Dredging
CCCC Shanghai Secures Meishan Zone Project
CCCC Shanghai Dredging Co. has just won bid for the cofferdam, land formation and foundation treatment works, worth approximately $206 million. The deal is for the No. 6-10 container terminal project in Meishan zone of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, Zhejiang Province, with the construction period of 4 years.
RLB Contracting Nets Shoreline Protection Deal
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District has awarded a $2.2 million contract to RLB Contracting Inc. for placement of rip rap and articulating concrete block in order to minimize erosion of the existing Pelican Island Placement Area containment dikes in Galveston County, Texas. “The Pelic
Aerial Survey for Nicaragua Canal Starts
Australian consulting firm CSA Global has begun the aerial survey of the proposed Nicaragua Canal route, reported HKND Group in a release. Representatives from Nicaragua Canal, Development Project Commission, HKND Group and CSA Global were present at the ceremony, held on September 21 in Managua. Th
DEC Approves New Lake Champlain Plan
The Department of Environmental Conservation has approved a new plan to improve water quality in Lake Champlain. The Northern Lake Champlain Direct Drainages Tactical Basin Plan compiles over two years of work focused on the health of the basin and development of targeted actions to remediate and pr
LS Marine Wins Minneapolis Gig
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $1.9 million contract to place riprap in the Mississippi River downstream of Lock and Dam 1 in Minneapolis, on September 21. The contractor, LS Marine, Inc., from St. Paul, Minnesota, will place nearly 20,000 tons of riprap and bedding d
MWRD Opens Levee 37
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) of Greater Chicago, in working together with federal leaders, the USACE, various agencies, and northwest suburban communities surrounding the Des Plaines River, has carried forth its mission to prevent flooding by officially opening Levee 37. Offici
SedNet Kicks Off Tomorrow
Poland’s city of Krakow will host the 9th International SedNet conference, taking place from 23-26 September 2015. At the core of this SedNet conference, hosted and co-organized by the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, will be the
Legend Lake Project Proposed
The Legend Lake Property Owners Association has applied for a Department of the Army permit to discharge dredged and fill material along 49 linear feet of Legend Lake. The purpose of the project is to stabilize the lake shore, which has been undercut by wave action and erosion, by installing riprap
Trump Seeks Permission for Coastal Project
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump plans to build a wall along the Irish Atlantic coast to protect his golf course, Irish Examiner reports. Trump’s Irish firm that operates his luxury Doonbeg Golf Resort is to shortly seek permission for a €10 million plan to place 200,000 tonnes of boulders to pr
San Francisco Bay Shoreline Plan Presented
In what amounts to the largest estuary restoration project in the Western United States, leaders of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ San Francisco District have proposed a nearly $175 million plan to help protect the heart of Silicon Valley from catastrophic flooding. It’s a region that is home not
Restoring the Munna Point
An innovative Noosa Council sand replenishment project is bringing back the beach at erosion-plagued Munna Point. Infrastructure Planning and Design Manager Nick Wellwood this week confirmed that the project has increased the beach profile by at least eight meters. Three 15-meter geo-fabric in-situ
Contract Awarded for Nantucket Jetty
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Mohawk Northeast Inc. with a $10.6 million contract for jetty repair in Nantucket Harbor. In announcing the contract last Friday, Senator Bill Keating said: “As recent winters have become more and more severe, the timing of this award couldn’t be better.
VIDEO: Whatcom Dredging Underway
A $30.6 million project on Bellingham’s downtown waterfront to cleanup historic contamination in the Whatcom Waterway is in full swing. Large floating cranes, barges and other marine construction equipment are being involved in the task to remove 159,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment, as well
Sandwich Beach Renourishment Gets Boost
Congressman Bill Keating joined Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matthew Beaton, Town Manager Bud Dunham and local and state elected officials at Town Neck Beach yesterday to announce a $1 million grant to offset the cost of bringing in sand to rebuild the Sandwich beach and dune system. “