The company is the largest provider of dredging services in the United States. “In an average year, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock dredges more than 50 million cubic yards,” Ekren said. It is work GLDD is quite familiar with, as the company has been providing dredging services since 1890 and has completed projects on six continents, he said. (Photo courtesy of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock) This year’s dredging was scheduled to begin July 1. This year begins the first of two option years for the three-year contract.
The dredge Iowa and support equipment are pushed upriver to Memphis Harbor in 2021 for the base contract for Memphis Engineer District harbor dredging. GLDD will complete a hydrographic survey of the harbor, and the Memphis district will determine how best to spend the budget allocated for each harbor, with GLDD completing another survey at the end of dredging to show that the work was completed, Ekren said. The dredging will return the channels within the harbors to their authorized depth. “We’re packing up equipment in one location while we’re dredging in another location.” “We’re leap-frogging,” said Stan Ekren, vice president–rivers and lakes manager at Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. They will start in Memphis, Tenn., then head upriver to Hickman, Ky., and proceed downriver from there. Dredging was expected to begin July 1 and to be completed by the end of December, although the contract runs through February.Ĭrews will dredge nine different harbors this year. It is for the first option year of a three-year contract that included a base in 2021, first option in 2022 and second option year in 2023. The contract was awarded June 2 for $7,335,450. These harbors serve as vital links to rail and highway transportation systems in the region, helping to deliver products and commodities to and from global markets.” “The Memphis District is responsible for maintenance dredging of 10 harbors along the Mississippi River. “Dredging these harbors involves removing sediment from the authorized navigation channel to maintain a specific depth for safe navigation in and out of the harbors,” Project Delivery Team Manager Vickie Watson said.
The Memphis Engineer District has contracted with Great Lakes Dredge & Dock for the rental of a 24-inch hydraulic cutterhead dredge, discharge pipe and attendant plant to dredge nine harbors this year.
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