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PHOTO of the Gulf Shores beachfill project
The Gulf Shores Beach Restoration project in Alabama is moving along nicely with over 32,000 cubic yards of sand already delivered to the beaches. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company commenced offshore dredging operations on October 30 to bring sand to the East Beach Gulf Shores segment of the proje
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Van Oord wraps up the Zeeland beach nourishment campaign
Van Oord has successfully carried out beach nourishment works along the coast of the Dutch province of Zeeland. As a result, the coastline has been stabilised and coastal towns and infrastructure are well protected for the coming years. The work was carried out by Van Oord’s three new hopper dredger
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St. Augustine Beach shoreline protection project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District awarded a $33.5 million contract September 29 to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock of Houston, Texas, to execute a Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies (FCCE) re-nourishment of the St. Augustine Beach federal shore protection project. The project will
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GLDD wins $33.8M beachfill contract in New Jersey
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock of Houston, Texas, yesterday won a $33.8 million USACE contract for a beach nourishment project in New Jersey. The contract calls for dredging more than 1.3 million cubic yards of sand from two borrow areas (one is located off Corsons Inlet and the other is located approxim
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Tauranga City Council: Pilot Bay gets new sand
Ahead of a long, hot summer for Mount Maunganui beaches, sand will be replenished at Pilot Bay from the week commencing 30 October, Tauranga City Council said. Also known as beach renourishment, sand is typically replenished to replace sediment that’s been lost due to storm damage, drift, wind and w
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Gulf Shores beach restoration: Two dredgers for maximum efficiency
The long-anticipated beach restoration project is now officially underway, the City of Gulf Shores said. This vital initiative is geared towards mending the damage the city, Gulf State Park, and the City of Orange Beach sustained during Hurricane Nate and Hurricane Sally. “The project is expected to
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Popponesset dredging wraps up
The dredging work in the Popponesset approach channel is now complete, the Town of Mashpee, Massachusetts, said. The Barnstable County began work in the channel, which is usually dredged annually in February or March, in mid-September and wrapped up on Monday, October 16. Sand from the dredging oper
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Protecting Oregon dunes from sea level rise
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley as well as U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Val Hoyle have announced that Oregon State University has secured a $500,000 federal grant to assess the impact of backshore dune environments to sea level rise in the Pacific Northwest. Backshore dune environments a
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Flagler County beachfill project up for public comment
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has prepared a proposed Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) for Flagler County, Florida Shore Protection Project. The Preferred Alternative consists of federally owned and non-federally
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Dredger Trud R begins beach nourishment at Stockton Beach
Stockton residents are celebrating the arrival of a 75-meter-long dredger spraying a rainbow of sand off the coastline, as it works to buffer the area from further coastal erosion. The Danish vessel Trud R, named after the daughter of Norse god and protector Thor, arrived in Newcastle over the weeke
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Shoal Harbor maintenance dredging 2023 (VIDEO)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has just released a beautiful video named ‘Shoal Harbor Maintenance Dredging 2023’. In the video, Peter Kuglstatter, project engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, discusses the maintenance dredging of Shoal Harbor, and benefic
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Suffolk County DPW kicking off Shinnecock dredging project
The Suffolk County Department of Public Works (DPW) is about to begin dredging project near the Shinnecock Inlet, Town of Southampton, NY. In an effort to fortify the beach and dune area on the West side of the Shinnecock Inlet, Suffolk County DPW will undertake this dredging project that will place
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Coastal protection works begin in Bargara
The unique Bargara coastline will have added erosion protection as Bundaberg Regional Council begins the coastal works for its Bargara Shoreline Erosion Management Plan (SEMP). The Coastal Hazard Adaption Strategy (CHAS) project identified and prioritised areas throughout the region which were at ri
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Rohde Nielsen wraps up Tweed River dredging campaign
Rohde Nielsen’s hopper dredger ‘Trud R’ has now departed Tweed River after completion of maintenance dredging for 2023. Stage 2 saw approximately 60.000m3 of sand removed from the Tweed River Entrance and placed at Dreamtime, Snapper and Bilinga. This is in addition to approximately 200,000m3 of san