CEG - Mon September 27, 2021
NY Looking for Proposals to Rehab 91-Year-Old Conklingville Dam
The Upstate New York dam built to create the Great Sacandaga Lake in 1930 is likely to get a major rehabilitation project within the next few years. The state announced Sept. 21 that it will seek proposals for engineering and oversight for work that would start in late 2023 at the earliest....
CEG - Tue August 31, 2021
Springfield, Mass., Begins Repair, Upgrades to Watershops Pond Dam
The city of Springfield, Mass., announced in mid-August that it had contracted with two local companies to begin a $3.6 million project to repair and upgrade the Watershops Pond Dam at the historic former Springfield Armory manufacturing site....
Road Machinery & Supplies - Wed July 21, 2021
VIDEO: Helm Civil Uses iMC to Complete Grinding Project
No two job sites are alike, but they usually have one thing in common: they are above water. That wasn't the case for Helm Civil when it tackled a lock and dam rebuild for the Army Corps of Engineers on the Mississippi River in Rock Island, Ill....
Water Power Magazine - Tue May 18, 2021
Granite Construction Wins Leon Hurse Dam Contract
Granite Construction has won a $160 million contract from the Upper Trinity Regional Water District for work on the Leon Hurse Dam project in Ladonia, Texas. The project is a component of the overall Lake Ralph Hall project which will be one of Texas' newest lakes and one of the state's biggest water projects in the last 30 years....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Mon March 29, 2021
Dam Rehab: Bringing Knox Lake Dam Up to Spec
Last June, just as the summer outdoor sporting season was getting under way, trailered watercraft was banned on Ohio's Knox Lake. Knox Lake was created in 1954 when the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife dammed the Kokosing River to create the reservoir for recreational purposes, comprises 469 acres with 11.4 mi....
Business Wire - Tue March 09, 2021
Sterling Will Construct $135M Dam Project in Inyo County
Sterling Construction Company Inc. recently announced that its subsidiary, Road and Highway Builders LLC, had been awarded a $135 million heavy civil contract by the city of Los Angeles for the construction of the North Haiwee Dam No....
CEG - Wed February 10, 2021
Federal Funds Will Complete Tennessee's Chickamauga Lock Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will receive nearly $191 million for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project from funding revised and adopted by Congress. The money will go toward the next phase of work on the lock at the hydroelectric Chickamauga Dam, located on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 06, 2021
Crews Race to Repair Edenville Dam Before Thaw
Emergency work on a failed dam in Midland County, Mich., has Fisher Contracting Co. crews working six days a week on a tight timeline under risky conditions. The Edenville Dam failed last spring after heavy rains led to a large May flood event....
Tribune-Review - Mon December 28, 2020
Army Corps' $2.6B Ohio River Project Might Get Funded Faster
Two key pieces of federal legislation recently could shave off years waiting to start construction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' $2.6 billion upper Ohio River project. The project, still in the design phase, replaces a lock each at the Emsworth, Dashields and Montgomery locks and dams in southwestern Pennsylvania....
By Anna Liz Nichols – ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue September 01, 2020
Michigan Investigators, Contractors Assess Remaining Portion of Edenville Dam
LANSING, Mich (AP) State investigators and contractors started assessing the remaining portion of a Michigan dam whose failure this spring contributed to millions of dollars in flood damage and destroyed more than 100 houses....
