Operations & Maintenance
Operations & Maintenance
Lincolnshire beach scheme begins next month
Work to reduce the risk of flooding for Lincolnshire’s coastal communities is set to begin next month (April 2021) with the yearly replenishment of sand on beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point. The Environment Agency’s annual beach management scheme sees sand dredged from licensed areas of
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Mat Sinking Unit completes the 2020 season
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District’s Mat Sinking Unit completed its 2020 revetment season March 4. The Mat Sinking Unit placed approximately 266,000 squares of articulated concrete squares, also known as revetment, along the Mississippi River before its return to the Vicksburg Harb
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North Brevard renourishment project kicks off in late March
North Brevard shore protection renourishment project is set to begin in late March, according to the Army Corps Jacksonville District. Beach re-nourishment of the North Reach section of the Brevard County Shore Protection Project will start on or about March 20, announced the Army Corps. The effort
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Portsmouth Harbour dredging project starts in late March
Boskalis Westminster Ltd. is about to kick off a Surveying and Maintenance Dredging project in the Portsmouth Harbour. According to the Queen’s Harbour Master Portsmouth, the surveying and maintenance dredging of the Portsmouth Harbour and its approach channels will be conducted from 22 to 30 March
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Record of decision signed for Mississippi River mainline levees SEIS II
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has signed the Record of Decision for the Mississippi River mainline levees Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement II. The Record of Decision details USACE’s decisions on conducting remedial measures necessary to control seepage and/or raise and st
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Kalaklan River dredging project underway
The Philippines DPWH Regional Office III has started works on a flood prevention project on the Kalaklan River in Olongapo City. This Important flood prevention project started on March 2, 2021, when DPWH deployed one of its cutter suction dredgers at the Kalaklan River to begin the scheduled dredgi
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PHOTO: Rohde Nielsen dredging in Figueira da Foz
Rohde Nielsen A/S has just released this beautiful photo of an ongoing maintenance dredging project in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Since 2014, Rohde Nielsen A/S has performed several maintenance dredging campaigns in the port, winning three consecutive contracts in a row. Recently, the company was aw
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Morehead beachfill project enters final phase
Morehead City Harbor dredging and beach nourishment project continues to progress and remains on schedule for late March completion. According to the latest update, the beachfill is progressing west of the Oceanana Pier and towards “the finish line” at the Circle – the current outfall is near the in
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Extreme weather calls for more robust canal maintenance
The unpredictability of the UK’s weather has highlighted the importance of both reactive and planned canal maintenance works, according to The Rothen Group. With a low of -23°C being recorded in Scotland in February this year, the coldest night since 1995 according to the Met Office, and Storm Chris
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Post-Florence project moving along nicely
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock and their hopper dredge Liberty Island yesterday delivered the last load of sand to Reach 1 (Far West Emerald Isle) of the post-Florence Renourishment Project. After completing the Reach 1, GLDD moved to the next location and placed the first load of sand in Central Emerald
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Muddy River FRM project update
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has presented latest update on the Muddy River Flood Risk Management project. According to the Army Corps, dredging activities continue to progress on Phase 2 of the $36.5 million Muddy River project in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. “Begi
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Damaged Mill Creek levees repaired
Sections of the Mill Creek Levee System that were damaged during the February 2020 flooding are now repaired thanks to the efforts of the Army Corps’ Walla Walla District and their contractor TDX Power Services. This was a partnership project with the levee sponsor, the Mill Creek Flood Control Zone
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USACE releases photos of artifacts found during Savannah River dredging
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District has released photos of artifacts removed from the Savannah River during recent dredging operations. The photos show items inadvertently discovered during normal dredging operations in late February, including cannons dating to pre-Civil War times,
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Spring dredging works in the Cowes
Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) has just released this photo of the Poole-based contractor Jenkins Marine carrying out spring dredging works in the harbour. The contractor is performing a routine maintenance dredge of Shepards Marina ahead of the season, which for operational reasons is coinciding wi