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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to remove about 100 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of sediment from Marina del Rey’s harbor in an operation set to begin Monday. The five-month-long dredging effort is expected to remove about 400,000 to 500,000 cubic yards of sediment accumulated along the harbor’s north jetty, where shoaling has impacted… Read More
The restoration project is expected to begin this year. Jacksonville’s coastline is about to undergo a major makeover as The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved a $32.4 million contract for a beach renourishment project covering most of Duval County’s Atlantic Ocean beachfront. The Army Corps of Engineers announced the contract was awarded to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co.,… Read More
Concord, Mass. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Twin Energy LLC in Cohasset, Massachusetts, for proposed work in freshwater wetlands adjacent to tributaries to the Swift River off Horseshoe Valley Road in Rumford, Maine. The proposed work involves… Read More
BALTIMORE, Md. — Restoration to the Chesapeake’s ecosystem, environmental justice, flood risk management, dredging and navigation improvement, and water supply to Washington, D.C. and Virginia residents continue at the top of the list as USACE, Baltimore District priorities in fiscal year 2024. Nearing the end of the first quarter in fiscal year 2024, the district is already making… Read More
Offshore wind developer, U.S. Wind, is building its case, and touting the benefits of new projects to officials of Delaware’s coastal towns. Governor Carney previously announced U.S. Wind is currently negotiating a potential lease for 3R’s Beach in the Delaware Seashore State Park to use the land for two offshore wind projects. Locals in Rehoboth Beach have… Read More
Boaters and visitors in Marina del Rey should get used to seeing the “Sea Horse” floating in the harbor. The dredging vessel and its accompanying scow, the Robert L., will operate continuously over the next five months to remove 400,000 to 500,000 cubic yards of sediment — enough to fill 100 Olympic-size swimming pools —… Read More
Contractors bid too high for New Jersey project, Corps said Corps wrongly changed bidding process to negotiation, GAO says The US Army Corps of Engineers unlawfully converted an invitation for bids to a negotiated procurement for a beach nourishment project in New Jersey, the Government Accountability Office said. The agency should rescind the conversion and… Read More
The Memphis District’s Dredge Hurley returned to its home port, Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis Harbor on Jan. 13, 2023, after finishing a record-breaking 273-day season, which began Apr. 26, 2022. In those eight and a half months, the 36-person crew removed 14.5 million cubic yards of material, which is the most the Dredge Hurley… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, will begin maintenance dredging of sections of the Okeechobee Waterway and Intracoastal Waterway in the vicinity of St. Lucie Inlet on or about January 3, 2024. The USACE dredging vessel Murden is expected to remove approximately 25,000 cubic yards of shoaling material over a 12-day period. Once under way, operations… Read More
USACE Jacksonville has awarded a $32.4 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, of Houston, Texas, for re-nourishment of approximately 10 miles of the Duval Co. Atlantic shoreline. Known as Shore Protection Project, Beach Re-nourishment 2024, Duval Co., Florida, the restoration will re-nourish critically eroded beach within the municipalities of Atlantic Beach,… Read More
Dredging two sections of the Duwamish River federal navigation channel will begin Jan. 2, 2024. Mechanical clamshell dredging operations will remove about 75,000 cubic yards of accumulated sediment from the federal channel’s Turning Basin and Section A, ensuring safe passage for vessels. These sections begin nearly five miles upstream of Harbor Island. The U.S. Army… Read More
Waterfront Property Services LLC, doing business as Gator Dredging,* Clearwater, Florida, was awarded a $17,979,800 firm-fixed-price contract for the placement of dredged material on beaches. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Charleston, South Carolina, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 22, 2024. Fiscal 2024 civil operation… Read More
ST. LUCIE INLET, Fla. (CBS12) — Around 25,000-cubic yards of material is expected to be removed from the St. Lucie County Inlet over a 12-day span, starting this coming Wednesday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from the Jacksonville District is visiting parts of the Okeechobee and Intracoastal Waterways for the New Year’s project. Boaters in… Read More
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded a $13,183,900 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Anchorage, Alaska, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2027. Fiscal 2024 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $13,183,900 were obligated at the… Read More
SOLANA BEACH — Beachgoers will see more construction activity than usual along the Solana Beach shoreline over the next three months as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commences a massive beach restoration effort to combat storm damage and sand depletion. The massive undertaking is part of the long-awaited USACE Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project,… Read More