Appointed by Conwy County Borough Council, Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has delivered several shoreside improvements as the Principal Contractor to reduce flooding risks for more than 2,000 residential and commercial properties in North Wales. The project included: – Procuring nearly 66,500 tons
Rohde Nielsen has completed maintenance dredging and coastal protection works at Costa da Caparica, Portugal. Under the project, approximately 1,000,000 m³ of sand was dredged from the entrance channel to the Port of Lisbon and beneficially reused to strengthen coastal protection and mitigate erosio
Work to refurbish a section of the West Beach seawall in Selsey is due to start at the end of August 2026, the Chichester District Council said. The project, which is being delivered by Council’s coastal team, Coastal Partners, will strengthen a deteriorating section of seawall at the western end of
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has announced more than $52 million for 21 projects in Coastal Alabama supported by funds from the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (GoMESA). This includes $5 million in GoMESA funding to the Alabama Port Authority’s Upper Mobile Bay Wetlands Creation Project. Acc
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) said that work is getting underway on the East Delacroix Marsh Creation and Terracing Project. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused significant wetland loss in the area, leaving Delacroix more exposed to flooding from the east. This project
The USACE Charleston District has officially completed its $72 million Grand Strand renourishment project, and all beaches are fully reopened. “As of this weekend, we have completed this vital coastal storm risk management project, placing over 1.5 million cubic yards of sand across our coastline to
Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) will invest $821 million in Te Awaparahi Bay Expansion and Resilience Project. LPC chair Barry Bragg announced the investment plan today, saying that it marks a significant step for the port, Christchurch and the economy. “We’ve spent the last decade rebuilding and stren
The City of Ocean City, NJ, said that the sand pumping operations are underway between 9th Street and 10th Street. The beach entrances north of Plymouth Place (including 7th Street) are open with access to newly rebuilt beaches, including guarded swimming areas and a guarded surfing beach. The beach
Sand pumping operations are now underway in Brighton. Van Oord UK and Ireland, together with Mackley, in partnership with Brighton & Hove City Council, has successfully completed the first beach nourishment pump as part of the Brighton Marina to River Adur Coastal Scheme – Phase 2. “This marks an ex
CBCL Limited has completed coastal protection solutions for Grand Turk and Salt Cay in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). The project was conducted in cooperation with the Public Works Department (PWD) and the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR), with support from the Caribbean D
New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone said that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin a targeted sand replenishment project in Monmouth County, that may include sections of the towns of Monmouth Beach, Sea Bright, and Long Branch this winter. The project solicitation was made public on July 22,
A project to protect a key part of Brighton and Hove’s coastline from erosion and flooding has entered a new phase. The works to fill a new groyne field in Hove, East Sussex, with thousands of tons of shingle started yesterday, Brighton & Hove City Council said. Taken from a licensed dredging site i
The City of Isle of Palms said that Marinex is now in its fifth day of dredging and continues to make steady progress, placing approximately 30,000 cubic yards of sand on the beach each day. According to the latest update, crews are currently working in front of the Shipwatch area within a fenced co
The dredger Liberty Island arrived in Buxton on the evening of Thursday, July 30, and began pumping sand onto the beach on Friday, July 31, marking the start of construction for the Buxton beach nourishment project. The contractor, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD), began pumping sand in the
