12/16/24: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) executed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) charter for the Industry Corps Hopper Dredge Management Group (ICHDMG). The agreement is for the purpose of maximizing the effectiveness and efficiency of our Nation’s dredging resources, enhancing the viability and competitiveness of… Read More
Mobile, Ala. (December 11, 2024) – Silver Ships has completed the construction and delivery of a 35-foot hydrographic survey catamaran to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Detroit District. The advanced vessel is specifically designed to support hydrographic surveying operations critical to USACE’s mission of maintaining navigable waterways and ensuring infrastructure integrity. The new catamaran features… Read More
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District shared an update regarding periodic nourishment of the Manasquan Inlet to Barnegat Inlet (Northern Ocean County) Coastal Storm Risk Management project in New Jersey. In October 2024, USACE awarded a contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Houston, Texas for $73.5 million to complete… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss.— After nearly more than three decades of service to the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)/Waterways Experiment Station (WES), Dr. Gary Anderton bade the agency farewell. ERDC held a retirement ceremony honoring Anderton on November 14 to celebrate his 38 years of service to the agency. Anderton served in multiple leadership… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center (NDC) is proud to offer a Geographic Information System (GIS) public web service for port areas. Per Engineering Regulation 1130-2-520, the port area polygons are defined by legislative enactments of state, county, or city governments, or corporate limits of a municipality. … Read More
Michels Construction Inc., Brownsville, Wisconsin, was awarded a $7,797,395 firm-fixed-price contract for a pilot project to demonstrate and evaluate the use of water injection dredging at Tuttle Creek Lake in Manhattan, Kansas. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $72,336,435 firm-fixed-price contract for beach renourishment. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Charleston, South Carolina, with an estimated completion date of May 26, 2026. Fiscal 2025 civil construction funds in the amount of $72,336,435 were… Read More
Strong bipartisan support buoys federal funding for flood protection and other water work As federal lawmakers push to the end of the 118th Congress, they are on the verge of approving an infrastructure package that would authorize about $10.7 billion for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood protection and other types of water projects, as… Read More
MONACA, Pa. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District has awarded a nearly $770 million contract to construct a new 110-foot by 600-foot lock chamber at Montgomery Locks and Dam in Monaca, Pennsylvania. The district awarded the construction contract to the Trumbull-Brayman Construction Corporation, Joint Venture of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The contract serves as the… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, and its contractor have completed debris removal along the rights-of-way in Ben Hill and Dodge Counties in Georgia, following the damage caused by Hurricane Helene in late September. The Corps of Engineers’ debris removal operations will now shift to other counties. The debris removal mission,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, awarded the first construction contract for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project on Nov. 27. The $15.5 million contract was awarded to Miami Marine Services for site preparation and riverbed rock removal for the engineered channel. Miami Marine will partner with Michels Construction, Inc. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers has ordered CSX to stop mining the Nolichucky riverbed for material used in railroad repairs, according to a copy of a letter shared by The Southern Environmental Law Center, which has sued over the issue. Hurricane Helene destroyed a section of CSX railroad through the Nolichucky River Gorge. Local raft… Read More
PROVO, Utah—Dr. Rob Wallace, a technical director with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Information Technology Laboratory (ITL), was recently selected as the 2024 Honored Alumnus for the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering at Brigham Young University (BYU). The Honored Alumni Award, part of the BYU homecoming celebrations, recognizes the career… Read More
Jacksonville, Fla. — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Dec. 6, 2024) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District is beginning preparation of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document for the Central and Southern Florida (C&SF) Flood Resiliency (Section 203) Study for Broward Basins on behalf of the non-federal interest, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). The… Read More
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG), non-federal partner the Port of Brownsville, and NextDecade, LLC, celebrated the groundbreaking for Phase 2 of the Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement Project (BIHCIP) during a ceremony in Brownsville, Texas, December 6, 2024. This project is one of four nationwide Public-Private Partnerships (P3)… Read More