The proposed federal budget for 2018 includes drastic cuts in funding for Great Lakes programs. It calls on the eight states bordering the lakes to fund a wide array of programs designed to safeguard the lakes and protect public health and ecosystems. U.S. President Donald Trump also proposed deep f
Royal IHC has just released this very interesting video named ‘Tackling turbidity and reducing maintenance costs with Royal IHC’s Plumigator® overflow’. “Our continuous focus on innovation has resulted in an upgraded version of the telescopic overflow. The patented Plumigator® overflow tackles issue
Royal IHC and Baggerbedrijf de Boer – Dutch Dredging have signed a contract for the construction of a custom-built 2,300m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). The decision to invest in a new addition to the Baggerbedrijf de Boer fleet was based on the success of IHC-built TSHDs ALBATROS and MAHU
The Dare County Board of Commissioners has agreed to bear 50% of the cost of the upcoming Nags Head Beach Nourishment project. Following a presentation from Nags Head Mayor Bob Edwards and Manager Cliff Ogburn, the Board of Commissioners unanimously agreed to pay for half – up to $13 million – of th
Orion Group Holdings, Inc. today reported a net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2017, of $1.8 million ($0.07 diluted loss per share). These results compare to a net loss of $1.2 million ($0.04 diluted loss per share) for the same period a year ago, Orion said. “We were pleased with our mar
A multi-million pound European research project investigating the risks of climate change to the coastal landscapes of Wales and Ireland has begun, according to the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW). The project will focus on the headlands and islands around
The Environment Agency and their partners are working together to develop a flood alleviation scheme to reduce flood risk to properties, transport links and infrastructure in Oxford. The scheme will involve lowering parts of the floodplain and widening some of the existing rivers and streams that ru
The New Jersey Water Supply Authority (NJWSA) is proposing to dredge the Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&R Canal), from Kingston to Amwell Road, Franklin Township, Somerset County. This project will remove an estimated 248,000 cubic yards of sediment from the canal to increase flow capacity and the es
A vital connection is underway to link the historic and new marina facilities together as work continues for the delivery of a new waterfront for Dover. Removal of part of the old 19 Century seawall has begun in order to make way for the new Wellington Navigation Channel as part of the Dover Western
Weeks Marine, the contractor for the Boca Raton beach renourishment project, has finished placing sand on the central and southern beaches, the city said in its latest announcement. As a measure to help mitigate beach erosion, the project added approximately 450,000 cubic yards of sand to the centra
The Port Houston Small Business and Maritime Education Outreach Department participated at the 2017 Maritime and Logistics Youth Expo held at the San Jacinto College Maritime Technology and Training Center on April 28. Nearly 700 students attended the expo, learning about different careers in the ma
Parsons has announced that the Washington Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) recently named the Elliott Bay Seawall project the 2017 Project of the Year in the Disaster or Emergency Construction/Repair category for a project valued at more than $75 million. Parsons is the prime
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just released their latest article named ‘Valuing Variations In Dredging Contracts’. Variations have the potential to generate substantial extra costs and pose significant delay and disruption to a dredging project. Moreover, the valuati
Kansas Water Office (KWO) yesterday released a video of the John Redmond Reservoir Dredging Project. The project is the first of its kind in the nation with a non-federal entity dredging sediment from a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir. The contractor, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (GLDD), compl
