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Congratulations to the Memphis District for reaching a major project milestone on March 8, 2023, and for awarding a task order for dike construction at Below Walnut Bend and Shoofly Bar near Helena, Arkansas. The project delivery team awarded the task order via the Mississippi River Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC), with $6,055,440 going… Read More
Inland Dredging Company LLC, Dyersburg, Texas, was awarded a $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the rental of a 24-inch cutterhead pipeline dredge. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of June 18, 2024. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Mobile,… Read More
The Memphis District officially welcomed a new, $25.5 million Bank Grading Unit (BGU), April 11, 2023, when it docked at its new home port at Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis, Tennessee Constructed in three years, the new BGU is replacing the district’s legacy bank grader, and with nearly 75 years of operations in the books,… Read More
Jim Herbert of Westfield recently took us for a walk toward the federal channel at Barcelona Harbor along Lake Erie. “You can see between those two lights, that’s the break wall,” said Herbert. “That’s the harbor entrance. You can walk across there.” That’s because it’s filled in with rocks, debris and sediment clogging about a quarter-mile… Read More
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded a $20,967,500 firm-fixed-price contract for West Coast hopper dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Astoria, Oregon, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 15, 2023. Fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $20,967,500 were obligated… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, announces a portion of the Neal Smith Trail at Saylorville Lake will temporarily close for resurfacing starting April 17. The closure will extend from the Bob Shetler Ponding Area, north to NW 78th Ave, also referred to as the Saylorville Lake Dam Road. The closure is anticipated… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $114.4 million construction contract for the Folsom Dam Raise project to Folsom Dam Constructors (FDC), a joint venture of California Engineering Contractors, Inc. and Shimmick Construction Company. Folsom Dam Constructors will be responsible for raising the main dam and left and right wing dams up… Read More
City Council approved an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers, allowing the Corps and its subcontractors to set up a location to offload dredged material into the city’s dredged material facility, which is currently under construction. City Manager Jim Hockaday said the agreement is the last item needed by the Corps to get the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is dredging up public opinion about a proposed project in the Intracoastal Waterway. The Corps is soliciting comments on planned maintenance dredging in sections of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway or GIWW. The Corps’ stated objective is to maintain the safe navigability of the Intracoastal Waterway. The Corps’ additional goals… Read More
OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this year outlined its intention to increase the beneficial use of dredge material. Water injection dredging, a technique commonly used in Europe, offers one way to meet these new goals. HDR Senior Dredging Engineer Joe Wagner helped the only U.S. port to use this method so… Read More
Col. John P. Lloyd, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division, signed the updated Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering, or AMIE, program management plan at the NAD headquarters April 6. The update to the program management plan places focus on campus engagement and presence, aligns the plan with current USACE campaign… Read More
Two service gate liners will be replaced at Tuttle Creek Dam, near Manhattan, Kansas, later this year after damage was discovered during a routine dam inspection in Oct. 2020. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District received funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL, and has awarded a $2.03 million contract for… Read More
The 400-foot Delaware dredger is gobbling up sand at such a prodigious pace that most of the Plum Island replenishment project could be over by the end of the week, according to local and state officials. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working with Norfolk Dredging Company on the final stages of a… Read More
Park rangers across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District have been preparing for the upcoming recreation season throughout the winter months. “Recreation season provides us a platform to get out and do what we signed up to do. Park rangers love being outdoors and working with the public. This is the time when… Read More
With all access roads now complete and construction contracts set to be awarded for two more reaches this spring, the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Levee Project is continuing to move toward a 2026 completion. During a “West Shore Wednesday” update streamed via Facebook Live, St. John the Baptist Parish President Jaclyn Hotard explained that the… Read More