Posted on September 17, 2025
Southwind Construction Corp., Evansville, Indiana, was awarded a $8,494,482 firm-fixed-price contract for Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway maintenance dredging. The amount of this action is $8,494,482. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Carolina Beach, Figure 8 Island, Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, and Onslow Beach, North Carolina, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2026. Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $8,494,482 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, is the contracting activity (W912PM-25-C-A012).
| Channel (North to South) | Beneficial Use Placement Area |
| Brown’s Inlet Crossing – Section 2 – Tangent F | East end of Onslow Beach |
| Mason’s Inlet Crossing – Section 3 – Tangent 12 | South end of Figure Eight Island |
| Carolina Beach Inlet Crossing – Section 4 – Tangent 1 | Freeman Park, North end of Pleasure Island / Carolina Beach. |
| Snow’s Cut – Section 5 – Tangents 3, 4 & 4a | Freeman Park, North end of Pleasure Island / Carolina Beach. |
| Lockwood’s Folly Inlet Crossing – CFLR Tangent 11 | East end of Holden Beach |
| Lockwood’s Folly Inlet Crossing – CFLR Tangent 11 Widener | East end of Holden Beach |
| Shallotte Inlet Crossing – CFLR Tangents 19-20 | East end of Ocean Isle Beach |
| Shallotte Inlet Crossing – CFLR Tangent 19 Widener | East end of Ocean Isle Beach |
