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By Cassandra Mischak A stretch of Venice Beach looks much different today than it did decades ago. City officials and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers celebrated the completion of the latest project to restore sand lost to erosion and storms. “I can remember when I was a kid on the Esplanade South,” said City… Read More
By Renata Petersen Venice Beach has new sand stretching 3.2 miles along the Gulf, the product of a $27.5 million restoration that wrapped up this fall without costing local taxpayers anything. The project deposited roughly 620,000 cubic yards of sand from just south of the Venice Inlet to just south of the Venice Fishing Pier,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District will begin dredging Toledo Harbor –the largest annual dredging operation on the Great Lakes this week. This year’s dredging of the harbor’s federal navigation channels will focus on specific portions of the Maumee River and lake channel and is part of a two-year contract totaling $11.1 million…. Read More
By Sarah Clark, public affairs specialist CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Dr. Trent Schreiber, a research civil engineer at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), is developing a more affordable way to monitor the condition of the nation’s navigation infrastructure. The research focuses on improving structural health monitoring for… Read More
The proposed Homer Harbor expansion would require removing up to 1.5 million cubic yards of material from Kachemak Bay under plans now undergoing state water quality review. Application documents detail construction of a 37-acre mooring basin east of the existing facility, designed to accommodate 304 vessels. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation opened a comment… Read More
More than 120 USACE leaders, project teams, public- and private-sector partners, investors, and developers gathered in Houston September 29, for the Texas P3 & Alternative Delivery Summit. The summit provided an opportunity for candid conversations about infrastructure delivery – exploring how we can approach projects differently, improve efficiency, strengthen partnerships, and identify innovative solutions across… Read More
Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, Louisiana, was awarded a $38,264,500 firm-fixed-price contract to construct a maintenance beach renourishment berm in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, with an estimated completion date of May 11, 2027. Fiscal 2022 civil construction funds… Read More
Mike Hooks LLC, Westlake, Louisiana, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging within the Calcasieu River Ship Channel and disposal within designated marsh creation areas. The amount of this action is $34,098,830 with a total cumulative face value of $36,492,037. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work will be performed in… Read More
Curtin Maritime Corp., Long Beach, California, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging of approximately 2,250,000 cubic yards from deep-draft federal navigation channels serving the Port of Baltimore, Maryland. The amount of this action is $31,519,647 with a total cumulative face value of $31,671,147. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, has awarded a $25.7 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Houston, Texas, for renourishment of the beach in Ocean City following a powerful nor’easter that brought flooding and beach erosion to the coastal community, washing away portions of the beach and dunes…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, awarded a contract for ~$7.9 million to Waterfront Property Services, LLC (doing business as Gator Dredging), to perform operations and maintenance dredging along the Banana River in support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and the U.S. Space Force (USSF)… Read More
FAIRPORT HARBOR, OHIO — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District awarded a $39.3 million contract to Michigan-based Walsh Service Solutions, LLC on Sept. 25 to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel in Fairport Harbor from 2027 through 2029. The contract was funded, in part, by $33.3 million in fiscal year 2026 earmark funds… Read More
By Thad Randazzo The City of Venice and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will hold a ribbon-cutting Friday to mark the completion of the third periodic renourishment of Venice Beach. The project restored approximately 3.2 miles of shoreline from just south of Venice Inlet to just south of the Venice Fishing Pier,… Read More
By Haley Brown NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District continues to assess coastal impacts and support recovery efforts following the September 2026 nor’easter. The Norfolk District Emergency Operations Center was activated Sept. 25 to enhance monitoring and coordinate response activities. District personnel are working with federal, state and local partners,… Read More
By J. Paul Bruton Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District project teams were honored with awards on Sept. 17 by the American Society of Civil Engineers Sacramento Section for outstanding engineering achievements that are helping protect two California communities. One project will make Marysville one of the most flood-resilient communities in California’s Central… Read More