Inland Dredging Co. LLC, Dyersburg, Tennessee, was awarded an $8,046,150 firm-fixed-price contract for pipeline dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Willacy, Texas, with an estimated completion date of June 1, 2024. Fiscal 2023 civil construction funds of $8,046,150 were obligated at the time of the award…. Read More
Marinex Construction Inc., Charleston, South Carolina, was awarded a $13,542,300 firm-fixed-price contract for coastal storm risk management. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2024. Fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of… Read More
The New River Alliance of Climbing was awarded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Excellence in Partnership Award during a ceremony held at Summersville Lake on September 7, 2023. The Excellence in Partnerships Award annually recognizes exceptional contributions by a partner supporting the Recreation and/or Environmental Stewardship programs. The award recipient is selected based on… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, recently awarded a contract for constructing the fifth levee reach on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. This contract will construct approximately 1.0 miles of the 17.5-mile-long levee system that will provide 100-year level risk reduction to the area… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District awarded a contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak Brook, Ill. for $16.1 million to complete periodic nourishment of the Cape May Inlet to Lower Township (Cape May City) Coastal Storm Risk Management project. The project is a joint effort of the Army Corps’… Read More
For the second consecutive year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, takes on the challenge of keeping commerce moving on the navigable waterways in the central part of the United States. Collaborating with the River Industry Action Committee and the U.S. Coast Guard, the district uses a balanced approach to mitigate the… Read More
Researchers from 10 U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Districts have been selected for the 2023 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Jose Paredez, a civil engineer with the Los Angeles District, was chosen to participate in the detail program, now in its eighth year. Selectees were announced by ERDC-U Program Manager… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD), Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), and the Port of Terrebonne signed a partnering agreement to begin efforts to advance the Houma Navigation Canal (HNC) Deepening project. The total construction cost is $253,458,000. U.S. Army Corps Mississippi Valley Division Commander, Brig. Gen…. Read More
Researchers from 10 U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) Districts have been selected for the 2023 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Nakita Smith, lead realty specialist with the Pittsburgh District, was chosen to participate in the detail program, now in its eighth year. The 12 selectees were announced by ERDC-U… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Wilmington District awarded an $18 million contract to Norfolk Dredging Company on 1 September 2023, for the maintenance dredging of the Wilmington Harbor Anchorage Basin and Mid-River Channels. About 1.6 million cubic yards of material will be dredged to allow 42-foot-deep access for container, bulk, and general cargo… Read More
Beach renourishment is a sort of give-and-take between humans and nature. Humans pump sand onto the beach; waves wash it away, little by little, until a storm takes a lot at once. The idea is that, when a storm does hit, the berm of sand will be enough to protect the homes and public infrastructure… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District awarded a $1,372,000 contract to Michigan-based Luedtke Engineering to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel in Sandusky Harbor and will begin on September 18 through mid-October. With partial funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), material dredged from the harbor channel… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $16,160,200 firm-fixed-price contract for beach nourishment. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Cape May, New Jersey, with an estimated completion date of March 20, 2024. Fiscal 2023 civil construction funds in the amount of $16,160,200… Read More
Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Co. LLC, Quincy, Massachusetts, was awarded a $9,266,500 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with four bids received. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Florida, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 26, 2024. Fiscal 2023 civil construction funds in the amount of $9,266,500 were… Read More
Inland Dredging Co. LLC, Dyersburg, Tennessee, was awarded an $8,029,900 firm-fixed-price contract to furnish a hydraulic pipeline cutterhead dredge. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Houma, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 25, 2023. Fiscal 2023 civil operations and maintenance funds in the amount of… Read More