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Maintaining Mississippi River navigation channel VIDEO
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has just released a video named ‘Maintaining the Mississippi River navigation channel is vital to the regional economy’. In the video, Dan DeVaney, St. Paul District channel maintenance coordinator, discusses the importance of maintaining the Miss
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WEDA’s Pacific Chapter Meeting next week
In one week, Western Dredging Association (WEDA) will hold their Pacific Chapter WEDA Fall 2021 meeting in Seattle, Washington. The event is taking place in downtown Seattle at the boutique MOTIF Hotel from Wednesday, October 27th to 29th, 2021. Similar to past conferences, this year’s event will en
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McAmis wraps up first full season of MCR work
J.E. McAmis has just released the latest update on their work at the Mouth of the Columbia River (MCR) South Jetty project. The Chico based heavy civil marine contractor, along with major subcontractor Rognlins Construction, and the USACE Portland District worked very hard all year to complete repai
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DEME’s subsidiary wins Marken contract
Rijkswaterstaat has awarded the dyke reinforcement contract for the former island of Marken to the Hof van Marken consortium established by DEME Group subsidiary de Vries & van de Wiel and JLD International BV. Under the contract, the West and South quays of the surrounding dyke need to be reinforce
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Molongle Creek dredging plan introduced
Hall Contracting has just introduced an update on their maintenance dredging works at the Molongle Creek access channel. Having been tasked with widening the channel to 20m and deepening it to 2m below lowest astronomical tide (LAT), Hall plans to dredge up to 120,000m3 of sediment from the Molongle
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National Dredging Museum hosts engineering lecture
A lecture about the wonder world of dredging, civil engineering of waterway construction and architecture is set to take place on October 23. On that Saturday, Mr. Remco van der Ven, in cooperation with Mr. Bas de Goeij, will lead the discussion on these items in the National Dredging Museum in the
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Town of Yates shoreline project kicks off
New York Governor, Kathy Hochul, said that construction has already begun on a $2.5 million resiliency project awarded to the Town of Yates – part of New York State’s Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative. During the historic flooding of 2019, the park experienced substantial erosion along
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State of the Port: SC Ports CEO highlights capacity
Jim Newsome, SC Ports’ president and CEO, said that South Carolina Ports’ strategic and timely investments in port infrastructure provide crucial capacity to today’s challenging supply chain environment. “The significant challenges in the global supply chain supply chain present an opportunity for c
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Example of sustainable asset valuation by Van Oord’s Sven Kramer
International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just released this very interesting video named ‘An example of sustainable asset valuation, Sven Kramer – Director Sustainability (Van Oord)’. This presentation shows the practical implications of taking all externalities into consideration
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Tongue Point, Oregon Slough dredging plans on the table
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, is proposing to perform maintenance dredging of two federal navigation channels in Oregon State: Tongue Point and Oregon Slough. The purpose of the proposed action is to facilitate safe and reliable navigation, said USACE. Congress has authorized
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Shute Harbour works near end
Whitsunday Regional Council has just released the latest update on the Shute Harbour Restoration Project. The new seawall has been constructed, with the level of the entire facility and carpark raised by an extra metre for greater resilience to storm surge in the future. Construction on the new seaw
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Luna River dredging kicks off
Odisha Construction Corporation has started the Luna River dredging works in the State of Odisha, Eastern India. According to the officials, the project was awarded through competitive bidding to the Kolkata based M/s Reach Dredging Ltd. The company is involved in Indian dredging sector for creating
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New contracts for GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has won several major dredging awards totaling $88.1 million. The awarded work includes: Sea Bright to Manasquan, Section II Beach Project (Coastal Protection, New Jersey, $26.6 million); Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River Maintenance and Improvement
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DEME’s Marc Huygens: There is “more” in maritime infrastructure
With an ever increasing focus on sustainability, the recently established Sustainability Committee (2020) defined a sustainability framework, giving direction for both present and future activities. With the publication of the book “Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure”, and more recently the rep