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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has begun dredging operations this week in Sandusky Harbor to maintain safe and navigable waterways for Great Lakes commercial vessels, recreational boaters and other harbor users on Lake Erie. The Buffalo District awarded a $628,000 contract in July 2026 to Michigan-based Morrish-Wallace Construction Co. to complete the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Seattle District will oversee maintenance dredging at Everett Harbor and Snohomish River as early as Oct. 16, 2026. Dredging performed by the contractor, American Construction Co., Inc., is expected to start in the lower settling basin via clamshell dredge and bottom dump barges. Dredging will be performed continuously… Read More
By Emily Jones Tybee Island has secured federal funding to replenish its beaches with sand after being denied the money earlier this year. Local officials say the beach renourishment project is critical for a rapidly-eroding beach. Barrier islands like Tybee should naturally accumulate sand from islands farther north; it’s called the sand-sharing system. But human… Read More
By Abbey Hamachek A long-overdue dredging project at the Two Rivers harbor may be back on track, with federal lawmakers passing legislation to direct funding to the effort and a separate bill proposing $1.8 million for the work. If the federal money is approved, the city is optimistic that dredging could happen in 2027. The… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District awarded a $7.3 million contract to Michigan-based Great Lakes Dock and Materials on Sept. 22 to remove built-up sediment and install a wave-absorbing stone structure along the West Breakwater in Barcelona Harbor. The project will provide a long-term solution to significant shoaling and blockage of the federal… Read More
By Lt. Col. Kara M. Greene From the Sacramento River, the progression of work to strengthen one of the city’s most important lines of flood defense can be seen in a single boat trip. At some locations, barges and heavy equipment are placing rock along the shoreline. A short distance away, completed sites show what… Read More
Behind every young recruit raising their right hand to join the armed services stands a quiet, year-round business operation fulfilled by civilian real estate specialists at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Demonstrating this vital link, New York’s Real Estate Division recently orchestrated a complex relocation and modernization of a U.S. Marine Corps recruiting… Read More
Donjon Marine Co. Inc., Hillside, New Jersey, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging of the Newark Bay Federal Navigation Channel. The amount of this action is $53,165,800 with a total cumulative face value of $69,225,650. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Newark, New Jersey, with… Read More
Seaward Marine Corp., Norfolk, Virginia, was awarded a $15,264,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction services for dredging at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Work is expected to be completed by March 2027. The maximum dollar value, including the base price and one option, is $15,264,000. Fiscal 2026 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding… Read More
SEATTLE — Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Seattle District, awarded a contract on Sept. 24 to conduct mechanical (clamshell) maintenance dredging of the Duwamish Waterway federal navigation channel in Seattle, Washington. USACE will oversee maintenance dredging performed by the contractor, American Construction Co., Inc. Dredging is expected to begin no sooner than… Read More
The USACE-Norfolk District has prepared a draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment to assess the potential impacts for work described below: LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED WORK: The Nansemond River Western Branch Federal Navigation Channel (NRWB FNC) is within the Nansemond River tidal estuary in Suffolk, Virginia, and is a tributary of the James River. The Western Branch… Read More
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