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Rock Island, Illinois: Dredging of the navigation channel underway
Last week, USACE Rock Island District’s dredging crews were working below the lock at Locks and Dam 15 in Rock Island, Illinois, removing sediment from the navigation channel. Dredging is an integral part of yearly channel maintenance to ensure the navigation industry can continue moving up and down
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Cape Town raises the bar: Construction begins on Potsdam WWTW upgrade
Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, visited the Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works yesterday to mark the start of construction on this major R5,2bn upgrade ($279 million) – the Western Cape’s second largest infrastructure project. According to their official statement, the City aims to finalise the
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Boat with 16 fishermen capsizes at Muthalapozhi, Adani yet to resume dredging
Days after a ministerial meeting to discuss the issues in Muthalapozhi, another boat capsize happened at the fishing harbour in Thiruvananthapuram district this morning. According to local media, all the 16 fishermen on board were rescued. Marine Enforcement boats were deployed in the area following
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Annual dredging underway at Gold Coast
The annual $1 million erosion busting dredging project is underway to ensure Gold Coast beaches continue to flourish. The annual dredging works at Tallebudgera will continue until September as a part of ongoing efforts to combat beach erosion and protect community infrastructure. “Beaches are vital
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Funding secured for Aberaeron Coastal Defence Scheme
Ceredigion County Council has successfully obtained funding from the Welsh Government to proceed with the construction of the Aberaeron Coastal Defence Scheme. The £31.59m scheme will be funded through a £26.85m contribution from the Welsh Government’s Coastal Risk Management Programme, together wit
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GLDD gears up for City of Gulf Shores dredging job
The City of Gulf Shores – Municipal Government has just announced that their Beach Restoration Project is set to begin in September. At the July 24 Council Meeting, Mayor Craft and City Council awarded the bid for the Beach Restoration Project to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company with a project st
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Marinex scores Morehead City dredging deal
The USACE Wilmington District recently awarded a $16.4 million contract to Marinex Construction, Inc. for the dredging of Morehead City Inner Ocean Bar. Dredging the Inner Ocean Bar will help keep one of NC’s two deep water ports open. “This project also features our ‘beneficial use’ program. Benefi
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Cedar Point Causeway Wetlands Breakwater gets ACEC award
The Cedar Point Causeway Wetlands Breakwater for the City of Sandusky has received a National Recognition Award in the 2023 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) competition. The Cedar Point Causeway Wetlands Breakwater project is a unique concept that
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New York and New Jersey dredging job for Donjon Marine
Donjon Marine Co. Inc., Hillside, New Jersey, has won a $21.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for the New York and New Jersey Harbor maintenance dredging project. According to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), bids for this program were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will
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GLDD wins Atchafalaya River dredging contract
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Houston, Texas, has won a $20.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Atchafalaya River basin maintenance dredging program. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received, reports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Work will be performed in Morgan Ci
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Carpinteria Salt Marsh dredging wraps up
The County of Santa Barbara has completed work on the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Dredging Project. “After removing five to seven feet of sediment and connecting the marsh with the ocean, we saw leopard sharks and striped mullet in the creek. These projects not only protect the life and property of local
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Miami Beach shore protection works move forward
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has just released the latest update on the Miami Beach Shore Protection Project . The Corps team is finishing the final stretch of sand placement for the Miami Beach shoreline restoration project. They are presently in the vicinity of 1 Hotel
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Government of Canada invests in Tuktoyaktuk coastal protection
Michael McLeod, Member of Parliament for Northwest Territories, His Worship Erwin Elias, Mayor of Tuktoyaktuk, and Duane Smith, Chair and CEO of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, has announced a federal investment of more than $53.7 million to mitigate current and future impacts of climate change
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BREAKING NEWS: Ihavandhoo land reclamation completes
The Ihavandhoo land reclamation project, undertaken by Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC), has reached its completion. The Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s administration initiated the Ihavandhoo land reclamation project in 2021. After dredging approximately eight hectares o