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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, recently awarded a contract for constructing the eighth levee reach on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. This contract will construct approximately 3.0 miles of the 18.5-mile-long levee system that will provide 100-year level risk reduction to the area… Read More
SACRAMENTO, California — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has begun site preparation at Folsom Dam Dike 1 in Granite Bay, California, so contractors can raise the site up to 3.5 feet as part of the Folsom Dam Raise project. The prime contractor for Dikes 1-6, Maloney-Odin Joint Venture, has placed security fencing and… Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is accepting applications for a new $7.5 billion credit assistance program, the Corps Water Infrastructure Financing Program (CWIFP), for dam safety projects. By providing low-cost, long-term, flexible loans for dam safety projects, the CWIFP will accelerate non-federal investment in the nation’s dam infrastructure. The CWIFP has opened its… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $22.5 million contract to Abhe & Svoboda, Inc., of Jordan, Minnesota, on Sept. 18, for gate maintenance on Lock and Dam 5 located near Minnesota City, Minnesota, on the Mississippi River. The project focuses primarily on sandblasting, painting, rehabilitation, and other maintenance of the… Read More
Norfolk Dredging Co., Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $39,586,250 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of March 1, 2024. Fiscal 2023 civil construction funds in the amount of $39,586,250 were obligated at the time of… Read More
The shallowdraft, sidecast vessel MERRITT dredges the federal channel at Oregon Inlet. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has issued an advisory regarding upcoming maintenance dredging. The government owned and operated Dredge Merritt will be conducting maintenance dredging of portions of the federal channel of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway between markers 419 and 427,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has awarded a $17.6 million contract to Mark Cerrone, Inc. to install approximately 23-acres of engineered non-permeable caps at the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, Seaway Site, Tonawanda, N.Y. Construction of the engineered cap, designed to limit exposure at the site, will occur within areas A,… Read More
Eighteen employees with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District graduated Sept. 13 from the first level of the Leadership Development Program during a ceremony at the Scarritt Bennett Center. Lt. Col. Robert W. Green, Nashville District commander, praised graduates for their professional accomplishment and for capitalizing on their own leadership development by taking… Read More
Conrad Shipyard LLC,* Morgan City, Louisiana, was awarded a $9,106,800 firm-fixed-price contract to design, construct, test, and deliver a new steel spud barge. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Morgan City, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of April 14, 2025. Fiscal 2023 Plant Replacement Improvement Program… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is working to obligate appropriated funds as fiscal year 2023 ends. The Contracting Division is obligating its usual “team” approach to award contracts for operations, maintenance, and construction projects by the end of September. Contracting specialists like Bridget Engleman, Diana Namara, and Cierra Vega are part of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, awarded a $7.4 million contract August 25, 2023, to implement Advance Measures engineering solutions to protect critical infrastructure and mitigate flood risk Mora County, New Mexico. The contract was awarded to Kha’P’o Construction Services, Inc., based out of Española, New Mexico. “We have the ability to deliver… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, recently awarded a contract for constructing the sixth levee reach on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. This contract will construct approximately 1.3 miles of the 17.5-mile-long levee system that will provide 100-year level risk reduction to the area… Read More
With Hurricane Idalia fresh in the minds of Suncoast residents, it’s no wonder there was an impressive turnout at a public meeting to discuss beach renourishment. Barrier island municipal leaders and residents filled the fourth-floor community hall of the Indian Shores Municipal Center to capacity the morning of Sept. 8, spilling over into the first-floor… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District awarded a contract to Barnegat Bay Dredging Company of Harvey Cedars, N.J. for $3.3 million to conduct maintenance dredging of the lower Maurice River in Cumberland County, N.J. The dredged sediment will be beneficially used to support eroded marsh areas within the Heislerville Wildlife Management Area. More… Read More
Dredging of the federal navigation channel in Sandusky Harbor by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District and its contractor, Michigan-based The King Co., Inc., will begin Sunday, Sept. 17. Recreational boaters who routinely use the channel should take caution and be aware of changes within the channel marked by buoys. Boaters are asked… Read More