Operations & Maintenance
Operations & Maintenance
Petaluma River Channel maintenance dredging project
In a continuing project designed to open up the Petaluma River as a viable recreational and commercial waterway, Pacific Dredge and Construction LLC performed a second substantial dredging job commissioned by the United States Corps of Engineers. The crews used powerful mechanical clamshell dredging
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Fort Pierce beachfill about to begin
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will soon begin works on the $8.5 million Fort Pierce beach renourishment project in Florida. Starting in mid-April, this shore protection project will entail sand replenishment of approximately 1.3 miles of beach immediately south of the Fort
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USACE repairing Faulkner and Perry County levees
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District recently hosted a media day on the status of Faulkner and Perry County Levees. The 2019 Arkansas River flood was a historic event that impacted hundreds of communities in Arkansas and Oklahoma. 11 levees in the USACE Rehabilitation and Inspectio
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Oceanside dredging starts next week
The US Army Corps of Engineers, together with Manson Construction, will next week begin the annual dredging of the Oceanside Harbor, CA. Equipment mobilization will begin on April 5 and Harbor Parking Lot 12 will be closed for use during the project, according to the officials. During the works, app
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Muddy River dredging equipment on the move
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has announced upcoming temporary lane closures on Riverway and Netherlands Road as dredging activities continue to progress on Phase 2 of the $36.5 million Muddy River Flood Risk Management project in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. Tempora
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PHOTO: Rainbowing in the Vila do Conde, Portugal
Danish dredging contractor Rohde Nielsen A/S recently completed another interesting project, this time in the Vila do Conde fishing port in Portugal. Vila do Conde is situated at the mouth of the Ave River, and was historically a centre of shipbuilding and seafaring. According to Rohde Nielsen, the
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Refloating of the Ever Given VIDEO
Following the successful salvage operation of the grounded 20,000TEU container vessel Ever Given in the Suez Canal, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) released a video of the refloating of the ship. With a length of 400 meters and a width of nearly 60 meters this giant ship had been wedged in this vital
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Nice past week for the Post-Florence project
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock with their two hopper dredges, the Liberty Island and Ellis Island, is making nice progress on PHASE III of the post-Florence Renourishment Project. According to the latest update from the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, the Liberty Island has finished pumping west
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Southsea coastal scheme update
Southsea Coastal Scheme has reached a milestone, with more than 250 piles installed from the west of Clarence Pier all the way to the Spur Redoubt. On the East of the Spur, drainage works for the new promenade started with excavations, building of manholes and pipe laying. Also on the East, plate we
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Hythe Ranges sea defense scheme officially opened
Last Friday (26 March) marked the official opening of the Hythe Ranges sea defenses scheme between Dymchurch Redoubt and Fisherman’s Beach. The virtual event was officially opened by Dr Martin Hurst, Chair of the Southern Regional Flood and Coastal Committee (SRFCC). Guests at the virtual ceremony i
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First phase of River Steeping works done
The first phase of dredging on the River Steeping has come to an end two days ago, informs the Water Management Consortium. The main aim of the dredging operation was to remove sediment from targeted locations across 5.5km of waterway, between Thorpe Culvert and Dovecotes Farm, and 650m of the easte
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Damen DOP200 very effective in tunneling project
In the Rotterdam area, a new motorway tunnel is under construction. Due to the challenging geological situation, the job has been done in various stages, using different equipment. One of the contractors on the project, Verboon Maasland, used Damen DOP submersible dredge pump for this tunneling proj
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Rosmorport plans massive dredging operations in 2021
During the recent Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging Congress in Moscow, FSUE Rosmorport shared the company’s dredging plans for 2021. According to the forecast, FSUE Rosmorport will dredge 28.3 million cbm of material in 2021 including 20 million cbm of capital dredging and 8.3 million c
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Hull flood defence scheme complete
Residents in 113,000 homes in Hull are now better protected from flooding as the Environment Agency’s £42 million Humber frontages scheme comes to fruition. The new, higher defences built by the EA along the estuary foreshore are now in place, ready to protect the city from tidal surges. The flood d