Army Corps Moves to Overhaul How U.S. Dredging Projects Are Awarded

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is overhauling how it manages dredging contracts nationwide, moving toward a centralized approach intended to reduce costs, improve scheduling and make better use of the country’s limited dredging fleet.

The Corps handles approximately 190 dredging contract actions each year to maintain navigation channels at U.S. ports, harbors and inland waterways. Most have traditionally been managed by individual districts, an approach the agency says can lead to duplicated administrative work, competing schedules and inefficient use of available dredging equipment.

To address those problems, the Corps is establishing an Enterprise Dredging Delivery Center (EDDC), supported by an