State Senator Patty Ritchie has recently secured $200,000 in special funding to help the City of Fulton and the Town of Granby in their work to dredge Lake Neatahwanta and ultimately make the body of water usable again. For more than 25 years, the beaches surrounding Lake Neatahwanta have been close
The first phase of the City of Cocoa Beach 200 Channel dredging project has been completed and the phase II of the project is about to begin. Phase II of the project is the construction of a dredge spoil site on a designated North Thousand Island. The chosen island is at the end of Cocoa Isles [&hel
The Borough of Avalon has secured the permits it needs for a large dredging program that is expected to begin this fall. Borough Council was briefed Wednesday night by municipal engineer Thomas Thornton who told the Council both state and federal permits are in hand for the project. The project will
A local engineering company in Brazil is looking for a UK supplier of offshore handling materials systems, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) has informed. According to UKTI, the government department that helps UK-based businesses land contracts in international markets, the Brazilian engineering company
Norfolk Dredging Co., Chesapeake, Virginia, has won an $11.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging of the inland waterway Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay. Work will be performed in Maryland with an estimated completion date of Feb. 10, 2015. According to the defense.gov, this w
Friede and Goldman, Ltd. (F&G), a Houston-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm located in Houston, has confirmed that Siemens jacking control system is approved for use on their jack up rig designs.
Harkand’s global head of remotely operated vehicles (ROV) has been announced as the new vice chairman of a highly recognised global offshore, marine and underwater engineering trade association’s ROV committee. David Rhodes has been voted in by fellow members of the International Marine Contractors
Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. (Phoenix) has been contracted by DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd (DEFTECH) to provide deep-water towed side scan sonar services in support of continuing underwater search operations for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370). DEFTECH and Phoenix are working
The City Council has voted unanimously to approve the second phase of a sediment removal project at Atascadero Lake in San Luis Obispo County, California, reports atascaderonews.com. According to Interim Public Works Director Doug Breeze, the project will include the removal of at least 15,000 cubic
Construction of the new European Operations center for global oilfield equipment and products company, Forum Energy Technologies, has begun. This multi million pound investment in the new Westhill facility will initially house 120 employees and will bring together five Forum businesses that are curr
AG&P ALE Ventures Pty Ltd., an Australian-based consortium, has deployed its proprietary mobile port solution, the Hydro Deck, to deliver the first modules to the Northern Territory’s largest-ever construction project, the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. Over the course of the project, the Hydro
AG&P ALE Ventures, an Australian-based consortium, said it has deployed its mobile port solution, the Hydro Deck, to deliver the first modules to the Northern Territory’s largest-ever construction project, the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project. Over the course of the project, the Hydro Deck will of
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a maintenance dredging contract for the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) Indian River Reach 1,which includes Sebastian Inlet south to the Wabasso Causeway in the Indian River Lagoon, Indian River County. Construction may begin as soon as early November. Currently
Forum Energy Technologies has begun Construction of the new European Operations centre for global oilfield equipment and products. This multi million pound investment in the new Westhill facility will initially house 120 employees and will bring together five Forum businesses that are currently spre
