U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, awarded a $6.9 million contract yesterday to Southwind Construction of Evansville, Indiana, for maintenance dredging of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) federal navigation channel in the vicinity of Sawpit Creek, Nassau County, Florida. The contract calls for the dredging of approximately 550,000 cubic yards of shoaling from IWW… Read More
Southern Dredging Co. Inc.,* Charleston, South Carolina, was awarded a $9,634,700 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Saint Marys, Georgia, with an estimated completion date of March 26, 2025. Fiscal 2024 civil construction funds in the amount of $9,634,700 were obligated at… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, received a total of $17.6 million in the fiscal year 2024 work plan for Army civil works to bolster navigation and structures across lakes Erie and Ontario. The total FY24 budget, to include the conferenced budget and work plan, exceeds $226.2 million, paving the way for significant environmental,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District received a total of $17.6 million in the Fiscal Year 2024 Work Plan for Army Civil Works to bolster navigation and structures across lakes Erie and Ontario. The total FY24 budget, to include the Conferenced Budget and Work Plan, exceeds $226.2 million, paving the way for significant… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2024 Work Plan for the Army Civil Works Program May 10, 2024. The Work Plan identifies the Programs, Projects and Activities within the Civil Works Program that will receive FY 2024 funding and how much each will receive. With the total funding for… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District will be conducting maintenance activities this summer at Nolin River Lake in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, which could impact traffic patterns and public access to the tailwtaer area. Visitors may see construction crews on site performing this work during the summer months as these activities are scheduled to begin… Read More
The new and bigger lock being built at the Chickamauga Dam in Chattanooga is designed to expedite the flow of barge traffic on the Tennessee River but building the replacement chamber has proven to be anything but expeditious for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the facility’s operator. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported… Read More
Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District awarded a construction contract for the Barrow Coastal Erosion Project in Utqiagvik. Brice Civil Constructors Inc. of Anchorage, Alaska, will begin constructing a portion of the structure in Utqiagvik aimed at reducing erosion and the risk of storm damage to about five miles of coastline…. Read More
In 1974, Marv Hrdlicka was a student at St. Paul Humboldt High School, and a counselor told him about an on-the-job-training opportunity in the print shop at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District. The print shop doesn’t exist any more, the district has moved to four separate buildings in that time, and… Read More
There was a boom, several plumes of smoke and then a splash as millions of pounds of Francis Scott Key Bridge debris fell Monday evening into the Patapsco River. Crews had previously placed linear-shaped charges — explosive cutting devices — on the large piece of the bridge that dropped March 26 onto the bow of the Dali… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, is preparing a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) assessment to support design refinements being considered in the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) North Phase Validation Study. The purpose of the CEPP North Phase Validation Study is to confirm project components, construction sequencing, and project dependencies as described… Read More
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District attended a small ceremony marking the beginning of the Duval County Shore Protection Project at the Jacksonville Beach. Col. James Booth, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District Commander met with Jacksonville City Mayor Donna Deegan, and area beach Mayors Curtis Ford from Atlantic Beach, Christine Hoffman from Jacksonville Beach, Elaine Brown from… Read More
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District will host a public meeting to gather and consider public comments on the annual maintenance dredging project for Dillingham small boat harbor. The event will be held on Thursday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the City Hall Council Chambers, 141 Main… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and its contractor, LS Marine, Inc., from Inver Grove Heights, Minn., will begin work on a dredging pipeline near Wabasha on May 13. The Corps of Engineers is building the 6,200-foot pipeline from the Reads Landing Island River Sand Placement Site along the Mississippi River to… Read More
A draft alteration of the Chatfield Downstream Channel Improvements Flood Risk Reduction Project, located within the South Platte River corridor at Reynolds Landing Park, City of Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, is currently available for public review and comment. This reach of the South Platte River is part of a federal Flood Risk Reduction Project implemented… Read More