An Ellicott® Dragon® Series 670 cutter suction dredge working in Hampton, Virginia. Gayle Hicks, left, senior civil engineer, and Arthur W. Mertz, chief park ranger, of Hampton check out beach grasses, which were planted to protect dunes, at Factory PointRead more →
Beach Restoration & Land Reclamation
Plan view of dredged material containment island Profile view of geotextile tube design Ellicott® Series 370 "Dragon®" Dredge Ellicott® Series B890 Dredge View of geotextile tube being filled Buenaventura Bay, Colombia Source: World Dredging Mining & Construction Introduction One ofRead more →
Source: R.M. Buchanan, Vice President – Higgerson-Buchanan, Inc. An experimental procedure for beach rehabilitation in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras was recently successfully completed. The principal construction tool was a 12-inch Ellicott® portable hydraulic pipeline dredge. Here is a report
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Ellicott® Series 970 Dredge "Rudee Inlet II" The Erosion Council is a five-member group charged with maintaining the resort strip. The council has maintained a sand mining capability in Rudee Inlet for more than 25 years, establishing a continuous beachRead more →
(No) Beach Before Dredging Restored Beach After Dredging The "COD FISH" operating in Great Pond "COD FISH" dredging in Martha's Vineyard Dredging continues throughwinter due to severe environmental window restrictions Dredge cutter & ladder visible during dredging indicating low turbidityRead more →
Source: www.coastalsystemsint.com Construction administration services were provided, including dredging contract payment surveys. Coastal Systems also designed the near shore mitigation required due to environmental impacts from the dredging. Client: Hillsboro Inlet District Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Initial Date of Completion: 2003Read more →
Fresh sand dredged from Eel Pond in Edgartown helps replenish Fuller street beach -Mark Lovewell Dredging Eel Pond, beach nourishment at Fuller Street beach. Photograph from 1980s shows Fuller street beach dock, now gone due to encroaching sea.Read more →
A dredge boat works in the Jupiter Inlet at DuBois Park in Jupiter on Monday.The boat started drawing sand out of the inlet last week, and the estimated 60,000 yards3to be dredged are being used to rebuild the beach atRead more →
Source: Vineyard Gazette After several months of delay, two dredging projects in Tisbury are nearly complete. Dredge committee chairman Nevin Sayre said Wednesday that work at the entrance to Lake Tashmoo and at the west entrance to Vineyard Haven harborRead more →
Source: Elmontcivic.com / Written by Administrator After years of storm driven seas battering the Point Lookout shoreline, a bay-like depression was carved out of the northeast coast of the waterfront community. The erosion that resulted posed a threat toRead more →