Coastal Protection
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Delegates from World Bank and Vietnam tour LSU Center
Delegates from the World Bank and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam continued their tour in Baton Rouge this week by visiting the Louisiana State University Center for River Studies. The LSU Center for River Studies conducts research on the world’s major rivers with a specific focus on the Mississip
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Dutra: SRRQ’s armor and filter rock for Midway Island Atoll project
Dutra’s San Fransico bay area-based San Rafael Rock Quarry (SRRQ) is supplying 7,000 tons of armor and filter rock to the US Fish and Wildlife Service Midway Island Atoll through a supply contract with logistics company ITM Group. According to Dutra, Deforge Maritime Towing provided the ocean-going
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Next stage of Bar Beach repair work begins soon
The City of Newcastle, NSW, is moving forward with remediation and accessibility improvements at Bar Beach, inviting tenders for the next stage of rehabilitation works at the popular coastal destination. The stretch of beach, and the Cooks Hill Surf Lifesaving Club, suffered significant damage from
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Spotlight on northern breakwater project at Jurien Bay
The northern breakwater at Jurien Bay Boat Harbor is set to be extended by 170m in a $17.5 million entrance reconfiguration, following the confirmation of funding as part of the State Budget, said Transport WA. The reconfiguration of the harbor entrance will divert approximately 80% of the wrack mov
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£7M beach management work underway in Lincolnshire
Van Oord recently kicked off work on a £7 million beach renourishment project in Lincolnshire, UK. Over the next few weeks, around 400,000 cubic meters of sand will be topped up on beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point. The work began in early May and will help reduce the risk of flooding fo
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First contract awarded for WSLP project in 2024
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District has awarded a contract for constructing the ninth reach including levee, floodwall and a gate on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. This contract will construct approximately 1.1 miles of
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Hall Contracting wins coastal protection project in RMI
Hall Contracting is leading the fight against climate change in the Pacific Islands, having been appointed to deliver a 1.81km coastal protection system in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). Hall will mobilize to the remote nation – located approximately half-way between Australia and Hawai
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Isle of Wight: Coastal footpath repairs, beach replenishment underway
A popular seawall footpath between Totland Bay and Colwell has partially reopened, said Isle of Wight Council. Tonnes of rock and debris have been cleared by Isle of Wight Council contractors from the promenade, restoring public access along the seafront from the Totland pier gates up to the existin
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Congressman Scalise announces funding for Southeast Louisiana coastal projects
Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise said that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fiscal Year 2024 Work Plan includes critical hurricane protection, coastal restoration and navigation priorities in Southeast Louisiana. “I have worked for months with the Corps to include critical funding for flood prot
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Weeks Marine wins major project in Florida
Weeks Marine, Inc., of Cranford, New Jersey, has won a $27 million USACE contract for initial construction of the Flagler County (FL) Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) project. According to the Corps, USACE will provide 65 percent of the total project costs and Flagler County, Florida, the projec
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Work begins on the Duval County shore protection project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has marked the official beginning of the Duval County Shore Protection Project. USACE crews started at 10th Avenue South in Jacksonville Beach and will work their way south to the Duval-St. Johns County line. After that is complete, they will c
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Sealevel Construction nabs HNC Lock Complex project
Sealevel Construction has won the $315 million contract for the HNC Lock Complex project, an integral part of the Morganza to the Gulf Hurricane Protection System, the South Louisiana Economic Council (SLEC) said. Located adjacent to the Bubba Dove Floodgate, the HNC Lock Complex is designed to mana
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Bayou De Cade restoration work completes
NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation and its partners have restored 473 acres of marsh and 11,171 linear feet of ridge habitat in Bayou De Cade, Louisiana. NOAA provided $14 million for the project through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act Program. This effort is part o
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Louisiana CPRA VIDEO: Restoring the Chandeleur Islands
Louisiana CPRA has released a very interesting video named Unbreaking Barriers: Restoring the Chandeleur Islands. CPRA is currently in the engineering and design phase of the Chandeleur Island Restoration Project, which will restore 13 miles of the barrier island chain. Once complete, the restoratio