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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
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District announced that it received authority to issue alternative/emergency permitting procedures in response to conditions resulting from Hurricane Idalia. These alternate procedures will be effective for a six-month period, through March 3, 2024. A Corps-issued public notice announcing these alternative/emergency procedures is available at: http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Public-Notices/ Additional information on Emergency Permitting… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss.— 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). Canda Lorson, a hydrologist with the New Orleans District, was chosen to participate in the detail program, now in its eighth year. The 12 selectees were announced by… Read More
Vicksburg, Miss. — Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/47561 Report Number: ERDC SR-23-7 Title: Proceedings from the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) 2021 Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Virtual Workshop By: Taylor Cagle, Emily Russ, Kelsey Fall, Amanda Tritinger, Burton Suedel, Katie Brutsché, and Todd Bridges Approved for public release: distribution is unlimited. August 2023 151 pages /26 Mb… Read More
ELIZABETH, Pa. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District awards a nearly $30 million contract to remove the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. The district awarded the dam removal contract to the Joseph B. Fay Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The work is part of the Lower Monongahela River project, which… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Greers Ferry Lake & Little Red River Tourism Association are seeking volunteers to pitch in on Sept. 9 during the 54th Annual Greers Ferry Lake and Little Red River Cleanup. The marinas will not be participating and there will be no gatherings, check in stations or meals… Read More
The Sustainable Rivers Program improves the health and life of rivers by changing dam operations to restore and protect ecosystems, while maintaining or enhancing other project benefits. The SRP was first considered in 1998 when the Nature Conservancy approached the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about improved operations of the Green River Dam in Kentucky…. Read More
New Orleans, La. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, awarded a $34.2 million contract to McMillen, Inc. of Boise, ID for construction of a steel system to allow dewatering of the Old River Low Sill Control Structure. Dewatering is scheduled to occur in late summer and fall of 2024 when the river… Read More
Pacific Shipyards International LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, was awarded a $9,717,091 firm-fixed-price contract to overhaul a dredge vessel. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Honolulu, Hawaii, with an estimated completion date of June 20, 2024. Fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $9,717,091 were… Read More
Norfolk Dredging Co., Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded an $18,031,975 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Wilmington, North Carolina, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2024. Fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $18,031,975 were obligated at… Read More
Army Corps of Engineers gives St. Tammany Parish the OK to dredge a section of the Pearl River Navigation Canal Boaters in St. Tammany Parish may soon have an easier time navigating the waters of the Pearl River Navigation Canal now that the Army Corps has given the parish the greenlight to dredge a section of… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, awarded a contract Aug. 28, 2023, for maintenance dredging of the IWW federal navigation channel in the vicinity of Matanzas inlet in St. Johns and Flagler Counties, Florida. The $5.9 million contract was awarded to Southwind Construction of Evansville, Indiana. Dredging is anticipated to start in November and… Read More