This project has been awarded to Pacific Dredge & Construction by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
The project consists of dredging approximately 62,000 cubic yards of material from the Federal Channel to be placed in the nearshore off Balboa Beach. There are options for an additional 65,000 cubic yards of material dredge at the Balboa Reach to be placed offshore at disposal site LA-3. Pacific Dredge & Construction will be using its dredge “PDC 180” with our environmental Cable Arm 17 cubic yard bucket, and its ABS Load-Line 2,000 cu yds Split Hull Dump Scows
Pacific Dredge & Construction will be also performing demolition, rebar installation and concrete repairs to the existing boardwalk structure portion of the East Jetty. The project also includes placement of 3,500 tons of new 4-ton armor stone to repair the revetment on the channel side of the structure, for a total length of approximately 800LF.