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Beach preservationists and coastal communities are sounding the alarm over federal spending cuts for money allocated for sand erosion and replenishment projects across the country. The federal 2024-25 fiscal year budget included no beach erosion renourishment money for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “They provided no funding for beaches,” said Howard Marlowe, president of… Read More
MANISTEE— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District will begin maintenance dredging of the Manistee Harbor federal channel as early as Sunday, Sept. 21, weather permitting, to clear seasonal shoaling that can impede commercial traffic, according to a Corps news release issued Thursday. State-certified dredged sediment will be pumped through a submerged pipeline to… Read More
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has announced construction plans to replace the locks at the deep-draft crossings near Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The locks have been in operation for many years and provide shipping companies the opportunity to reach parts of the United States efficiently and safely, and the Army Corps… Read More
This is a the second phase of an emergency project The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor responsible for a second round of beach replenishment on the beach north of the Indian River Inlet has begun to mobilize the heavy equipment needed for the project. The pending replenishment is the second phase of a joint… Read More
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded a $15,006,510 firm-fixed-price contract for the Fort Pierce Beach Renourishment project. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Saint Lucie, Florida, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2026. Fiscal 2024, 2025, 2022, 2020, 2017, 2016, and 2014 civil construction… Read More
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District (USACE Wilmington), has awarded a contract for the maintenance dredging of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW). According to USACE Wilmington, an $8,494,481 contract was awarded to Southwind Construction Corp on Sept. 16. The contract includes dredging of multiple areas along the AIWW and… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $25,485,000 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. The amount of this action is $25,485,000. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of April 15, 2026. Fiscal 2015, 2016, 2017,… Read More
The Dutra Group, San Rafael, California, was awarded a $25,739,000 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas, with an estimated completion date of May 18, 2026. Fiscal 2025 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $25,739,000 were obligated at… Read More
Curtin Maritime Corp., Long Beach, California, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for dredging. The amount of this action is $28,425,236 with a total cumulative face value of $32,590,618. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work will be performed in Houston, Texas, with an estimated completion date of May 28, 2026. Fiscal 2025… Read More
MANHATTAN – Kansans on and around the water at Tuttle Creek Lake will get to see an innovative engineering solution in action this month that aims to save the reservoir from a muddy problem. The Kansas City District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently announced in a press release that it will launch the… Read More
Vicksburg, Miss. — Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/49939 Report Number: ERDC/CHL CHETN-IX-72 Title: Quality Control for Waterway Networks: Processing Algorithm and GIS Toolbox By Magdalena Asborno, Connor Hicks, Kenneth N. Mitchell, and Paul Patorno Source Quality Control for Waterway Networks
TAMPA, Fla. — Another significant milestone checked off on the Tampa Harbor Federal Deep Draft Navigation Project as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Tampa Port Authority signed the Design Agreement authorizing the start of Preconstruction Engineering and Design (PED) this morning during a ceremony held at the Port of Tampa Bay. The… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla —– U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, awarded a contract Sept. 02, 2025, for the maintenance dredging of federal navigation channel of Naples to Big Marco Pass in Collier County to Southwind Construction Corp. of Evansville, Ind. The $3,045,784.37 contract consists of maintenance dredging of Gordon Pass cuts 1-7, including the Settling… Read More
Precision Construction LLC,* Carencro, Louisiana, was awarded a $34,926,036 firm-fixed-price contract for flood control work on the Amite River and Tributaries, Comite River Basin. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $53,754,268. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work will be performed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with an estimated completion… Read More
Southwind Construction Corp., Evansville, Indiana, was awarded a $8,494,482 firm-fixed-price contract for Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway maintenance dredging. The amount of this action is $8,494,482. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Carolina Beach, Figure 8 Island, Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, and Onslow Beach, North Carolina, with an… Read More