Innovation is changing how we approach coastlines, redefining them not as rigid borders but as dynamic systems where engineering works in sync with nature. On April 20, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Charleston District, marked a milestone on the Isle of Palms by completing two forward-thinking dredging and sand placement efforts. Through the… Read More
Preparations are beginning to rebuild James Island, all but lost years ago beneath the waves of the Chesapeake Bay. The Baltimore District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $53.83 million contract in early April to a firm based in Gloucester, VA, for the first phase of the island’s restoration as a nature… Read More
Dredging operations continue this spring in the heart of the Wahpeton canal system on the west side of West Lake Okoboji. Tim Ireland, President of the Lakewood Parks Association, says Turtle Lake in that area is now six to seven feet deep, a far cry from what it was before the dredging took place… “Before… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers terminated its Collier County Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study, ending a yearslong effort to evaluate hurricane and storm surge protection options along the county’s Gulf coastline. The study, reinitiated after Hurricane Ian in 2022, focused on vulnerable areas including Vanderbilt Beach, Park Shore, Naples and Marco Island. Officials examined… Read More
Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Co., White Hall, Arkansas, was awarded a $141,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for maintenance dredging. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 5, 2029. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, is the contracting activity (W912P8-25-D-0001). (Awarded Oct. 30, 2024).
