Sand on the beach: 465,000yd3 in Brevard County FL Shore Protection Project by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
Posted on April 8, 2021
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is placing dredged sand on the North Reach section of Brevard County beaches. The Brevard County Shore Protection Project will put about 465,000 cubic yards of sand on the southern four miles of beach from Patrick Space Force Base to North 2nd Street in Cocoa Beach. They are presently at around 11th Street South in Cocoa Beach. The project will be finished by the beginning of turtle season.
Marinex Construction Inc., Charleston, South Carolina, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging and related construction services, including furnishing personnel, transportation, mobilization and demobilization, equipment and materials to remove up to five million, six hundred thousand cubic yards of maintenance material from an inner harbor. The amount of this action is $33,052,500 with a… Read More
Cottrell Contracting Corp.,* Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $75,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for maintenance dredging services. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 11, 2031. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
TOLEDO, Ohio (WOWO) — The largest annual dredging operation on the Great Lakes is set to begin in Toledo Harbor next month, with crews expected to remove roughly 750,000 cubic yards of sediment from the Maumee River’s federal navigation channel. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Buffalo District and Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction Company will… Read More
Norfolk Dredging Co., Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $27,250,950 firm-fixed price contract for maintenance dredging of the Delaware River, Philadelphia to Sea and Wilmington Harbor Project. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of July 13, 2027. Fiscal 2025 and 2026… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ newest hopper dredge, the Donnelly, is taking shape at Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s Allanton Shipyard in Panama City, Florida. Built to replace the nearly 60-year-old dredge McFarland, the Donnelly is a ready reserve vessel designed to carry forward the Corps’ navigation mission and help keep America’s shipping channels open and… Read More