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  • USACE Galveston District awards small business contract for routine testing of dredged material

    GALVESTON, Texas (April 5, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract to Sol Engineering LLC, an 8(a) small business, in the amount of $42,155.24 for environmental services to include a study comprised of collection and chemical analyses of water and sediment samples from the federally-maintained Texas City Navigation Channel.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • What is a dredging placement area?

    Q: What is a placement area (PA)? A: A placement area is a federally-authorized disposal site for dredged material.

  • USACE Galveston awards $3.3 million contract to dredge Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

    GALVESTON, Texas (Jan. 30, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract in the amount of $3,390,250 to Mike Hooks Inc., for dredging of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from Rollover Pass to the Galveston Causeway in Galveston County, Texas.

  • Corps stresses boating safety at GIWW to Bastrop dredge project

    GALVESTON, Texas (Jan. 19, 2012) – A dredge discharge pipeline will be placed inside the southeast end of placement area 58a on Jan. 22, 2012, as part of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Causeway to Bastrop dredging project. Mariners are asked to use extreme caution when operating a vessel in the area and be aware of pipelines and floating markers.

  • West Bay dredging project update

    GALVESTON, Texas (Jan. 18, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District began placing dredged material from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Causeway to Bastrop dredging project on Placement Area 62 Jan. 17 following completion of work at the Greens Lake beneficial use site.

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