The City Government of Dagupan received P3 million from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday as performance challenge fund (PCF). The check corresponding to this amount was handed by Rhoderick Dawis, chief of DILG in Dagupan City, to Mayor Belen Fernandez during the flag
Last week, the Hamilton Wetland Restoration Project’s outboard levee channel was breached completing construction of the 998 acre project. With a few scoops from the bucket of an excavator the wetland was open to tidal action from the San Francisco Bay. The restored wetland, over a decade in the mak
The Oceanscience Group have been appointed as an authorized HYPACK® OEM partner, to further strengthen the available options for the popular Z-Boat® 1800 remotely-operated hydrographic survey boat. Oceanscience can now supply their top specification single beam and side-scan equipped Z-Boats, largel
A program to manage 5.5 miles of shoreline within Wenatchee’s city limits is open for comment through the Washington Department of Ecology. The locally tailored shoreline program is designed to help minimize environmental damage to shoreline areas, reserve appropriate areas for water-oriented uses,
NOAA ships, small boats, and hydrographic services contractors have their sailing orders to survey more than 2,000 square nautical miles in U.S. coastal waters this year, collecting data that will strengthen the foundation of the nation’s environmental intelligence. Most of the vessels are sailing t
Plexus Holdings PLC announces that it has secured a new well order to supply its POS-GRIP surface exploration wellhead equipment and services under an existing contract with leading oil and gas company Centrica Energy Norway. The value of the order is estimated at approximately £900,000 with revenue
In many coastal cities, the ground is now sinking faster than the sea level is rising due to climate change. This subsidence is the result of human activity, namely the pumping of groundwater. Parts of Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok and many other coastal cities have already sunk or are threaten
The Australian Marine Conservation Society has rejected Ports Australia’s report into dredging and dumping at state owned ports along the Great Barrier Reef as self-interested. Felicity Wishart, AMCS Great Barrier Reef campaign director, said that the Ports Australia report appeared to have been pro
Plexus Holdings has secured a new well order to supply its POS-GRIP surface exploration wellhead equipment and services under an existing contract with oil and gas company Centrica Energy Norway (‘Centrica’). The value of the order is estimated at approximately $1.5 million with revenues expected to
As one of the five identified Priority Port Development Areas in the Queensland Government’s Ports Strategy, the Port of Mackay is required to prepare a 30 Year Port Master Plan. “A critical element in the development of the Master Plan will be consultation with a broad range of stakeholders and we
A subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc. has become the first to install rigid reel-lay pipe-in-pipe in Asia-Pacific for the Siakap North-Petai (“SNP”) development project offshore Malaysia. At more than 3,900 feet (1,190 meters), the SNP development is one of the industry’s most challenging d
Dragflow, a world player in solid pumping solutions, will showcase its latest innovative products at Samoter, the Triennial International Earth Moving, Site and Building Industry Exhibition, scheduled for 8-11 May 2014 in Verona, Italy. The exhibition will be a great chance for all customers and ope
On April 10, China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) concluded a cooperative agreement on equity restructuring of Phoenix Island project with Sanya Phoenix Island Investment Group Co. Ltd. and Sanya Yusheng Investment Co. Ltd. Li Maohui, president assistant of CCCC, Zeng Xianyun, chairman o
Aggreko, the world leader in the provision of interim power and temperature control services, has been awarded contracts to provide supplementary power to Turkey’s landmark infrastructure project, the Izmit Bay Bridge. The project, 50 km southeast of Istanbul, will be the world’s fourth longest susp
