Dredging
Indonesia: Intiland Development to Start Artificial Island Megaproject
PT Intiland Development Tbk (DILD) plans to develop an artificial island megaproject in Pluit, North Jakarta. The project is applying the concept similar with Palm Islands in Dubai, Uni Arab Emirates. According to the plan, the artificial island is located not far from one of Intiland’s signature pr
Global Marine Systems, Triasmitra Agree to Form Joint Venture
Subsea cable installation companies Global Marine Systems, Ltd. and PT Ketrosden Triasmitra have announced their agreement to form a joint venture to provide subsea cable engineering and installation services to the telecommunications and oil & gas industries within the Indonesian market. The partne
Novosibirsk Container Terminal on Right Track (Russia)
On 19 September 2013 TransContainer held ceremony on opening of renewed container terminal Kleschikha in Novosibirsk which was totally reconstructed by August 2013. As a result of this reconstruction the space of the terminal increased six times and new container ground with modern infrastructure fa
Port of San Diego, NASSCO Reach Agreement on San Diego Bay Cleanup
The Port of San Diego announced today it has reached a tentative agreement with General Dynamics NASSCO that moves the largest-ever cleanup of San Diego Bay one step closer to reality. “The Port of San Diego takes its stewardship of San Diego Bay very seriously,” said Port Chair Ann Moore. “The bay
European Technical Committee on Land Subsidence Established
The formation of a European Technical Committee on Land Subsidence was announced in the first week of September at the International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Paris. The formation of the committee was a Deltares initiative. The interim chairman of the Committee wil
Authorization for Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Project Included in WRRDA (USA)
Authorization for the Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion Project is included in the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2013. With an estimated federal cost of $801,542,000 and an estimated non-federal cost of $979,806,000, the Diversion Project is not the most expensive of the five flo
New Zealand: Site of Year Award Goes to Pokeno Developer
The Dines Group has picked up a premier environmental protection award for ‘outstanding’ work at its Village Lifestyle industrial and residential development sites at Pokeno. The group has just been awarded Waikato Regional Council’s Site of the Year Award for ‘Best Practice – Erosion and Sediment C
USA: Geosyntec Stormwater BMP Project Earns Industry Award for Excellence
Geosyntec’s Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) biofilter project earned the 2013 Outstanding Stormwater BMP Implementation Award from the California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA) on September 10. Representatives of the client (Boeing), the SSFL Surface Water Expert Panel, and members of t
Dredging Works Complete in Western Basin (Australia)
The Western Basin Dredging & Disposal Project has completed the current dredging works for this phase of the project.| The two cutter suction dredgers working in the Gladstone Harbour are currently preparing to demobilise from the works. The Athena will depart Gladstone on 4 October, while the Al Ma
Great Lakes Dredge Dock Pens USD 36.9 Mln Deal (USA)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District awarded a $36.9 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge Dock, LLC of Oak Brook, Illinois to place approximately 1.1 million cubic yards of sand at Keansburg, New Jersey as part of an emergency shore protection project affected by Hurricane Sandy. Th
USA: Sol Engineering LLC Gets Contract from USACE
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, awarded a contract to Sol Engineering LLC, an 8(a) small business, in the amount of $72,152.12 for environmental services to include chemical and grain size analyses of water and sediment samples from the federally-maintained Corpus Christi Naviga
Corps Invites Public Comments on Sand Hill River Restoration Project (USA)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently completed a draft Environmental Assessment for a proposed Sand Hill River Ecosystem Restoration Project, 20 miles southeast of Crookston, Minn. The Corps, in partnership with the Sand Hill River Watershed District, is proposing to constru
Minister Schultz Inaugurates New Deltares Building (The Netherlands)
‘In my time as State Secretary, I witnessed the birth of Deltares. This top institute is already five years old, and it has developed into a global player with activities in more than 80 countries,‘ Minister Schultz van Haegen of Infrastructure and the Environment was talking at the opening today of
Deal Dredging Set to Begin (UK)
The Environment Agency is hosting a public drop-in session in Deal to update the community on the town’s new Sea Defence Scheme, with new work due to begin in the next few weeks. Earlier in the year the Environment Agency announced that further work would be required to ensure the beach at Deal reac