It’s been a good week so far for dredging contractors with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announcing the award of several significant contracts totaling more than $164 million. Norfolk Dredging
J.F. Brennan Co. Inc., La Crosse, Wis., has been awarded a $23,484,700 firm-fixed-price contract for Illinois River Basin, Brandon Road Lock and Dam, Miter Gate installation and machinery replacement. Work will be
Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, La., has been awarded a $22,765,001 firm-fixed-price contract for removal and disposal of material within the limits of the Hopper Dredge Disposal Area Borrow Site restoration area. Bids
The St. Louis Engineer District reports that the Jerry F. Costello Lock closed to traffic on August 19 when it could no longer close its downstream miter gates due to silt and
Louisiana elected officials, federal partners and maritime stakeholders joined the Big River Coalition in New Orleans, August 16, to celebrate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) completion of the first two
Donjon Marine Co. Inc., Hillside, N.J., has been awarded a $23,970,800 contract for maintenance dredging of Flushing Bay and Creek, Queens, N.Y. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work
Andrea L. Williams has been named Operations Division chief at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District. In that role she is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the district’s
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has released a draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for a proposed end cell project at Lock and Dam 4, near Alma, Wis., and
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District says it will temporarily close Lindy C. Boggs Lock and Dam (L&D) to navigation on the Red River during two separate periods. It
The Rock Island Engineer District says it will begin daytime closures of the Brandon Road Lock located in Joliet, Illinois, beginning May 9, to facilitate installation of bulkhead recesses which will later