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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District, has fundamentally shifted its dredging operations. By moving away from ocean disposal and embracing “Beneficial Use” (BU) and Thin-Layer Placement (TLP), the Corps is keeping vital sediment within the bay system, restoring sediment-starved marshes, and optimizing maintenance costs. Valerie Morrow, USACE Mobile District Dredge Material Program… Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. — In a display of intergovernmental unity, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have agreed to a joint commitment to overhaul bureaucratic processes and accelerate coastal resilience efforts. The agreement follows the “Summit at… Read More
Inland Dredging Co. LLC, Dyersburg, Tennessee, was awarded a $16,303,500 firm-fixed-price contract for pipeline dredging of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Nueces County, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 24, 2027. Fiscal 2026 civil operation and maintenance funds in the… Read More
By Joe Brandt, Ryan Hughes, Josh Sanders Equipment is in place on the beach in Ocean City, New Jersey, on Tuesday as a $19.5 million beach replenishment project contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gets underway. A dredging ship operated by the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company is being moved to the… Read More
By Nicole Blevins The Grand Strand beach renourishment project is moving into its final phase of work along Surfside Beach and Garden City beach. The project managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District began in North Myrtle Beach and moved south into Myrtle Beach, closing sections of beach while work was completed that created a… Read More
By Sofia Dinka USACE released its updated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) last week. It added to a past report from September of 2025 that drew pushback and complaints from local environmental advocates and the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. The new report accounts for PFAS contamination, which hadn’t been deeply considered in the September report…. Read More
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has awarded Great Lakes Dock and Marine and Ryba Marine Construction Co. for repairs to the Bird Island Pier along the Niagara River, totaling $15.52 million, ensuring safe navigation, a strong regional economy, and protection of the City of Buffalo’s main drinking water source…. Read More
PITTSBURGH — WHO: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Pittsburgh District and Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) WHAT: USACE and SPC will co-host multiple open house-style meetings for the public to learn about the progress and early considerations of the Chartiers Creek feasibility study. Representatives from USACE and SPC will be available at stations to answer questions… Read More
By Eric Conklin | NJ.com Crews are finally rebuilding stretches of shoreline after months of erosion left several New Jersey beaches dangerously narrow, following federal spending cuts that delayed the projects. Beachgoers visiting Sea Isle City ahead of Independence Day weekend had a front-row seat to the work as construction vehicles rumbled across the sand and dredged… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson Brandon Hubbard tells us they’ll start early this month and wrap up in August. Viking Marine Construction will remove 83,000 cubic feet of sediment from the harbor. “Basically what they’re going to do is hydraulically dredge with a submerged pipeline some of the sediment out of the shipping channel there, and it’ll be placed half a mile down shore south of the harbor,” Hubbard said. However, the sand won’t be deposited the usual way, along the shore to replenish the beach directly. Rather,… Read More
HONOLULU, Hawaii — Lt. Col. Lamar Cantelou became the 75th commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, during a change of command ceremony July 2 at historic Palm Circle, Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Cantelou, who most recently served as a Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, assumed command from… Read More
By Noe Gonzalez CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (July 2, 2026) — Construction crews recently reached a major milestone at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project, successfully placing the first of several massive concrete beams for the new upstream approach wall. Using a dual-derrick barge crane system, the team maneuvered 420-ton beams into their final positions — a feat of… Read More
By Andria Allmond PORTLAND, Ore. — After more than a century of quiet brooding, Mount St. Helens, known to the Cowlitz as Lawetlat’la, or The Smoking Mountain, began to announce its impending wrath. In the end, the mountain’s eruption would prove to not be singular event, but the beginning of a decades-long geological and engineering challenge. For… Read More
NEW YORK — As the nation celebrated the 250th Anniversary of American independence, one of the first vessels to begin the day’s mission wasn’t a warship or a tall ship—it was the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District Drift Collection Vessel HAYWARD. Before thousands of sailors manned the rails, before military aircraft thundered… Read More
Conrad Shipyard LLC,* Morgan City, Louisiana, was awarded a $24,153,000 firm-fixed-price contract to finalize engineering, construct, test and deliver a new deck barge. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $24,459,000. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Morgan City, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date… Read More