On August 6 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that General Electric had discovered elevated dissolved PCBs at the Thompson Island dam a mile downstream of the environmental dredging operation to clean remove the contaminants from the Hudson River. Read More
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PIANC USA the International Navigation Association held its annual general meeting in Pittsburgh the week of July 13th. Known as the Three Rivers area Pittsburgh is at the confluence of the Ohio the Monongahela and the Allegheny Rivers. Read More
Knudsen Engineering Limited (KEL) has received a contract from International Submarine Engineering (ISE) of Port Coquitlam British Columbia Canada to supply arctic sensors for installation on two new ISE Explorer Class autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Read More
Ruud Ouwerkerk left accepts the best paper award from Bill Hanson at the Western Dredging Association meeting in June. Look for our report on this award and other awards presentations… Read More
On Friday July 17 the House of Representatives approved HR 3183 the Energy and Water Appropriations bill by a vote of 320-97. The $33.3 billion fiscal year 2010 spending bill… Read More
The acquisition of GeoAcoustics Ltd. by Kongsberg Maritime was completed in September 2008. Following the acquisition the two companies held a series of meetings including one at the Kongsberg Maritime office in Horten Norway focusing on marketing and sales issues. Read More
Teledyne Technologies Incorporateds (NYSE:TDY) subsidiary Teledyne RDI acquired Odom Hydrographic Systems on December 22 2008. The companys new name is Teledyne Odom Hydrographic Systems Inc. Read More
The U.S. Hydro 2009 Conference will include a workshop on the Corps of Engineers Hydrographic Surveying Engineering Manual which is scheduled for updating. Read More
The Hydrographic Society of South Africa will hold the first African Hydro Conference in Cape Town November 10 through 12 2009. Read More
When I called the St. Paul District to get more information about the safety award to their team of Fountain City engineers the person I talked to said that the… Read More
