Pacific Ocean Division Navigation Program Overview Association of Pacific Ports 2016 Winter Conference Waikaloa, Hawaii David Lau Pacific Ocean Division Chief, Civil Works Integration Division January 2016 US Army Corps of Engineers
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Pacific Ocean Division Civil Works Navigation Program Introduction Area of Operation Navigation Program Operations and Maintenance Construction Investigations Feasibility Studies POD CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approximately 35,000 dedicated Civilians and Soldiers delivering engineering services to customers in more than 130 countries worldwide. Mission Deliver vital public and military engineering services; partnering in peace and war to strengthen our Nation s security, energize the economy and reduce risks from disasters Military Construction Host Nation Construction Civil Works International & Interagency Support Contingency & Disaster Support 4
The Pacific Ocean Division Early History Early Mission 1904 Military - Coastal Defenses Civil Works - Lighthouses and Navigation Improvements Fort Ruger, Oahu Makapuu Lighthouse, Oahu 1909 Honolulu Harbor, Oahu 1892
The Pacific Ocean Division Paving Pacific Pathways with Trusted Engineering MILITARY Design and Construction Agent for the Army and the Air Force in Alaska, Hawaii; all the services in Japan, Korea and Kwajalein. Contingency response in support of Army s war-fighting mission. CIVIL WORKS Federal Water Resources Development Program ( Civil Works ) in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas. Emergency response in case of natural disasters.
POD Area of Operations US Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division 2,780 miles Alaska Korea Japan CNMI Hawaiian Islands Guam Kwajalein Atoll Equator American Samoa
Hawaii Civil Works Guam American Samoa Area of Operations Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Alaska
Pacific Ocean Division Civil Works Projects Constructed Flood Risk Navigation Erosion Protection Hydropower Hawaii 12 16 8 Guam 2 2 1 CNMI 1 1 Am Samoa 4 10 Other 1 Alaska 8 45 6 1 Total 22 68 26 2
Pacific Ocean Division Navigation Program Operations and Maintenance Annual Dredging Anchorage Harbor, Alaska Dillingham Harbor, Alaska Homer Harbor, Alaska Ninilchik Harbor, Alaska Nome Harbor, Alaska
ANCHORAGE HARBOR Nome Fairbanks DISPOSAL SITE Anchorage Juneau LIMITS Maintenance Dredging 2015 thru 2017 Dredge Type: Hopper Location: Anchorage is located at the northern end of Cook Inlet in Southcentral Alaska. Project Description: Authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act, 3 July 1958, and amended by P.L. 108-447 in 2005 to replace the existing dock with a new 10,860 foot long inter-modal marine facility. This port is the largest cargo port in Alaska serving as the main supply and distribution center for the south-central and interior areas as well as the two large military bases within the Municipality of Anchorage. Water Borne Commerce was 2.9 million short tons for year 2013. Quantity: 1,100,000 CY/year Authorized Project Depth : -35 ft MLLW Dredge Period: 20 April to 10 November Disposal: In-Water Contractor: Manson Construction Co. Contract Type: RFP Base + 2 Option Years
DILLINGHAM HARBOR Nome Fairbanks DISPOSAL SITE Anchorage Juneau LIMITS Location: Northern end of Nushagak Bay in western Alaska. Project Description: The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1958 provides for a 650 to 800 foot wide by 700 foot long basin utilizing a 1,100 foot long entrance channel to Nushagak Bay. The harbor provides half-tide access and all-tide moorage for over 320 commercial fishing vessels. The harbor is also used as an alternate landing area for lighterage vessels. Maintenance Dredging 2014 thru 2016 Dredge Type: Pipeline Quantity: 95,000 CY/year Authorized Project Depth: +2 ft MLLW Dredge Period: 15 May to 15 July Disposal: In-Water Contractor: Alaska Marine Excavation Contract Type: IFB Base + 2 Option Years
HOMER HARBOR Nome Fairbanks Anchorage Juneau LIMITS DEWATERING SITE US COAST GUARD (USCG) LIMITS Location: Southern end of the Kenai Peninsula in Southcentral Alaska. Project Description: Authorized by the River and Harbors Acts of 1958 and 1964. The 50-acre project provides sheltered moorage for over 1,525 commercial fishing and recreational vessels. The harbor is an integral part of Homer s economy and supports barges, USCG vessels, and the commercial fishing fleet. Maintenance Dredging 2012 thru 2016 Dredge Type: Pipeline Quantity: 8,500 CY/year + USCG 7,000 CY/year Authorized Project Depth: -20 ft MLLW Dredge Period: USCG Dock in April; Harbor & USCG Dock in September to mid-october Disposal: Upland and Beneficial Use Contractor: Alaska Marine Excavation Contract Type: RFP Low Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Base + 4 Option Years
NINILCHIK HARBOR LIMITS Fairbanks Nome Anchorage Juneau DISPOSAL SITE Location: Western side of the Kenai Peninsula on the shores of lower Cook Inlet. Project Description: Authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1958. The small basin provides protected moorage with half-tide access for 32 vessels. The basin and channel also provide access for fishing boats to unload their catch and take on supplies. It is also an important harbor of refuge in the lower Cook Inlet region Maintenance Dredging 2012 thru 2016 Dredge Type: Pipeline Quantity: 11,000 CY/year Authorized Project Depth: +2 & +9 ft MLLW Dredge Period: 25 April to 15 May Disposal: Upland and Beneficial Use Contractor: Alaska Marine Excavation Contract Type: RFP Low Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Base + 4 Option Years
NOME HARBOR Nome Fairbanks Anchorage Juneau LIMITS DISPOSAL SITE Location: Nome harbor is located on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula in western Alaska. The city is approximately 540 miles northwest of Anchorage. Project Description: Authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Acts of 1917, 1935, 1948 and most recently by the WRDA 1999. The project consists of a 3,450 foot long entrance channel protected by a 2,986 foot long rubblemound breakwater and sediment collection basin. The city is the transportation and commerce center for the Norton Sound area of Alaska. Maintenance Dredging 2013 thru 2017 Dredge Type: Pipeline Quantity: 34,000 CY/year Authorized Project Depth: -10,-12, & -22 ft MLLW Dredge Period: Ice Out to 31 July Disposal: Beach Nourishment Contractor: Alaska Marine Excavation Contract Type: IFB Base + 4 Option Years
Pacific Ocean Division Navigation Program Operations and Maintenance Periodic Dredging Honolulu Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Barbers Point Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Hilo Harbor, Hawaii, Hawaii Kahului Harbor, Maui, Hawaii Nawiliwili Harbor, Kauai, Hawaii
Honolulu Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Location: Honolulu Harbor is located on the south coast of the Island of Oahu adjacent to downtown Honolulu, the financial, commercial and governmental center of the State of Hawaii. Project Description: Honolulu Harbor consists of a 4,000 foot main entrance channel 500 feet wide and 45 feet deep leading into main basin 3,300 feet long, 1,000 feet wide and 40 feet deep and a connecting channel 400 feet wide and 40 feet deep. Maintenance Dredging Dredge Type: Essayons Hopper Quantity: 120,000 CY Authorized Project Depth: -40 to -45 ft MLLW Dredge Period: March 2016 Disposal: In-Water Contractor: Portland District, Corps of Engineers
Barbers Point Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Location: Barbers Point Harbor is located on the southwest coast of the Island of Oahu approximately 19 nautical miles west of Honolulu. Project Description: The harbor includes an entrance channel (3,300 feet long, 450 feet wide, and 42 feet deep); a inshore channel (980 feet long, and 450 feet wide flaring to 650 feet over the last 200 feet, and 38 feet deep) ; a 92-acre inshore basin (38 feet deep); and, 4,600 feet of wave absorber structures. Maintenance Dredging Dredge Type: Essayons Hopper Quantity: 31,000 CY Authorized Project Depth: -38 to -42 ft MLLW Dredge Period: February2016 Disposal: In-Water Contractor: Portland District, Corps of Engineers
Hilo Harbor, Hawaii, Hawaii Location: Hilo Harbor is located on the northeast coast of the Island of Hawaii. The harbor is two miles from the business district of Hilo, the island s principal city and county government seat. Project Description: Hilo Harbor s basin measures 1,400 feet wide by 2,300 feet long and is protected by a 10,000 foot breakwater. The authorized entrance channel depth is from 35 to 39 feet and the turning basin depth is from 35 to 38 feet. Maintenance Dredging Dredge Type: Essayons Hopper Quantity: 200,000 CY Authorized Project Depth: -38 to 39 ft MLLW Dredge Period: February 2016 Disposal: In-Water Contractor: Portland District, Corps of Engineers
Nawiliwili Deep Draft Harbor, Kauai, Hawaii Location: Nawiliwili Harbor is located on the southeast coast of the island of Kauai and is the island s principal commercial harbor. Project Description: The harbor s Federal features consist of a 2,045-foot-long breakwater, and a 2,400- foot-long S-shaped entrance channel which is 40 feet deep with a minimum 600-foot width. Maintenance Dredging Dredge Type: Essayons Hopper Quantity: 160,000 CY Authorized Project Depth: -35 to -40 ft MLLW Dredge Period: February 2016 Disposal: In-Water Contractor: Portland District, Corps of Engineers
Kahului Harbor, Maui, Hawaii Location: Kahului is located on the northern coast of the island of Maui and is the site of the only commercial port on the island. Project Description: The Federal project consists of rubble mound breakwaters on the east and west sides of the harbor, approximately 2,766 and 2,315 feet in length, respectively; an entrance channel 600 feet wide between the breakwaters; and a harbor basin 2,050 feet wide, 2,400 feet long at 35 feet deep. Maintenance Dredging Dredge Type: Essayons Hopper Quantity: 160,000 CY Authorized Project Depth: -35 to -40 ft MLLW Dredge Period: February 2016 Disposal: In-Water Contractor: Portland District, Corps of Engineers
Pacific Ocean Division Navigation Program Construction Valdez Harbor, Alaska Port Lions Harbor, Alaska (Preconstruction Engineering and Design)
VALDEZ HARBOR EXPANSION, ALASKA Nome Fairbanks Anchorage Juneau Location: Northeastern end of Valdez Arm in Southcentral Alaska. Project Description: The proposed navigation improvements will provide approximately 14 acres of additional moorage space to help alleviate overcrowding in the existing harbor. The harbor will be used by commercial, recreational, and oil spill response vessels. New Construction 2015 thru 2017 Dredge Type: Mechanical and/or Hydraulic Quantity: 346,120 CY Authorized Project Depth: -13.5 & -18.5 ft MLLW Dredge Period: April thru mid-november subject to environmental requirements Disposal: In-Water Contractor: Western Marine Construction Contract Type: RFP
PORT LIONS HARBOR, AK Nome Fairbanks Anchorage Juneau Location: Port Lions is in Settlers Cove, on the north coast of Kodiak Island, 247 air miles southwest of Anchorage. Project Description: The harbor was initially designed to accommodate 125 vessels; however, only 35 vessels are currently using the harbor year round because the vessels incur damages during storms. The Limited Reevaluation Report recommends construction of a 700-foot breakwater and includes a 40- foot extension of the existing breakwater to the west for reduction in the existing gap width, and the a 75-foot-long extension of the existing fill at the dock approach to further reduce the gap. 24 24 BUILDING STRONG
Pacific Ocean Division Navigation Program Investigations Feasibility Studies Little Diomede Harbor, Alaska Craig Harbor, Alaska Arctic Deep Draft Ports, Alaska Kotzebue Harbor, Alaska St. George Harbor Tinian Harbor, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Rota Harbor, CNMI
LITTLE DIOMEDE HARBOR, AK Nome Fairbanks Anchorage Juneau Location: Diomede is located on the west coast of Little Diomede Island in the Bering Straits, 135 miles northwest of Nome with a population of 146. It is only 2.5 miles from Big Diomede Island, Russia, and the international boundary lies between the two islands. Project Description: A protected harbor would reduce the cost of goods transport, improve and increase the tour-boat landings (income to village), and improve the safety of small craft operations required for subsistence and customary trade activities. 26 26 BUILDING STRONG
CRAIG HARBOR IMPROVEMENT, AK Nome Fairbanks Anchorage Juneau Location: Craig is located on a small island off the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, and is connected by a short causeway. It is 31 road miles west of Hollis. It lies 56 air miles northwest of Ketchikan and 220 miles south of Juneau. Project Description: Feasibility study recommends constructing approximately 1,933-feet of rubblemound breakwaters to protect a naturally-deep 10.1-acre moorage basin to accommodate approximately 145 vessels 27 27 BUILDING STRONG
ARCTIC DEEP DRAFT PORT, AK Nome Fairbanks Anchorage Juneau Location: Nome lies 539 air miles northwest of Anchorage, 102 miles south of the Arctic Circle, and 161 miles east of Russia. Project Description: The Tentatively Selected Plan (TSP) includes a 2,150- foot (655 meters) causeway extension, a 450-foot (137 meters) long dock, and dredging to -28 feet (-8.5 meters) mean lower low water (MLLW). This selected depth was based on the projected future with-project vessel characteristics expected at the Nome location. Approximately 441,000 cubic yards of dredged material would be removed from the harbor and deposited on the project s beach down drift (to the east). 28 28 BUILDING STRONG
KOTZEBUE NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENTS, AK Nome Fairbanks Anchorage Juneau Location: Kotzebue is located on a spit at the Northwest end of the Baldwin Peninsula. Kotzebue is a hub community about 40 miles north of the Arctic Circle, 350 miles northwest of Anchorage and 185 miles northeast of Nome. Project Description: This study will consider the benefits and costs for navigation improvements for freight and fuel transportation in and out of the community. A road presently being designed and constructed by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to Point Blossom, 8 miles south of Kotzebue, opens alternatives to develop deeper draft facilities. Since a primary concern is the shallow draft operations required to get to the present docks at the north end of Kotzebue, The City of Kotzebue, the Northwest Arctic Borough, and the State of Alaska DOT are interested in studying alternatives that include the Cape Blossom location. 29 BUILDING STRONG
ST. GEORGE HARBOR, AK - (GI) $700,000 Feasibility 30 BUILDING STRONG Nome Fairbanks Anchorage Juneau Location: The City of St. George is located on the northeast shore of St. George Island, the southern-most of five islands in the Pribilofs. It lies 47 miles south of the St. Paul Island, 750 air miles southwest of Anchorage and 250 miles northwest of Unalaska. Project Description: This Feasibility study will consider modification and/or realignment of the breakwaters, entrance channel, and inner harbor basin to reduce erosion and wave overtopping of the main breakwater, and adverse wave and seiche conditions in the Harbor. The use of offshore breakwaters to improve conditions will also be investigated.
Rota Harbor, Rota, CNMI Location: Rota Harbor is located on the southwest coast of the island of Rota, CNMI. Rota Harbor was constructed by the Corps of Engineers under the authority of Section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, as amended. Project Description: The Federal project consists of an entrance channel 685 feet long, 300 feet wide, 20 feet deep; a turning basin 440 feet long, 180-440 feet wide, 16.5 feet deep; a revetted mole 535 feet long, 10 feet high; and a basin extension 280 feet long, 150 feet wide and 16.5 feet deep.
Tinian Harbor, Tinian, CNMI Location: Tinian Harbor is located on the southwest coast of the island of Tinian, CNMI. The existing harbor was constructed in 1944 1945 by the Navy Seabees during World War II. Project Description: The protective breakwater has a total length of 4,600 feet, constructed in two segments. The initial 1,100 feet extending seaward from the shore (northwest breakwater) was constructed of a single row of steel sheet piling. This section of the breakwater is completely deteriorated, with large gaps where no sheet pile remnants remain. The 3,500-foot-long main breakwater, running parallel to shore, was constructed of cellular steel sheet pile cells filled with dredged material and capped with concrete. Feasibility Study. Modify the existing navigation features of Tinian Harbor to address adverse wave conditions within the harbor cased by deteriorated breakwater. Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement: Dec 4, 2015
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