Dashields

VESSEL REVIEW | Dashields – Workboat to support US Army Corps of Engineers’ waterway maintenance duties

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently took delivery of a new river maintenance workboat from Alabama-based boatbuilder Silver Ships. Dashields is the second in a series of three landing craft workboats built by Silver Ships for the USACE Pittsburgh District, the first being the 2022-built Allegheny River. The vessels will support the Pittsburgh […]

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First Upper Ohio Navigation Project contract awarded

The Pittsburgh Engineer District has awarded Richard Goettle Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio, the first construction contract for the $1.8 billion Upper Ohio Navigation project.

The $4.7 million contract awarded Goettle is for construction of a secant pile wall designed for ground retention and stabilization of the existing Montgomery Dam prior to building a new lock chamber at the facility. Construction is expected to start fall 2021.

“We are excited for this opportunity to provide much-needed...

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