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    Dutra Dredging Company of San Rafael, Calif., uses the clamshell dredge Paula Lee to place about 520,000 cubic yards of the sand into barges that tugs will then transport to the Port of Long Beach for its Middle Harbor Redevelopment Project. The remaining sand will be used to renourish a segment of Redondo Beach. This sand will be placed just offshore at Dockweiler State Beach and Redondo Beach.

    Marina del Rey channel dredging provides multiple benefits

    “In dredging, you don’t usually see the results, it’s just deeper water,” Andrew Hunt, the Dutra Dredging Company project manager for the Marina del Rey entrance channel dredging project, said Oct. 15 as the project ended. Standing atop nearly 75,000 cubic yards of clean sand the project placed on Redondo Beach, he continued, “I’m standing here looking at a beach we built. If we were here a month ago, I’d be standing in the surf zone.”
  • Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, views civil works projects during an Oct. 23 helicopter flight along California’s southern coast as part of her visit to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District.

    Assistant Secretary for Civil Works visits Los Angeles District

    Jo-Ellen Darcy, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, visited the Los Angeles District the week of Oct. 23, speaking to an international dredging conference, visiting or viewing several Los Angeles District civil works projects and meeting with local sponsors.

  • PA12-67 - Burnsville Lake Campgrounds Temporarily Closed

    HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Due to recent storm activity from Hurricane Sandy, the U.S. Army Corps of
  • Members of the ERDC/West Point SIP-Hut team discuss material requirements for experimental and objective line research.

    ERDC and West Point Partner to Re-Shape the Army

    The Army has been building Barracks Huts (or B-Huts) to temporarily house military personnel the same way since WWII.
  • MINNESOTA CITY, Minn.—Nate Van Loon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, diver, conducts periodic inspections at Lock and Dam No. 5 on the Mississippi River near Minnesota City, Minn., Sept. 18. The Corps’ divers work in very low visibility and feel their way around the entire structure. The inspections are a part of the Corps’ effort to maintain the 9-foot navigation channel at the 13 locks and dams within the district’s boundaries. Keeping this system open is vital to the nation’s economy. In 2010, 16.2 million tons of commodities were shipped on the Mississippi River within the St Paul District’s area of operation, including 8 million tons of grain grown in the Upper Midwest. The industries making these shipments saved nearly $384 million by using the inland waterways instead of overland shipping methods.

    Periodic Inspections keep infrastructure working

    The district’s water control structures, such as the 13 locks and dams on the Mississippi River, undergo a number of site-specific inspections and assessments. The inspections ensure the structures are safe and reliable for the navigation industry. After all of the inspections and assessments are completed, a periodic inspection report is created. The district completed seven inspection reports on locks and dams and reservoirs this year.