1272 results found for 'scour'

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  • News in Photos: Dredger Potter at Work

    22 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District’s Dredger Potter, built in 1932 during the Great Depression, recently completed another successful dredging season on the Middle Mississippi. During the season, she moved more than 3.2 million cubic yards of sediment – enough to cover a football field to a height of 1,500 feet. One of the […]

  • Eden Breakwater Project Moves Along

    22 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Jointly funded by the Australian Government, New South Wales Government and Bega Valley Shire Council, the $44 million Eden Breakwater Wharf Extension Project is progressing according to the schedule. The NSW Government reported recently that under the stage one, the installation of the scour protection is continuing well and is on track to be completed […]

  • Foundations Works at German Amrumbank West OWF Set for This Fall

    14 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    E.ON has begun the construction phase of German Amrumbank West offshore wind farm, the company said in its report for the first half of 2013. Installation of foundations at the project’s site is scheduled for this fall (most likely in October). In April, the company started the preparatory work for constructing the offshore wind farm […]

  • SMC Bags Client Representative Contract for East Anglia One

    15 May 2018
    Project & Tenders

    ScottishPower Renewables has awarded Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) with a client representative contract for the East Anglia One offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • First Contract for Subcon in Africa

    19 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Subcon Europe was contracted recently by Subtech Group to design and fabricate 1680m² of CoastMatt™ for the scour protection of Terminal de Carvão da Matola in Mozambique. The dry bulk terminal has an annual export of 7.5mil tonne of coal and magnetite and the scour protection was a part of the current upgrading of the terminal […]

  • Corps Set to Repair Orchard Homes Levee

    25 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Efforts to mend the Orchard Homes Levee are scheduled to begin March 30 when U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ officials begin repairs to a 200-foot-long damaged segment located on the Clark Fork River in Missoula, Mont. The $148,000 project will address scouring, erosion, sloughing and a loss of levee armor as a result of high […]

  • Destin, USA: 200,000 cubic yards of sand dredged, job done

    18 January 2010
    Project & Tenders

    The dredges scouring sand from East Pass and piping it to Okaloosa Island finished work on Thursday, according to Army Corps of Engineers site manager Terry Jangula. [mappress] Source: The Destin Log, January 15, 2010;

  • Shoreline Protection Project in Marshfield up for Comment

    5 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, is proposing to undertake emergency shoreline protection by constructing a mixed sediment revetment in front of a 300-foot section of seawall in the Brant Rock/Hewitt’s Point section of Marshfield, Mass. The purpose of the proposed project is to prevent further beach scour and protect the Brant […]

  • Kriegers Flak Foundations En Route to Denmark

    9 January 2018
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Two foundations of 10,000 tonnes and 8,000 tonnes, destined for the Danish offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak, have left the port of Ostend in Belgium. According to Jan de Nul, the foundations are planned to arrive in Denmark on January 15, 2018, where, depending on the weather conditions, the first foundation will be installed by the end […]

  • Jan De Nul Delivers Haliade Cable Link

    30 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    In the North Sea, in front of the Belgian coast, Alstom has installed its first Haliade turbine within the Belwind facility. Jan De Nul Group earlier installed the rock scour protection around the jacket foundation of the turbine with its Fallpipe Vessel ‘Simon Stevin’. This time however the ‘Simon Stevin’ returned to the wind farm […]

  • Germany: E.ON Lays Groundwork for Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm

    29 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    In April 2013 E.ON started preparations for constructing the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm. So-called scour protection is currently being installed north-west of Helgoland. This comprises two layers of special sand bags on the seabed to prevent the sea current from washing away the sand around the foundations of the wind turbines, thus ensuring turbine […]

  • Corps Seeks Input on Upper Hamburg Chute Project (USA)

    29 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    A draft supplemental environmental assessment for repairs to the Upper Hamburg chute in Otoe County, is currently available for public review. The draft supplemental EA evaluates the environmental impacts of repairing chute bank erosion that formed along two locations during the 2011 Missouri River flood. The purpose and scope of this supplemental EA are limited […]

  • USA: Bids Out for Bald Head Island Dredging

    9 October 2012

    According to the village’s newsletter, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is soliciting bids for the dredging of a channel adjacent to Bald Head Island. The dredging program will replace sand on South and West beaches on the island. The bid calls for dredging of sand that is expected to be used to shore up […]

  • Top News of the Week, 14 – 20 November 2016

    20 November 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    Iemants and Jan De Nul Win Kriegers Flak OSS Foundations Work Energinet.dk and 50Hertz Transmission GmbH have awarded Iemants and Jan De Nul Group with a contract to construct, install, ballast and protect gravity based foundations (GBFs) for two offshore substations. ABB Unveils Lightweight, AC Platform-Free HVDC Solution ABB has presented a new, compact, high-voltage […]

  • 11 of 18 sailors found alive from sunken Russian ship in Pacific

    25 October 2006

    A total of 11 sailors have now been found alive from the 18-man crew of a Russian cargo ship that sunk in the West Pacific two days ago, after rescuers found another six on Wednesday, Russian officials in Vladivostok said. One sailor was found dead Tuesday, and Russian and South Korean boats and aircraft continue […]

  • Kongsberg Develops New Solution for 3D Subsea Monitoring

    23 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Kongsberg Maritime has launched a unique solution for the detection of Scouring, Corrosion, Deformation and Marine Growth, which can destabilise wind turbines and underwater structures causing expensive, and potentially environmentally hazardous damage. On show at WindEnergy Hamburg 2014, the new K-Observer system, which is part of Kongsberg Maritime’s Modular Subsea Monitoring Network (MSM), provides accurate, […]

  • VIDEO: Boskalis in West of Duddon Sands Project

    7 November 2013

    In September, the first turbine was installed at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the East Irish Sea, approximately 14 km from the nearest coast on Walney Island, Cumbria. A total of 108 wind turbines will be installed by the Sea Installer and Pacific Orca, with the wind farm expected to be […]

  • Fugro EMU to Perform Surveys at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm

    20 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Scira Offshore Energy Limited has commissioned Fugro EMU to perform hydrographic and geophysical monitoring surveys at the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site and along the export cable and transit routes. The wind farm site, consisting of 88 offshore wind turbine generators and two offshore substations, is located approximately 20 kilometres off the UK’s Norfolk […]

  • Germany: Installation of Foundations to Start Soon at Amrumbank West

    14 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    E.ON has begun the construction phase of German Amrumbank West offshore wind farm, the company said in its report for the first half of 2013. Installation of foundations at the project’s site is scheduled for this fall (most likely in October). In April, the company started the preparatory work for constructing the offshore wind farm […]

  • Tidal Lagoon Power man joins HR Wallingford

    2 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Former Head of Turbine Development at Tidal Lagoon Power – Michael Case – has joined civil engineering organization, HR Wallingford, as Business Development Manager for the power sector.

  • UK: Walney Officially Inaugurated

    20 February 2012

      On 9 February 2012, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, located in the East Irish Sea, was officially inaugurated by Edward Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, at a ceremony in the Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall. In the presence of representatives from the owners, local dignitaries, senior management from DONG Energy and […]

  • Pipeshield sets up grouting division

    16 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment, Infrastructure, Safety

    Pipeshield, a Tekmar Group company, has launched a new Grouting Division, strengthening the company’s range of subsea protection, support, and stabilisation solutions. The introduction of a new Grouting Division builds on Pipeshield’s experience in fabric formwork and grout bag solutions. It enables the company to execute turnkey grouting projects for both offshore and onshore application, […]

  • TVO Unveils Unique Riverbank Repair System

    7 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Working on behalf of the Environment Agency, Team Van Oord (TVO) is pioneering an alternative method of repairing damaged riverbanks which is new to the UK, but has been used in Japan for many years. The Kyowa Filter Unit is designed to give protection from scour damage to riverbanks, shorelines, bridges and other structures, while […]

  • Van Oord Nets West White Rose Contract from Husky Energy

    18 October 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Van Oord has been awarded a contract to carry out offshore installation works for Husky Energy’s West White Rose Project of the east coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The West White Rose Project will be developed by means of a fixed oil drilling platform consisting of a Concrete Gravity Structure (CGS) supporting an integrated drilling and […]

  • Pipeshield Adds to East Anglia One To-Do List

    14 May 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Pipeshield International Ltd has won a contract by DeepOcean to supply the second phase scour protection for the East Anglia One offshore wind farm in the UK. The award follows the delivery of the first phase of scour protection for the 714MW project which took place at the end of last year. Similar to the […]