,052,500 with a… Read More
Cottrell Contracting Corp.,* Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $75,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for maintenance dredging services. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 11, 2031. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
TOLEDO, Ohio (WOWO) — The largest annual dredging operation on the Great Lakes is set to begin in Toledo Harbor next month, with crews expected to remove roughly 750,000 cubic yards of sediment from the Maumee River’s federal navigation channel. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Buffalo District and Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction Company will… Read More
Norfolk Dredging Co., Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $27,250,950 firm-fixed price contract for maintenance dredging of the Delaware River, Philadelphia to Sea and Wilmington Harbor Project. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of July 13, 2027. Fiscal 2025 and 2026… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ newest hopper dredge, the Donnelly, is taking shape at Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s Allanton Shipyard in Panama City, Florida. Built to replace the nearly 60-year-old dredge McFarland, the Donnelly is a ready reserve vessel designed to carry forward the Corps’ navigation mission and help keep America’s shipping channels open and… Read More
MOBILE, Ala. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District is correcting recent misleading claims about Mobile Harbor dredging and the District’s decision not to hold a formal public hearing. The Mobile Harbor deepening and widening project is complete. The Corps is now in the yearly operations and maintenance phase. That means the District must… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago District recently completed a series of comprehensive tests on the Electric Dispersal Barrier System to better understand the system’s operating limits and evaluate the effects of increased stray electrical currents should higher voltage levels ever be required to control the transfer of invasive carp species into the… Read More
Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11681/50357 Report Number: ERDC/CHL MP-26-27 Title: Geotechnical evaluation of overwash chenier beach deposits By Hamed Nasiri, Navid H. Jafari, Omar Alawneh, Qin Chen, and Jack A. Cadigan Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited August 2026 13 pages / 6.99 MB *Journal: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2026.108857 Source
Childs Engineering Corp.*, Bellingham, Massachusetts, was awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for architect-engineering services for routine inspection of waterfront facilities. Work will be performed in the U.S. in the Northeast, Southeast, Great Lakes area, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and is expected to be completed by August 2031. The maximum dollar value, including… Read More
Appledore Marine Engineering,* LLC, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for architect-engineering services for routine inspection of waterfront facilities. Work will be performed within the U.S. in the Mid-Atlantic region, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C., and is expected to be completed by August 2031. The maximum dollar value, including the base period,… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $44,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging of the federal navigation channel and deposition basin in Fire Island Inlet, with placement of dredged material as beach nourishment along the feeder beach west of the Fire Island Inlet. The amount of this action is $44,500,000… Read More
Southern Contracting LLC,* Biloxi, Mississippi, was awarded a $22,999,774 firm-fixed-price contract for coastwide beach and dune ecosystem restoration. Bids were solicited via the internet with nine received. Work will be performed in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, with an estimated completion date of May 4, 2027. Fiscal 2022 civil construction, funds in the amount of $14,949,853;… Read More
Contrack Watts Inc., McLean, Virginia (N44255-21-D-5003); Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington (N44255-21-D-5004); Nova Group Inc., Napa, California (N44255-21-D-5005); Staite Engineering Inc., San Diego, California (N44255-21-D-5006); The Dutra Group, San Rafael, California (N44255-21-D-5007); Triton Marine Construction Group, Bremerton, Washington (N44255-21-D-5008); Western Marine Construction Inc., Seattle, Washington (N44255-21-D-5009); and McMillen Inc., Boise, Idaho (N44255-21-D-5010), are awarded bilateral… Read More