By Eric Colby Three marinas on the Royal River in Yarmouth, Maine, pooled their resources to improve their facilities and save money on the cost of dredging. Yarmouth Boat Yard, Yankee Marina and Boat Yard and Royal River Boat Yard split the cost three ways for Patriot Marine, a dredging and engineering service in New Haven, Conn., to go to… Read More
The 542nd Forward Engineer Support Team-Advanced (FEST-A) deployed to Europe on March 26, 2026, to provide technical engineering support to U.S. European Command. The 542nd, stationed at Hunter Army Airfield, is part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers assigned as a detachment to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Savannah District. The detachment is… Read More
By Nahaku Mcfadden JUNEAU, ALASKA – The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Adam Telle, visited Juneau last week to observe the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) ongoing solutions to address flooding ahead of the annual Mendenhall Glacier Outburst Flooding Events, also known as GLOFs. The Assistant Secretary also outlined the USACE Alaska… Read More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A meeting was hosted on Tuesday about a project that aims to clear up a local waterway that has not been dredged for about 20 years. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, held the public meeting in Bristol for the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint or ACF Dredging Project to evaluate the potential… Read More
Magruder Construction Co. Inc.,* Eolia, Missouri, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for Illinois Waterway hydraulic dredging. The amount of this action is $25,000,000. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2030. U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
Delaware River Stevedores Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (HTC71126DE121), was awarded a $28,288,445 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides stevedoring and related terminal services at the Port of Philadelphia. Work will be performed at the Port of Philadelphia, Tioga Terminal. The period of performance is from May 1, 2026, to April 30, 2031. Fiscal 2026 transportation working… Read More
By Sedrick Bolton III and Caroline Christensen TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A meeting was hosted on Tuesday about a project that aims to clear up a local waterway that has not been dredged for about 20 years. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, held the public meeting in Bristol for the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint or ACF Dredging… Read More
By Chuck Walker MOBILE, Ala. — More than two decades after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Mississippi coast, a major restoration project is scheduled to rebuild and strengthen Hancock County’s beaches and dunes. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District, is leading the Coastwide Beach and Dune Ecosystem Restoration Project, a significant effort to restore… Read More
By Annette Kirklin VICKSBURG, Miss.— The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) recently celebrated the distinguished career of Patricia M. Sullivan, Senior Executive Service (SES), who retired after more than 41 years of dedicated service. The ceremony, hosted by Brig. Gen. Kirk Gibbs, deputy chief of engineers and deputy commanding general of the… Read More
By Avery Schneider Avery Schneider (AS): What is value engineering? Emma Crooks (EC): Value engineering, in a broad sense, is a systematic approach to increase a project or product’s value, by analyzing what the functions are of the project or product and what the resource draws are. There’s this value function. For example: a breakwater. The… Read More
Weeks Marine, Inc., Covington, Louisiana, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract to perform maintenance dredging of the Houston Ship Channel in Texas. The amount of this action is $66,499,250 with a total cumulative face value of $95,139,000. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in LaPorte, Texas, with an estimated… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $12.8 million contract to Kramer North America, LLC, out of Plain, Wisconsin, March 25, to upgrade lock and dam infrastructure on the Mississippi River. The project will include updating the traveling kevels at Lock and Dam 2, in Hastings, Minnesota, and… Read More
By Shawn Davis POMONA, Calif. — Leaders with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona renewed their longstanding partnership with an updated memorandum of understanding signed March 24 at the university. “We are proud to stand alongside the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in this shared commitment… Read More
By Cameron McLeod Adam Telle, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, visited Nome and met with local officials to observe and discuss the Port of Nome Modification Project on Mar. 25, 2026. Maj. Gen. Jason Kelly, deputy commanding general for Civil and Emergency Operations; Brig. Gen. Joseph Goetz, commanding general of the Pacific… Read More
Luhr Crosby LLC, Columbia, Illinois, was awarded a $10,219,379 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging of shoals, navigation channels, and approach areas of locks and dams at various locations. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 15, 2026…. Read More