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Restoring fish and wildlife habitat at Perch Lake
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Minnesota Land Trust are working to restore fish and wildlife habitat at Perch Lake, which was once a bay of the St. Louis River. West Duluth residents in the New Duluth neighborhood will begin seeing more construction equipment moving into
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Stirling’s motion on climate change adaptation passes at ALGA
The City of Stirling’s motion on climate change adaptation has passed unanimously at the National General Assembly (NGA), as part of the Australian Local Government Association’s (ALGA) annual conference held in Canberra last month. The City of Stirling’s motion calls on the Federal Government to: W
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Brazos deepening deal signed
The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), Michael Connor, has signed an agreement with the Port of Brownsville, TX, to deepen the Brazos Island channel and continue to build capacity in the Nation’s ports thanks to President Biden’s IIJA. The Project creates jobs, supports clean energy, inv
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Dawson WAM wins Campbeltown contract
Argyll and Bute Council has appointed Dawson WAM as the Principal Contractor for the Campbeltown Flood Protection Scheme (FPS). This is part of the £15.215 million work that will see a range of improvement works carried out to reduce the risk of flooding in the town. As well as the overall improveme
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Reclaiming new land for Meemu Airport
Work on the Meemu Airport Development Project is moving ahead, Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) reports. At the moment, the terminal building foundation and runway land reclamation operations are in full swing. This capital development project was awarded to MTCC in February 2021. T
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Warrnambool dredging on the way
The upgrade of the Lady Bay boat ramp and dredging at the Port of Warrnambool are expected to begin over coming months, Warrnambool City Council said. Council, Better Boating Victoria, and DELWP are working collaboratively to finalise a program of works minimising potential impacts to the marine env
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Jan De Nul protecting key tourism assets in Brazil
In the latest edition of Focus magazine, Jan De Nul presented an interesting story about the coastal protection works in Brazil. According to JDN, Brazil is increasingly protecting its coastline through beach restoration projects. Wider and more resistant beaches offer better protection against the
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Construction continues on Kendal flood protection program
Environment Agency and VolkerStevin are about to begin work on two new locations and have completed part of the multi-million-pound Kendal flood scheme. Construction work at Busher Walk and Benson and Sandes has now been completed on a section of earth embankment and flood walls which will provide i
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Expanding the Sines Container Terminal
PSA Sines, Portugal, inaugurated a new stage of the expansion Phase at the Sines Container Terminal last week. The inauguration event was graced by the Portuguese Secretary of State of Infrastructure, Hugo Santos Mendes, the Singaporean Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, President
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Manson’s hopper dredge WESTPORT in Anchorage, Alaska
Returning from its first season of the current three-year annual maintenance dredging project for the Port of Alaska in Anchorage Harbor, Manson’s only tug-assisted hopper dredge WESTPORT recently arrived in the Seattle yard to undergo general maintenance. Before arriving at the Seattle yard, the WE
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USACE awards largest contract for work on the Soo Locks project
Kokosing Alberici Traylor, LLC (KAT), a joint venture headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, has won the $1.068 billion contract for the Phase 3 of the New Lock at the Soo in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. The contract allows construction to begin on the largest phase of the project which includes the new loc
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Aberdeen South Harbour welcomes the first vessel
The Port of Aberdeen welcomed the first commercial vessel to the new South Harbour on Saturday 2 July, as construction of the £400 million port expansion continues at pace. Subsea 7’s Seven Atlantic dive support vessel berthed at Dunnottar Quay to change over the crew, offload project equipment and
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Miami Beach renourishment continues
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Miami Beach renourishment work continues placing sand on the beach in the Allison Park (64th Street) section of the project. To date, the crew has placed 65,000 tons of material to restore the beach and strengthen the shoreline. “Residents and visitors will be happy
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VIDEO: JAXPORT channel is 47 feet deep
Federal, state, and local leaders joined JAXPORT and the Army Corps, Jacksonville District in May 2022 to celebrate the completion of the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project through JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. The project deepened 11 miles of the federal shipping channel—from the sea