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OLD SAYBROOK — The former home of Katharine Hepburn sits seaside behind a tidal salt pond at 10 Mohegan Ave., an area that provides essential coastal habitat and a classic Old Saybrook view while strolling around Fenwick or playing the second hole of Fenwick Golf Course. In order to protect the coastline in this area,… Read More
Our industry will face some of its toughest challenges over the next decade. As a responsible industry, we must look to sustainable practices to realise the best outcomes, writes CEDA president Polite Laboyrie Dredging is changing. This is the theme of the forthcoming World Dredging Congress (WODCON) taking place in Copenhagen in 2022, organised by… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers received funding from Congress to investigate coastal storm risks on the peninsula and develop a plan to mitigate the risks. On April 20, after more than 18 months of analysis and collaboration and just halfway through the study’s three-year timeline, our team published its initial findings in a draft feasibility… Read More
In case you missed it: Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, USACE Commanding General and 54th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, provides an update about ongoing support to the COVID-19 response during this evening’s Coronavirus Task Force Briefing. Source: linkedin
This short, 3-minute video, “Champions of America’s Energy Coast,” describes the immense responsibility placed on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District (SWG), as it lays the foundations that will enable America’s economic growth during the rest of this century. Responsible for the entire Texas Coast and part of Louisiana, Galveston District is focused… Read More
The New Jersey Wind Council has released a report detailing plans for creating the Wind Innovation and New Development (WIND) Institute. The WIND Institute will serve as a center for education, research, innovation, and workforce training related to the development of offshore wind in New Jersey and the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region. To inform its… Read More
Ørsted is postponing the Skipjack Wind Farm project offshore Maryland, US by a year due to delays in the permitting procedure. The delays will push the project’s anticipated completion date from late 2022 to the end of 2023, the world’s leading offshore wind developer said. “As the federal permitting timeline evolves, Ørsted is now receiving… Read More
The Cashman Dredging and Dutra Group JV reaches another milestone in Boston Harbor improvement project— full speed says Army Corps of Engineers— 10 million cubic yards of material moved. Cashman/Dutra joint venture is contracted by the Department of Defense performing essential work under the Governor’s Stay-at-home Advisory being able to continue dredging without delay despite… Read More
Celebrate #EarthDay2020 by taking a virtual flight to visit 10 of our coastal restoration projects across the state. https://lnkd.in/gGnUC6K Source: linkedin
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is prominently featured in a publication focusing on the eventful 10 years since the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) disaster, including “what’s been done and what’s been learned after one of our country’s worst environmental disasters.” We all remember the horrific accident that happened 10 years ago which killed… Read More
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Malibu homeowners banded together to address sea level rise. A decade later, they are at war with the city, the surfers, and each other JeffersonJefferson Wagner has struggled with more than one shark in his life, and he still carries the proof of his tete-a-tete with a Great White. When Malibu’s councilman and former mayor… Read More
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) One of the nation’s largest Superfund cleanup projects in history is down to its final few months. Dredging operations on the lower Fox River have resumed, for a 12th year, to remove cancer-causing PCB’s in river sediment. Started in 2009, the EPA says the total cost to clean-up decades of pollution… Read More
In 2019 Mobile Dredging & Video Pipe, Inc. (MDVP) was awarded a contract to increase the depth of the entrance of the channel at the South Benson Marina Channel in Fairfield, CT., due to shoaling. The project was challenging as the Town of Fairfield required the dredged material to be placed on Jennings Beach adjacent… Read More
Less than a month after arriving in New York City, the hospital ship USNS Comfort is to be redeployed. The ship was originally intended to give surge capacity to New York hospitals by treating non-COVID-19 patients. That capability was not needed. A phenomenon seen by doctors across the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic is that… Read More
As the nation’s environmental engineer, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages one of the largest federal environmental missions – constructing sustainable facilities; regulating waterways; managing natural resources; cleaning up contaminated sites from past military activities; and restoring degraded ecosystems. Through the implementation of 33 ecosystem restoration and protection projects totaling over 4,200 acres and… Read More