Utah Lake marina dredging project being postponed

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A $1.3 million dredging project that was to have begun in April at the marina at Utah Lake State Park is being delayed, probably until after Labor Day.

The postponement is due to a number of factors, including too few bidders in the original request, rising water levels, and concern not to interrupt the spawning season for the lake’s endangered June suckers, according to Jason Allen, manager of Utah Lake State Park.

There were also a few bidders for the job.

Allen tells the Daily Herald the first-ever dredging will involve walling off water to drain the marina.

Up to 3 feet of soil and rock will be removed to deepen the boat harbor, and work should be complete by May 2018.

Low water levels last year had the lake at its lowest level since 2004, with water at the marina at 3 feet or less.

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Veteran company to return to Oceanside harbor dredging

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to rehire Manson Construction Co. of Seattle to handle the dredging of the Oceanside harbor.

Manson had done the work for several years until 2016 when the Army Corps chose another contractor — CJW Construction of Santa Ana — to conduct the dredging. The work dragged on for months, city officials said, obstructing parts of the harbor entrance and nearby beaches during the busy tourist season.

CJW had problems in part because an extended vetting process prevented it from starting the work on time. The dredging work is typically finished by Memorial Day — the last Monday in May — but last year the job began in June and ended in October.

The dredging contract with CJW cost $5 million last year, and the 2017 contract with Manson is expected to cost about the same.

Manson will stage its bulldozers, pipes, and other equipment, and work could begin in another week or two. The dredging project is to have all the work done before Memorial Day.

The man-made municipal harbor requires annual dredging to remove the sand that ocean currents constantly deposit at the entrance. As the mouth of the harbor fills with sand, the shallower water increases the size of incoming waves, making the navigation more hazardous for boaters.

Dredging lowers the depth to more than 20 feet at the entrance to keep boats safe during low tides and high swells.

Sand dredged from the harbor is piped in a seawater slurry onto beaches south of the harbor beginning at about the North Coast Village condominium complex. Sometimes, depending on the amount of sand dredged and the conditions of the beach, it could be spread past the city pier.

Manson’s larger dredge has two main advantages over smaller equipment, Federer said. One is that it is more efficient and can move more sand in less time, and the other is that its size is less subject to sea swells and other ocean conditions.

The Oceanside harbor, built at a cost of $7 million, opened in 1964 with 520 boat slips.

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Dredge the New Jersey Waterway for the first time

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It is decided by the officials to make a dredging project in the New Jersey Waterway, which is the first time to do this work, and this time is to dredge a major waterway.

Because some parts of the channel accumulate sand, which leads to navigation challenges,the state Coastal Engineering Department announced that the necessary part of the work was the dredging of Little Egg Inlet.

The channel is so important, owing to being the main artery between Long Beach Island and Brigantine.

The state maps out removing about 1 million to 1.5 million cubic yards of sand so that the channel will be deeper. The new one maybe 25 feet below mean sea level, which its origin is only 6 feet.

What makes people reliable is that the dredging work will have almost no impact on the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge and fish migration.

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Dredging begins at Hagerstown City Park

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The dredging work of the lower lake in Hagerstown City Park is underway. It’s expected that the consistency of “pudding” can be finished in a month, on account of removing the silt.

The silt of the work will be sent to the Forty West Landfill off National Pike and is used to daily protection.

The project designed by Bayland Consultants, and the part of dredging hands over Edwin A.and John O.Crandell Inc., of West River, Md.

As a construction manager with Bayland Consultants & Designers, Bill Heckert believes that the work will be accomplished by the middle of next month.

Rodney A.Tissue, the engineer of Hagerstown City, said that the depth of the lake may decrease to 6 inches, which its original depth up to 7 feet.

The contract of dredging granted by Hagerstown City is more than $1 million.

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MRTS begans to dredge Arkhangelsk harbour channel

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As the Russian largest company, based on a ‘turn-key’ carrying on the installation and construction works, plans to dredge harbour channel of Arkhangelsk from 7.5m to 9.2m.

The project will cost MRTS about RUB 200 mln under tentative estimations(without sea protection).

MRTS is trying to make a negotiation with local government, business company and FSUE Rosmorport, and earlier progress can be made.

Doing the work in Arkhangelsk port is meaningful, not only improve the competitive power but also increase the development of related business.

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Vortex Marine Construction has gained a dredging contract

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Vortex Marine Construction Inc has won a river dredging project from the U.S Army Corps of Engineers. This dredging project is maintenance dredging for the Wicomico River, MD.
According to the U.S Army Crops, hydraulic pipelines dredge will be used to achieve the maintenance dredging of the Wicomico River in this project.
Besides placing the dredging material and coir logs for containment, the contractor will also contribute to the planting of vegetation. A total of about 120,000 cubic yards of silty and sandy material is to be dredged, transported, and placed in Ellis Bay for beneficial use and wetland restoration.
This project will be finished in late 2017 according to the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers.
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