Coastal Protection
Coastal Protection
The Folly Beach project nearly complete
The Folly Beach renourishment project in South Carolina will soon be complete, according to the Army Corps’ Charleston District. This major effort on Folly is improving the coastal defenses against mother nature, reducing the risk to life and infrastructure behind the dunes and bolstering resiliency
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Bay County OK’s Mexico Beach renourishment project
Bay County (FL) commissioners have just awarded a $27 million Mexico Beach renourishment project to Weeks Marine. The Mexico Beach Re-nourishment and Dune Restoration is first and foremost a shore protection project intended to provide critical storm protection for public and private infrastructure,
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Magdalena Grand Beach gets new breakwater system
The Ministry of Works and Transport’s Coastal Protection Unit has completed construction of a breakwater system at the Magdalena Grand Beach and Golf Resort, Tobago. The scope of the project included construction of of three armour stone sills, construction of temporary access road and four emergent
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Duval County shore protection project almost done
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has reported great news for beach lovers – USACE Duval team expects Great Lakes Dredge & Dock to complete sand placement along the county shoreline this week. The team will have placed more than 1.3 million cubic yards of sand along the shore t
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Mumbles Coastal Protection Scheme VIDEO
Knights Brown has just released this very interesting video about the Mumbles Coastal Protection Scheme. This project involves coastal protection works along Mumbles Promenade, near Swansea, UK. The improvement works will provide enhanced flood and coastal erosion protection to businesses and reside
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GLDD bags $54.4M Long Beach Island nourishment contract
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) has won a $54.4 million USACE contract for Long Beach Island nourishment project. Long Beach Island is an 18-mile long barrier island located in southern Ocean County, New Jersey. The area has historically suffered damages from coastal storms, hurricanes and nor’east
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St. Augustine Beach project enters home stretch
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District continues to make great progress in completion of the emergency restoration beach nourishment project to A Street in St. Augustine Beach and wrapped up on Friday, 9 August. Focus will now turn to replacing some of the lost sand near and around
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Latest update on Adelaide’s dredging and beach replenishment
The state government is continuing to work at Henley Beach and West Beach in line with the recommendations of the independent Adelaide Beach Management Review. The final deliveries of quarry sand to Henley Beach are nearly complete. Sand delivery to replenish West Beach started on Monday 29 July. Al
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Construction progressing on breakwater project in Oswego Harbor
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has just released the latest update on the Oswego Harbor breakwater program. Work continues at the Oswego breakwater as crews prepare 29,315 tons of armor stone to install on the breakwater. According to USACE, these massive stones are used to buil
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St. Johns County updates on beach restoration projects (VIDEO)
St. Johns County Coastal Management recently shared how it manages more than 32 miles of eroded shoreline. Most funding for St. Johns County coastal projects is provided by federal and state grants and tax dollars paid by tourists. The County recently announced it will receive $4.75 million from the
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ASBPA presents 2024 Best Restored Shores Awards
The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) has announced the winners of the 2024 Best Restored Shores Awards. ASBPA established its Best Restored Shores awards program to recognize and encourage more effective coastal risk management that restores natural infrastructure to address
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Grand Isle Beach getting new sand
Dredge General MacArthur is making great progress at the Grand Isle Dune and Beach Restoration Project. Sand is currently being dredged and placed along the existing beach to restore and repair the area previously damaged by Hurricane Ida. This collaborative effort between Louisiana Coastal Protecti
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$6.21M awarded for resilience projects in North Carolina
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) is awarding 20 grants to 19 communities for Phases 3 and 4 of the Resilient Coastal Communities Program (RCCP). A total of $4,310,350 will be available to complete 15 projects in Phase 3. Most of these engi
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Boskalis developing new Building with Nature solution for coastal protection
Protecting coastal areas and islands against rising sea levels and the forces of waves requires big equipment and major work. But before interfering in an existing ecosystem, people naturally want to know whether the measures they have devised will hold up in practice. With that in mind, Boskalis re