Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company awarded $26.7 million contract for dredging Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $26,611,350 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Savannah, Georgia; Brunswick, Georgia; Wilmington, North Carolina; Morehead City, North Carolina; and… Read More
Each year the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District dredges the Black Warrior-Tombigbee River and the Alabama River to an adequate depth to ensure reliability of the federal channel to allow commerce to traverse the inland waterways. Recently, dredging took place at the Buena Vista Bar on the BWT south of the Coffeeville Lock…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District announces the public release of a Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement for the New York- New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries coastal storm risk management feasibility study (NYNJHAT Study). The report was completed in cooperation with the non-federal sponsors, New York… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, has awarded a $13.5 million contract to Cottrell Contracting Corp., a Small Business out of Chesapeake, Virginia, for maintenance dredging for the Lower Wicomico River, located in both Wicomico and Somerset counties. The project – in coordination with Wicomico County, the non-federal sponsor – consists of dredging approximately… Read More
Oceaneering International, Inc. Marine Services Division, Chesapeake, Virginia, is awarded a $24,116,495 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-only modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-18-C-6413) to establish and exercise options for U.S. Navy configuration changes, maintenance and repair. Work will be performed in Chesapeake, Virginia and is expected to be completed by September 2023. Fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance… Read More
Orion Marine Construction, Tampa, Florida, was awarded an $8,233,000 firm-fixed-price contract for pipeline dredging in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas, with an estimated completion date of May 15, 2023. Fiscal 2022 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount… Read More
Advanced American Construction,* Portland, Oregon, was awarded a $41,637,000 firm-fixed-price contract for dike repairs at the mouth of the Columbia River. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Hammond, Oregon, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2026. Fiscal 2022 civil operation and maintenance funds in the… Read More
Curtin Maritime Corp.,* Long Beach, California, was awarded a $13,033,000 firm-fixed-price contract for hopper dredging of the Houston Ship Channel. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Baytown, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2023. Fiscal 2022 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount… Read More
Orion Marine Construction Inc., Tampa, Florida, was awarded a $69,500,350 firm-fixed-price contract for pipeline dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2027. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W912HY-22-D-0006)…. Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $26,611,350 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Savannah, Georgia; Brunswick, Georgia; Wilmington, North Carolina; Morehead City, North Carolina; and Charleston, South Carolina, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2023…. Read More
OCEAN COUNTY – Officials recently announced plans for an upcoming beach replenishment project from Point Pleasant Beach to Berkeley’s South Seaside Park. The total cost of the project will be approximately $60 million. The Army Corps of Engineers will pay $30 million, with the remaining $30 million paid by the state and municipalities. Locally, towns… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, has awarded a $13.5 million contract to Cottrell Contracting Corp., a Small Business out of Chesapeake, Virginia, for maintenance dredging for the Lower Wicomico River, located in both Wicomico and Somerset counties. The project – in coordination with Wicomico County, the non-federal sponsor – consists of dredging approximately… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has laid out a plan to protect New York Harbor from coastal flooding. It includes building seawalls, levees, and storm-surge gates to defend 900 miles of coastline across two states — New York and New Jersey — where about 16 million people live. Source
The United States Army Corps of Engineers is continuing to monitor the river levels on the Mississippi, especially with the dry conditions and the upcoming flow shifts in the fall. The river is home to huge barge traffic throughout the country, transporting huge numbers of goods. “There’s a huge financial engine that’s tied to the… Read More
With Hurricane Ian set to make landfall in Florida, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, is suspending its operations at the five lock and dam structures on the Okeechobee Waterway and at the Canaveral Lock. The change takes effect at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. Operations will be suspended until potential… Read More