6 Dec 2013

Notice to mariners - Bayport Flare and Houston Ship Channel

GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 6, 2013) – Mariners are advised to be aware of an increase in waterborne hazards in the Bayport Flare and Houston Ship Channel, as a result of maintenance dredging work scheduled to begin this month and continue through October 2014.

4 Dec 2013

District awards $5 million contract to dredge GIWW

GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 4, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $5,180,000 to RLB Contracting Inc., to perform maintenance dredging within the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, specifically from Corpus Christi Bay to Port Isabel, Texas.

3 Dec 2013

District awards $8 million contract to dredge Corpus Christi Ship Channel

GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 3, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $8,054,750 to Orion Marine Inc., to perform maintenance dredging within the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, specifically from the inner basin (lower bay) to Beacon 82 (upper bay) and the La Quinta Junction and channel, in Nueces County, Texas.

3 Dec 2013

District partners with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to complete $30 million complex in Corpus Christi, Texas

GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 3, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District partnered with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to complete the $30,063,931 design-build U.S. Customs and Border Protection Facility in Corpus Christi, Texas, and will celebrate this milestone with the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector and Office of Field Operations during an open house ceremony Dec. 5.