Coastal communities in Lincolnshire are being protected from flooding as part of a £30m project. The Environment Agency is using a dredger to pump sand onto 20km (12.5 miles) of beaches. The aim of the Lincshore scheme is to raise beach levels to prevent waves going over the sea walls. The agency sa
The city administration’s failure to overhaul the city’s poor sewerage and drainage systems has resulted in the rising phenomenon of localized flooding across the city. Some spots along Jl. RE Martadinata, Jl. Yos Sudarso, and Jl. Lodan Ancol, all in North Jakarta, are perennially flooded even durin
European construction group Strabag said its subsidiary Ed. Züblin has clinched a euros 220 million ($281.5 million) order from Abu Dhabi government for the development and construction of buildings at the new Khalifa Port. As per the contract, Ed. Züblin will build 25 buildings for one part of the
A group of South Bay governmental agencies has contributed 360-thousand-dollars toward a study that will look at developing a port in Alviso. The study will look at the pros and cons of developing a port that will handle supplies during an emergency. Backers of the port plan say it could also lead t
Dredging, the task of scooping up sediment, branches and tossed-out junk that makes passing through waterways a hazard for boaters, is proceeding on the Chain ’O Lakes, though a sopping early summer has slowed the pace. “We had the wettest June in 108 years,” said Ron Barker, Fox Waterway Agency dep
Ellicott Dredges, LLC is a leader in the design and construction of cutter suction dredges. Ellicott was founded in 1885, 125 years ago this year, and has produced worldwide more than 1,500 dredge units of all sizes. This firm has been and remains very active in the Latin American market. Ellicott d
Belgian company DEME Group, which operates a fleet of over 80 dredging vessels, another 200 auxiliary vessels and specialised equipment, has appointed Wilhelmsen Ships Services as specialized supplier for maintenance products and technical gases globally Wilhelmsen Ships Service has started the cont
There was finally some good news Wednesday on the long-awaited Hernando Beach Channel dredge project. Officials got word that state … By Barbara Behrendt (tampabay) [mappress] Source: tampabay, July 22, 2010;
The first grains of sand have started spilling on to Mooloolaba Spit from a new pipeline that will deliver about 10,000 cubic metres of … By Gordon Clark (sunshinecoastdaily) [mappress] Source: sunshinecoastdaily, July 22, 2010;
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday said it will re-evaluate its plan to dump sand over the mercury in the Sudbury River … By Danielle Ameden (metrowestdailynews) [mappress] Source: metrowestdailynews, July 22, 2010;
The approval this afternoon of President Obama’s budget request to begin funding coastal Louisiana restoration construction projects by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development is “a down payment in what must be a long-term commitment to restoring and protecting coastal
A $5.2 million project to nourish beaches in Treasure Island and St. Pete Beach will begin Aug. 2… (tampabay) [mappress] Source: tampabay, July 22, 2010;
Work on the Port of Siuslaw’s turning basin has come to a halt after an accident with the tug and barge earlier this month. On the evening of July 6, a tug was towing the loaded barge to a disposal site outside the Siuslaw River bar when the barge hit a submerged object that tore […]
Residents have expressed their concerns over the sand excavation in Sungai Rajah near Kampung Lee Kim Sai, Rawang, and say it has to be monitored. Rawang assemblyman Gan Pei Nei said she had received reports and had sent it to the relevant agencies for further action. She hoped Kumpulan Semesta Sdn
