The Galveston Engineer District is inviting public comments on the Port of Corpus Christi Authority’s Channel Deepening Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). The PCCA Channel Deepening Project is located near Port Aransas and Nueces and Aransas counties in Texas. The proposed action would deepen the existing channel from its currently authorized depth of 54 feet to… This content is for One Year – Print and Digital, Two Years – Print and Digital, Three Years – Print and Digital, One Year (Canada) – Print and Digital, One Year (International) – Digital Only, One Year – D ..read more

The Great Lakes Dredging Team webinar April 3 provided information about weather trends and new tools for predicting the erosion that necessitates dredging. The team includes representatives from the Corps of Engineers along with other federal, state and municipal agencies and interested stakeholders. It typically meets once a year via webinar and once in person…. This content is for One Year – Print and Digital, Two Years – Print and Digital, Three Years – Print and Digital, One Year (Canada) – Print and Digital, One Year (International) – Digital Only, One Year – Digital Only, Captain’s Bund ..read more

The New Orleans Engineer District recently awarded a $4.4 million contract to address seepage remediation for a portion of the levee in Iberville Parish, La., as part of the overall Mississippi River Levees (MRL) construction project. The contract, awarded to Circle LLC, consists of installing sheet pile cutoff wall on the east bank of the… This content is for One Year – Print and Digital, Two Years – Print and Digital, Three Years – Print and Digital, One Year (Canada) – Print and Digital, One Year (International) – Digital Only, One Year – Digital Only, Captain’s Bundle – One Year, 3 Month T ..read more

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) was guest of honor at a February 16 groundbreaking ceremony for the Starved Rock Breakwater Project, a habitat restoration effort led by the Corps of Engineers that is designed to restore submerged aquatic vegetation in the Starved Rock Pool of the Illinois River. This is the third project within the… This content is for One Year – Print and Digital, Two Years – Print and Digital, Three Years – Print and Digital, One Year (Canada) – Print and Digital, One Year (International) – Digital Only, One Year – Digital Only, Captain’s Bundle – One Year, 3 Month Trial – Di ..read more

Sustainable dredging in rivers is the focus of a new paper published in the January 2024 issue of the Western Dredging Association’s (WEDA) Journal of Dredging. Titled “Sustainable Dredging Practices Produce Multiple Benefits on the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers,” the manuscript is an extension of a paper presented by Andrew McQueen at the 2023 WEDA… This content is for One Year – Print and Digital, Two Years – Print and Digital, Three Years – Print and Digital, One Year (Canada) – Print and Digital, One Year (International) – Digital Only, One Year – Digital Only, Captain’s Bundle – One Year, 3 Mon ..read more

Brian Ragsdale, master of the St. Louis District’s Dredge Potter, has been presented with the 2023 Chief of Engineers Operations and Maintenance Castle Award for his work during a persistent low-water event on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Through his commitment to safety and a mission-focused attitude, Ragsdale and his crew navigated the challenges, leading the Potter team to dredge 38 locations and move more than twice the amount of material compared to a typical dredging season. This award recognizes an outstanding wage-grade employee who exemplifies superior public service, t ..read more

Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), the largest dredging contractor in the United States, closed 2023 with the announcement of $173.7 million in new contract awards. Five projects ranging from the southern states of Texas, Louisiana and Florida to the New Jersey coast account for the new contracts. In Texas, GLDD will dredge… This content is for One Year – Print and Digital, Two Years – Print and Digital, Three Years – Print and Digital, One Year (Canada) – Print and Digital, One Year (International) – Digital Only, One Year – Digital Only, Captain’s Bundle – One Ye ..read more

The Vicksburg Engineer District celebrated the completion of the Ouachita River Levee Crown Gravel Resurfacing Project on November 20 in Columbia, La., near the Riverton Recreation Area. The effort included updating 45 miles of Ouachita River levees and involved depositing approximately 46,000 tons of limestone gravel along the crowns of the levees, or enough to… This content is for One Year – Print and Digital, Two Years – Print and Digital, Three Years – Print and Digital, One Year (Canada) – Print and Digital, One Year (International) – Digital Only, One Year – Digital Only, Captain’s Bundl ..read more

The Pittsburgh Engineer District is piling rocks in the Monongahela River to create fish reefs. Once the project is finished, the Pittsburgh District will have installed 73 reefs, each extending 50 feet perpendicular to the shoreline. Timothy Sturm, the civil engineer overseeing the project for the district, estimated it will take approximately 9,000 cubic yards,… This content is for One Year – Print and Digital, Two Years – Print and Digital, Three Years – Print and Digital, One Year (Canada) – Print and Digital, One Year (International) – Digital Only, One Year – Digital Only, Captain’s Bund ..read more

The St. Paul Engineer District is using a new technique for building up habitat islands on the Upper Mississippi River. The McGregor Lake Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project is being built near Prairie du Chien, Wis., and Marquette, Iowa, using a method that’s never been done before on the Upper Miss. It’s called thin layer… This content is for One Year – Print and Digital, Two Years – Print and Digital, Three Years – Print and Digital, One Year (Canada) – Print and Digital, One Year (International) – Digital Only, One Year – Digital Only, Captain’s Bundle – One Year, 3 Month Trial ..read more