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McDermott today announced mechanical completion of a pioneering industrial-scale biosurfactant plant for Evonik. Less than two years from contract award, Evonik has achieved initial production of Rhamnolipids, a bacterial surfactant with the potential to fundamentally transform cleaning products and significantly reduce their environmental impact. The project positions Evonik, a specialty chemicals company, as a pioneer of… Read More
The growth of sediment in the Oklahoma River where it flows through Oklahoma City is the target of a major dredging operation. City workers have started the process of removing dirt and sediment build-up to keep the river in peak operation, according to a report by the city’s Public Works Department. “Our river boats have… Read More
Nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling withdrawing protections for about half the streams and wetlands in Colorado, Western Slope Democrats have introduced a bill that would fill the regulatory vacuum created by the decision. House Bill 1379 would create a state-run permit system to regulate when developers can dig up… Read More
When a winter storm blew through Cape Cod in February, rising tides sliced and diced Sandwich’s Town Neck Beach – destroying much of the protective sand dunes that were dredged from the Cape Cod Canal. Without “big beach and perpetual nourishment,” erosion will continue to carve out north-facing beaches, affecting residential and infrastructure properties, said Sandwich Assistant Town Manager Heather Harper. “As… Read More
A nearly $2 million project to restore the road to Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park is complete, which allowed reopening of the Santa Barbara county park. More than a year after being closed by storm damage, the key access road to a Central Coast beach has been repaired, and reopened. The big January, 2023 closed the… Read More
Collier County’s FEMA-funded project to restore the beach and dunes lost to Hurricane Ian is forecast to be completed a couple of months later than originally projected. The first phase – the county’s emergency beach berm re-nourishment program, which saw 300,000 cubic yards of sand added to Naples area beaches (from Barefoot to Marco Island)… Read More
The $1.5 billion effort to rid the Gowanus Canal of toxic sludge is so behind schedule and over budget due to government mismanagement that the canal may have to be re-dredged, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s watchdog. The fetid canal is in the midst of a cleanup involving the removal of 600,000 cubic yards of… Read More
A beach driving closure in Emerald Isle has been extended for contractors to begin removing dredge equipment throughout the week. Army Corps of Engineers are in the final stages of the dredging project. The contractor was dredging 200-thousand cubic yards of sand out of the nearby waterway crossing at Bogue Inlet. Dredging helps replace the… Read More
Plans to dredge the mouth of the Coldwater River on the west side of Coldwater Lake hit another snag after Branch County Drain Commissioner Mike Hard learned last week his office did not control the river. Residential lot owners along the river complained that the water had silted in over the last couple of decades,… Read More
La Crosse County has approved $50,000 for a Lake Onalaska dredging project. The Lake Onalaska Protection and Rehabilitation District says sediment deposit has picked up on the Mississippi and Lake Onalaska area. That reduces the amount of deep water habitat for overwintering fish and can restrict boat access. The county is giving the Lake District… Read More
It’s getting warmer and many people are starting to head to the beach but there’s a lot that goes into the upkeep of the beach, which can cost millions of dollars. Here in Emerald Isle, they have just wrapped up a dredging project near the beach. Part of the dredging process helps to restore the… Read More
The Project Will Enlarge the Habitat for Significant Native Species, Including the Federally Threatened Western Snowy Plover Phase 2 of the Santa Monica Beach Restoration Project commenced recently, aiming to further enhance natural dune habitat on Santa Monica beach, situated just south of the Annenberg Community Beach House, a post from the City read. Building… Read More
The city is grappling with a problem that has gone on for more than three decades: Where does it put material dredged from the Anclote River, and can the city afford to buy its own spoil site? The city is currently leasing a property on L&R Industrial Boulevard from Anclote Properties, the same area it… Read More
Arcadis, a leading global design and consultancy organization for natural and built assets, today announced that it will lead development of a digital twin and updates for the City of Houston’s water distribution model in partnership with Houston Public Works. Arcadis is the prime consultant on the three-year, $5.7 million project and will work with… Read More
HOUSTON, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — McDermott International, Ltd (“McDermott” or the “Company”) today announced that it has completed the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Support Agreement (“TSA”), including the successful conclusion of the interrelated Dutch and UK legal processes that support the TSA, full resolution of the Reficar arbitration award related liabilities, and the amendment and extension… Read More