CDMCS 5th Annual Leadership in Safety Awards NOMINATION GUIDLINES CDMCS recognizes outstanding safety leadership in the dredging and marine construction industry by making four awards each year: one for a company, one for a private sector individual, one for a government individual, and one for USACE district and one for a dredge crew or team. (government or commercial) The Award The winners will receive special recognition and an award on September 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. Selection Criteria Criteria for selection may include evidence of the following: Reduction of accidents/incidents Dem ..read more

CDMCS members and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) convened in person and virtually in record numbers earlier this month in Savannah to discuss the state of safety for the dredging and marine construction industry. USACE gave an excellent summary of safety incident trends over the past five years, and Dr. Lakhmir Chawla returned for another engaging talk on COVID-19 with his predictions for the months ahead. The CDMCS Training Task Force was officially stood up and has already hit the ground running on strengthening safety training and onsite orientation and hazard awareness with an in ..read more

Washington, DC – The Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) is pleased to announce that the Maryland Port Administration (MPA), Port of Baltimore, officially joined the organization and welcomes its active participation and partnership in advancing safety. This news comes on the heels of the CDMCS’ signing of a safety memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on June 3rd and demonstrates that safety is an all-inclusive journey. When the conversation includes every stakeholder that has an interest in dredging and marine construction operation ..read more

The following presentation was prepared by the NTSB.  The following points are excerpted from the full report, available here. What We Found: Pipeline Hazard Training Waymon Boyd crew lacked function-specific pipeline safety training and emergency procedures that could have prepared them to react quicker and more effectively to the pipeline strike. Pipeline Hazard Training Waymon Boyd crew not trained in recommended actions for pipeline strike Company had no emergency procedures for pipeline strike prior to accident Company instituted utilities awareness training postaccident Recommen ..read more