4 Apr 2012

USACE Galveston District awards $9.5 million contract to dredge Houston Ship Channel

GALVESTON, Texas (April 4, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston district, awarded a contract to Mike Hooks Inc., in the amount of $9,478,905 for maintenance dredging of the upper reaches of the Houston Ship Channel between Greens and Sims bayous.

6 Mar 2012

USACE Galveston District removes debris from Rollover Pass to Galveston Causeway beach renourishment project

GALVESTON, Texas (March 6, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, encountered what is believed to be Hurricane Ike-related debris during maintenance dredging of Rollover Pass to the Galveston Causeway. The debris material was inadvertently deposited at its federally-coordinated beneficial use site at Caplen Beach on Bolivar Peninsula.