On May 1, the Portland District closed a public comment period on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the federal navigation channel dredging and dredge material placement. The Corps is… Read More
Dredging & Marine Construction
The Waterways Journal has been covering dredging and marine construction news on the inland rivers since 1887. Now, with the combined power of IDR (International Dredging Review), we cover this news in greater depth, expanding our coverage to major projects along all US waterways, coastlines and the Great Lakes.
In early March, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District awarded a maintenance dredging contract to Manson Construction Co. for the Chesapeake Bay Thimble Shoal Channel in Virginia. The… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District and St. Johns County finalized a critical agreement on April 23 for construction of the St. Johns County Coastal Storm Risk Management… Read More
The Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) is sponsoring a maintenance dredge project of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) channel to -10 ft Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) — its federally authorized depth —… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District awarded a $1.5 million contract to Ryba Marine Construction Company for dredging the federal navigation channel and harbor areas of Oswego Harbor… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District awarded Weeks Marine a $6,428,820 contract for sand placement on Gasparilla Island. The Corps anticipates it will take about two months to… Read More
On November 19, 2018, Gator Dredging started construction on a four-year $18 million lake restoration project for Pinellas County’s Lake Seminole in Florida. The project is removing approximately 900,000 cubic… Read More
In March, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District awarded a $4.4 million contract to Environmental Tracing, LLC for a Sediment Morphodynamic Assessment Project to examine sediment transport in… Read More
On April 11, EPA released its second five-year review report for the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site. The report looked to determine if the remedy was successful, as outlined by… Read More
On May 14, the Great Lakes Dredging Team (GLDT) Technical Committee held a meeting to review the 2018-2019 workplan, including discussion of a draft of the Regional Beneficial Use Testing… Read More
