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Owner:
Department of the Army
New York District
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"The project combines ocean and upland
disposal in one of the largest harbor deep-ening projects
undertaken in the US. Work was around the clock while maintaining
shipping in one of the busiest ports on the East Coast."
---Alex Dick, Jay Cashman, Inc.
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The Jay Cashman dredge is depicted above; specialized equipment for demanding marine excavation work.
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Project Highlights
KVK 8
Newark, New Jersey
• High volume of marine traffic in the Newark Bay area
required continuous coordination with the US Coast Guard,
harbor pilots and the NY/NJ Port Authority.
• Required dredging of 1.3 million cubic yards of material for
offshore disposal and onshore treatment and upland disposal of 200,000 yards of contaminated sediment for benificial re-use to achieve a 45-foot channel depth.
• 24/7 dredging while maintaining total port access.
• Offshore disposal controlled through use of GPS guidance
for precise placement of materials.
• Sub-aqueous drilling and blasting was performed
to remove bedrock materials including diabase.
• A fleet of equipment including a specialized drill barge, new
back-hoe dredge and three ocean going dredge scows.
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