Items Tagged with 'Coastal Construction'

Under new Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D), the Resilient Environments and Landscapes rule (REAL) now has one-year reprieve from July 20 before it mandates higher shorebuilding elevations and other requirements for high-risk area—giving pro and con forces more time to battle over likely amendments. 

How do engineers repair a century-old jetty battered by Pacific storms? A $30M USACE project at Grays Harbor offers a look.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District selected 15 firms to compete for jobs on a multiple award task order contract.

A $148M coastal flood wall proposed by the US Army Corps of Engineers and mostly federally funded remains uncertain weeks after voters rejected it.

Reports from Key industry events in the southeast region.

As multi-billion-dollar Coastal GasLink and Trans-Mountain oil line expansion near completion, Canada weighs if the needed energy infrastructure boost will offset high costs and delays.

In densely populated cities surrounded on all sides by water—the borough of Manhattan in New York City as a prime example—the risks from sea level rise and climate change are not just hypotheticals; they are existential threats.

The joint venture with consultants Moffat & Nichol and Volkert will provide project and program management services.

Reports from key industry events in the Southeast region.

For more than 140 years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Galveston District has tackled massive projects to provide safety and stability along a coastline stretching from Louisiana to Mexico. <