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Rohde Nielsen completes Soulac-sur-Mer dredging job
Rohde Nielsen has successfully completed coastal protection works at Soulac-sur-Mer, France, addressing severe shoreline erosion along the southern coastline. According to the company, 200.000 m³ of sand from the maintenance dredging of the port access channel in the Gironde estuary was reused for c
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Hall completes emergency dredging and beach renourishment at Bribie Island
Hall Contracting has completed emergency dredging and beach renourishment works at Bribie Island. According to Hall, this is a landmark project supported by The Hon. Jarrod Bleijie MP, Deputy Premier of Queensland, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning, and Minister for Industr
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Pensacola Beach renourishment wraps up
The Santa Rosa Island Authority, Escambia County and project partners held a ceremony earlier this week celebrating the completion of the Pensacola Beach renourishment project. This very important project restored 8.1 miles of shoreline with 1.5 million cubic yards of sand, helping strengthen the be
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Work on St. Lucie Impoundment Basin completes
As of June 2nd, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has successfully placed approximately 70,000 cubic yards of dredged material at the St. Lucie Impoundment Basin as part of work at the IWW/OWW Crossroads. Prior to dredging, sediments were thoroughly tested to ensure they were c
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BREAKING NEWS: Van Oord kicks off Lincolnshire beach nourishment
Van Oord has started the beach nourishment works to help reduce flood risk for Lincolnshire’s coastal communities, on behalf of the Environment Agency. According to Van Oord, over the next 4 to 5 weeks, around 300,000 cubic meters of sand will be pumped onto the beaches using the Vox Alexia – one of
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USACE awards contract for Avalon and Stone Harbor beachfill project
The USACE Philadelphia District has awarded a $15.8 million contract to Norfolk Dredging Company to conduct periodic nourishment of the Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet (Avalon & Stone Harbor) dune and beachfill project. The project is a joint effort between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Ne
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Boskalis awards framework agreement for beach management in England
Boskalis Westminster Ltd., as part of the VBA joint venture with VolkerStevin and AtkinsRéalis, has been awarded a framework agreement for beach management across England. Under this contract with the Environment Agency, the JV will focus on beach management, coastal protection and flood-risk reduct
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USACE releases Oceanside beach nourishment plan
Oceanside’s beaches have been shrinking, and the federal government is stepping up with a plan to fix it. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released its draft plan to restore sand to Oceanside’s beaches, from the Harbor south to the Buena Vista Lagoon. The erosion traces back to the federal const
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Beach nourishment project at Avon resumes
The latest beach nourishment project in Avon – a central village on Hatteras Island – resumed yesterday, after a brief interruption caused by mechanical issues with Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company’s dredger Liberty Island. The dredging vessel returned to Dare County on Saturday after undergoing
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GLDD wins $19.5M Ocean City beach nourishment contract
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) of Houston, Texas, has won a $19.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Beach Nourishment Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Peck Beach Project. Bids were solicited online, with two received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Ocean City
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USACE, Pinellas County sign Project Cooperation Agreement
The USACE Jacksonville District and Pinellas County signed an updated Project Cooperation Agreement on May 29 establishing a new framework for continued federal participation in the Pinellas County Shore Protection Project at Sand Key, Treasure Island and Long Key. According to USACE, the agreement
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Hopper dredger Trud-R returns to Gold Coast
The hopper dredger Trud-R has returned to the Gold Coast today to replenish sand on the city’s beaches between Miami and Main Beach. The specialised sand dredging vessel will be continuing the recovery works following Tropical Cyclone Alfred and forms part of the City’s overall beach nourishment pro
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Dredger Costa Atlántica busy in Spain
DRAVO S.A. has just released this amazing photo from their beach replenishment program along the Cádiz coastline. “We are currently progressing with our new project – launched last week – in the province of Cádiz, where we are carrying out works that began on La Barrosa beach with our dredger Costa
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Sargent Beach stabilization and nourishment project underway
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., said that the long-awaited federal Sargent Beach Stabilization and Beach Nourishment project led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), in partnership with the Texas General Land Office (GLO) and Matagorda County, is now underway. “As someone who