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RIGID takes delivery of the DSC Shark Class dredge
DSC Dredge of Reserve (LA) has just delivered a brand-new 18-inch Shark Class Dredge to RIGID Constructors. The Louisiana-based RIGID is an industrial construction company that provides services to clients in both the public and private sectors. With decades of experience, the company is expanding t
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Restoring Chesapeake Bay with living shorelines
The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has received a $1 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to expand the implementation of living shorelines in Rural Coastal Virginia to reduce coastal erosion and benefit water quality in the Chesapeake Bay. The grant
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Senator Weik calls for Browns River dredging
NY State Senator Alexis Weik is calling for the emergency dredging of Browns River in Sayville. At a news conference last Thursday, she talked about the need to clear the waterway of accumulated silt and runoff to make it deeper and flow freely for years. Also, Senator Weik started a petition asking
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Work continues on the UK’s largest coastal defences project
Another wall lift, under the Southsea Coastal Scheme, was completed last week to connect the rear steel pile line to the old city walls at the caponier, reports the Portsmouth City Council. After the concrete has set and the formwork (structure built to act as mould for the concrete to be poured int
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White Creek dredging plan on display
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will hold a virtual information session on July 28, via Zoom, to discuss the upcoming White Creek maintenance dredging project in Sussex County. Since White Creek was last dredged in the early 2000s, shoaling has increasingly imp
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Dredging of Gold Coast Seaway underway
A major dredging program on the Gold Coast’s Seaway and other waterways is well underway. “We’re a quarter of the way through the dredging project of the Gold Coast Seaway, North and South Channels to remove shoaling and restore target depth,” said Gold Coast Waterways Authority. “Our contractors ha
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Official visit to Fargo-Moorhead flood project
Senior Army official yesterday visited the Fargo, N.D. /Moorhead, Minn., flood risk management project. USACE, St. Paul District and Metro Flood Diversion Authority hosted Jaime A. Pinkham, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works and Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army fo
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World’s largest sea lock almost ready for traffic
This summer, OpenIJ – a consortium of construction companies building the IJmuiden lock – will deliver the largest sea lock in the world to Rijkswaterstaat. According to the Port of Amsterdam, OpenIJ is working on the final stages of the construction of Zeesluis IJmuiden. After delivery to Rijkswate
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Widening of Castletown Beach nears end
The widening of Castletown Beach is on track for completion late next month, the Government of Western Australia informs. Under the project, more than 40,000 cubic metres of sand was pumped 3.6 kilometres from Bandy Creek Boat Harbour to replace eroding sections of the beach. To widen the beach, tem
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Split-hull Dredge Murden busy in Barnegat Inlet
The split-hull Dredge Murden, operated by USACE’s Wilmington District, is dredging in Barnegat Inlet. Sand is being placed in the nearshore area off Harvey Cedars, NJ. The project was selected as part of a nationwide program to test innovative methods for beneficially using sediment. The 156 foot Dr
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Coastal protection pilot project in Zion moves ahead
USACE Chicago District is providing construction services to U.S. EPA’s Illinois Beach State Park coastal protection pilot project in Zion, Illinois. The objective of the project, funded through USEPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, is to field test innovative rubble ridge coastal infrastructu
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Boskalis/Van Oord win Harwich Haven dredging deal
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has won a contract from the Harwich Haven Authority for the approach channel and inner harbor dredging works. The contract carries a value of approximately EUR 140 million, split 50/50 between Boskalis and Van Oord. This massive dredging project entails the
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Indiana Harbor and Canal CDF project continues
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District has just announced that the Indiana Harbor and Canal (IHC) confined disposal facility (CDF) Phase 2 dike raise construction began last month. The Corps awarded the CDF Phase 2 contract to Integrated Environmental Solutions, Inc. in September 2020. t
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New sand arrives on Gold Coast beaches ahead of summer season
Burleigh and Palm Beach shoreline will be replenished with enough sand to fill 28 Olympic sized swimming pools, as the City of Gold Coast’s annual dredging program kicks off today. Approximately 40,000 cubic metres of sand will be pumped from Tallebudgera Creek to top up Burleigh Heads beach. At the