A £20 million scheme being delivered by Team Van Oord in East Sussex has been presented with the 2015 Environment Agency Exemplar Award. The Environment Agency Exemplar Award is presented annually to recognize outstanding health, safety and environmental performance in the delivery of its projects.
IHC MTI will open its doors from 2-6 November 2015 for the annual staff training project in Kinderdijk. The training is dedicated to the operational management involved in dredging operations. It allows the participants to expand and improve their skill sets in managing a dredging project, based on
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $1.6 million contract to Spruce Valley Corporation of Middle River, Minnesota, on September 30, to improve fish passage in the Sand Hill River near Fertile, Minnesota. A restoration plan completed by the St. Paul District and approved by
Maintenance dredging of the Bay Shore County Park Harbor has begun and will continue through October 31, 2015. The Bay Shore County Boat Launch will be closed during the works, announced the Bay County in a release. Included in the works are dredging, dewatering, and hauling operations until the pro
The Slack Brook Section 14 Emergency Riverbank Erosion Protection project in Leominster, Mass., will be completed under the terms of a $372,316.00 contract recently awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Work will be accomplished by Gordon Contracting, Inc., of Sangervill
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation confirmed today that the company has won three dredging contracts with an approximate aggregate value of $99 million for projects along the Delaware River. Valued at $77 million, the Delaware River Rock Reach award is a capital project that includes dredging app
The 3rd International Dredging Forum, organized by the media group PortNews “IAA”, will take place on February 25, 2016, in Moscow. The event will be held under the auspices of the Russian Ministry of Transport and the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport of Russia (Rosmorrechflot). The v
Chris Ransome & Associates, Inc. (CRA) and Orion Marine Group said that their half-day dredging seminar, “Dredging Your Docks,” will be held this week, on October 8, 2015, at the Omni Hotel in Corpus Christi. The seminar is geared to outreach to private stakeholders and public sector to have open di
The City of Port Phillip is about to begin Middle Park Beach dredging and beach renourishment works. The works will involve dredging around 60,000m³ of sand which will be spread out to create a larger beach profile with an initial width of 35 meters. The project, being undertaken jointly by the City
A Transport for NSW spokesperson has announced the completion of the Clarence River Erosion Management Plan which will result in a number of changes to waterways management on the river from 1 September 2015. “One of the key actions arising from the Regional Boating Plan process was the need to deve
Marinet has published a paper titled Marine Aggregate Extraction — The Need to Dredge: Fact or Fiction? This publication is linked to Marinet’s ongoing work to secure the end to offshore dredging for marine sand and gravel (aggregate for the building industry), and to replace these virgin raw materi
The island of Kerrera is set to benefit from a significant upgrade to its ferry berthing facilities, Minister for Transport and Islands Derek Mackay announced today. Around £1.7 million will be invested in the construction of a new breakwater and the extension of the slipway. The project also includ
The Environment Agency and Teignbridge District Council (TDC) are continuing work on the £14 million Dawlish Warren beach management scheme. Following a number of surveys conducted, between May and August 2015, the Environment Agency continues with the sampling of the seabed. The teams collected ‘co
The capital expansion project is currently underway at Mallorca’s Port Andratx. The Balearic Government Port Authority approved this development scheme in December 2014. The seven new superyacht berths will help meet growing demand from the many wealthy individuals who flock to this southwest Mallor
