Dredging 2012 took place October 22-25, 2012 in San Diego, CA. PIANC USA organized this event, co-sponsoring with COPRI/ASCE.
Environmental Dredging (Remediation /Restoration)
A Combined Approach to Contaminated Sediments Management: A Project Case Study in Mechanical Dredging, Capping, and Innovative Solidification of Dredged Sediments- John Finn
A Successful Collaboration with Regulators and Stakeholders During Development of an Integrated Sediment Dredging and Upland Remedy – Wayne Hardison
Dredging System to Harbor Development Works in Japan – Kanayama Susumu
Case Study: Sheboygan River Camp marina Sediment Removal Project – Mike Beardsley, Alan Buell
Dredging Phase I of the USEPA Non-Time Critical Removal Action in the Lower Passaic River- Brooke Bonkoski
CSO Sediment Removal in an Urban Tributary- Robert DeLorenzo
Assurance Program for the Emory River Dredging Project Resulting from the TVA Kingston Ash Spill – Ruth Forman
Incorporating Sediment Capping and Bank Stabilization as an Effective Alternative to Environmental Dredging in Downtown Portland- Connor Lam
Perfluorochemical-Impacted Sediment from a Sensitive Wetland -Mark Gaetz, Paul Lear
Dredging and Cap Placement within the Slip 4 Early Action Area, Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site, Seattle, WA -David Schuchardt
Dredged Material Management
Evaluation of Dredging and Disposal Options for a LNG Facility in Savannah Harbor, Georgia USA – Kwasi Badu Tweneboah
Adapting Confined Disposal Facilities For Sea Level Rise – John Headland
Aquatic Placement: Successful Dredged Material Management in Long Island Sound- Drew Carey
Duluth-Superior Harbor Erie Pier: The Conversion from a Conventional Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) to a Processing and Re-use Facility (PRF) for Beneficial Use of Dredged Material – Gene Clark
Beneficial Use at Deer Island: A Decade of Design and Implementation – Walter Dinicola
Underwater Rock Blasting for the Columbia River Deepening – Karen Garmire
Safety Presentation – L Holierhoek
Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety – An update on current dredging safety issues – Barry Holliday
Assessing the Feasibility of Using Navigation-Dredged Material for Mega-Scale Capping Projects – Aaron Hopkins
Engineering & Design Considerations for Shipboard Safety – Timothy Keyser
Dredged Material Management of the Intracoastal and Okeechobee Waterways in Martin and Nassau County, Florida – Jim Marino
An Incident & Injury Free Culture: Changing the Face of Project Operations – Dave Simonelli
A Complex Geotextile Container Used in the Dredging and Disposal of Contaminated Materials at Victoria Harbor – Felix Tseng
A Simple Method of Risk/ Hazard Assessment in Dredging – Luis Prieto-Portar, Thomas Verna
Dredging Contracting and Management Innovations
Dredge Fleet Scheduling Optimization and Sensitivity Analysis – Kenneth Mitchell
Early Contractor Involvement: An Innovative Approach to Dredging Contracts – Rene Kolman
Financial Risk Analysis and Cost Reductions Alternatives for Dredging Projects – Karim El Kheiashy
Successful Great Lakes Dredging Projects -Government & Private Sector Working Together – Joseph Heimbuch & Robert Rule
State of Engineering Practice
A Tool for Comprehensively Evaluating Alternative Dredging Practices – Wen-Huei Chang
The Application of the Cerchar Abrasivity Index (CAI) to Dredging – Luis Prieto-Portar
Nautical Depth, Rheocable sounding method and maintenance dredging in muddy areas – Marcus Druyts
Environmentally Acceptable Lubricant Alternatives to Petroleum Oil- James Kovanda
Cross-Dike Placement in the Craney Island Expansion – R. C. Ramsdell, Adam Mamrak
Biodegradable, Environmentally Safe Lubricants in Dredging Industry – Mark Miller
Developments in Dredge Equipment during the last decade – Ruud Ouwerkerk
PIANC MarCom Working Group 51 Report “Guidelines for Water Injection Dredging” – Tim Welp
Pipeline Dredge Analytical Program and Screening Tool – Derek Wilson
Working with Nature
Environmental Enhancements to Great Lakes Breakwaters, Jetties and other Coastal Infrastructure – Cynthia Banks
The transparent integration of stakeholder values in dredging planning: a case study in Long Island Sound – Igor Linkov
Engineering With Nature and the U.S. Dredging Program – Todd Bridges
Working with Nature – Why it Matters – Jan Brooke
An Analysis and Overview of Existing Navigation and Coastal Engineering With Nature Projects – Thomas Fredette
Evaluation of Intrinsic Biodegradation and Amendments to Support Enhanced Monitored Natural Recovery of Sediments – Thomas Krug
Management and Assessment of Dredged Material Disposal near a South Florida Sensitive Coral Environment – Christopher McArthur
Working with Nature Projects in Sand Island, AL and Deer Island, MS – Justin McDonald
Willapa Harbor Dredging and Flow Lane Disposal Projects, Raymond, Washington – Vladimir Shepsis
An Alternative to Maintenance Dredging, Shoaling Prevention Systems – Daniel Terry
Long-Distance Pumping and Opportunities for Engineering with Nature – Tim Welp
Integrating Dredging and Dredged Material Reuse with Environmental Restoration
Coordinating Dredged Material Management in the Pacific Coast’s Largest Estuary with Construction of the Pacific Coast’s Largest Tidal Wetland Restoration Project – Scott Bodensteiner
Deepening of the river Scheldt Special dredging techniques – Filip Van de Wiele
Current Issues in Dredged Material Disposal and Opportunities for Reuse – Georganna Collins
Beneficial Reuse of Sand on the Fox River Sediment Remediation Project – Neil Geevers Stuyvesant
Environmental Dredging (Remediation/Restoration)
Maximizing the Economics of Plain Water Using a Hydraulic Dredge and a Mechanical Dewatering Plant: Case Study of Lake Delevan, Delevan, WI – Thomas Amaro
Tablet Application for the Collection of Dredging Related Water Quality Data – Matthew Bailey
How the oldest capped mound survived the ages: Integrating multibeam acoustic imaging with optical imaging to read the record of the Brenton Reef Disposal Site – Drew Carey
Strategic Approaches to Reduce Uncertainties of Sediment Cleanup Costs – Howard Cumberland
Strategic Planning for Contaminated Sediment Projects: Setting the Course for Proper Project Execution – Howard Cumberland
Rail Transportation of Radioactive, Hazardous and Non-RCRA Sediments – Bill Dawson
Capping CAD Cells with a Split-Hull Hopper Dredge – Chris Dols
Grand Calumet River / Roxana Marsh – Glenn Green
Sediment deposition and sediment management at the Iffezheim barrage – Kai Kempmann
Project Update: Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site – David King
Using Dredging Lessons Learned in a Large Contaminated Sediment Feasibility Study – John Laplante
Quantifying Contaminants transport with On-line Monitoring – Anita Nybakk
Precision of Environmental Dredging – Factors and Processes – Michael Palermo
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Andreas Glad Skarstein
Ports/Navigation Case Studies (Coastal/Inland)
Dredging with Turbidity Tests and the EPA in Green Bay Harbor – Michael Staal
30 years Dredged Material Management in the Port of Hamburg – Axel Netzband
Effect of dredging sequence on the efficiency of water injection dredger and trailing suction hopper dredger, a case study of the port of Calais – Abbass Tavallali
Dredged Material Management
Management of Mercury and Pulp-Waste Contaminated Sediments in Thunder Bay North Harbour, Ontario, Canada – Sue-Jin An
A Trial Capping Project for Contaminated Dredged Material from the Port of Tyne, UK – A Learning Experience – Chris Vivian
Panama Canal Expansion Dredging – Rogelio Gordon
Prefabricated Vertical Drain Installation at Craney Island Eastward Expansion, Virginia – Aaron Goldberg
Preparing a long term management plan for the future of the Slufter; An analysis of the functional, spatial and geotechnical possibilities – Roderik Heerema
Guidelines for Aquatic Management of Dredged Material in the USA: Testing, Evaluation, Assessment and Management – John Childs
Dredge Material Reuse to Restore Industrially Influenced Benthic Communities – Eric Dott
Exploring the Dynamics of Thin Layer Cap Stability in a Freshwater Industrial Harbour – Matthew Graham
Beneficial Use Dredged Material to Create Wetland Areas – Tom Stephens, Ed Trainer
Managing dredged Acid Sulfate Soils: a case study – Frederik Goethals
Lessons Learned in the Use of Confined Aquatic Disposal Cells in New England – Aaron Hopkins
The Use of a Thin Layer Cap (TLC) to Manage Mercury and PCB Contaminated Sediments in Jellicoe Cove, Peninsula Harbour (Lake Superior), Ontario, Canada – Kay Kim
CE-Dredge: An Integrated Program for Improved Dredging Management – Mike McFarland
The successful use of CAD for the deposition of 450 000 m3 contaminated sediments from Oslo Harbor, Norway – Arne Pettersen
Beneficial Use Dredged Material to Create Wetland Areas – Tom Stephens
Dredging Contracting and Management Innovations
Next Generation of DQM tools for the dredging manager – Verne Gwin
The Manatee Pocket Dredging Project: Using the Design-Build Contract Relationship to te an Environmentally Beneficial, Sustainable, and Cost-Effective Project – Michael Whelan
Versatility of Vacuum Bag Dewatering of Dredged Organic Silt – Roger Miller
Site Characterization and Survey
An Expanded List of PAHs by HRMS – Edmond McNeil
Better detection and discrimination of seagrasses using fused bathymetric lidar and hyperspectral data – Molly Reif
Contaminated Sediments Dredging Design Constraints under a Marginal Wharf – Gary Braun
Customized Sampling Methods and Devices for Challenging Estuary Sampling Programs – Scott Compston
Dredge Positioning Systems: Types of Hardware Sensors Being Used and Why – Michael Dix
Core Sampling: Influence On Sediment Profile Interpretation – Colin McGuire
Geomorphology: A Practical Method of Submerged Oil Assessment in the Kalamazoo River, Marshall MI – Jen Holmstadt
Inertial Aided Post Processed Kinematic GPS for Marine Positioning – Lou Nash
Feasibility Level Seismic Stability Evaluation of Dredge Cuts – Senda Ozkan
Dredged Material Separation Plan Execution in New York Harbor Deepening Projects – Jeffrey Snyder
Working With Nature
Beneficial Use of Dredged Material for Essential Fish Habitat: Three Engineering with Nature Case Studies -Douglas Clarke
Beneficial Use, Old Idea, New Attention – William Hanson
Ecosystem context in the environmental impact assessment of the dredging operations in the Argentina’s Santa Fe–Confluencia waterway (Paraná river) – Martin Civeira
Sediment Resuspension/Residuals
Everything Goes Somewhere: Tracking the Movement of Dredged Sediments in Port and Coastal Environments Using Dual Signature Sediment Tracers – Kevin Black
Tools for Assessing the Fate of Dredged Sediment – Joseph Z. Gailani
Modeling plume from pipeline discharge of dredged material – Sung-Chan Kim
PCB Partitioning in Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio Sediments – Andrew Lenox
Using Lessons Learned from the Past to Enhance Remedy Evaluation, Selection and Implementation – Steven Nadeau
The Effects of Suspended Sediment from western Lake Erie on Walleye (Sander vitreus) – Burton Suedel
How a process based approach can lead to an understanding of dredging cause and effect – Jennifer Tate
Short-term and long-term effects of channel deepening and dredge disposal on turbidity levels – Bas van Maren & Thijs van Kessel
Numerical modeling assessment of dredging spoils dispersion and deposition, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. – Julio Zyserman
Current Engineering Dredging Research
Computational Model Builder for Simulating Dredging Operations – Matthew Bailey
Building Core Technical Competencies to Sustain Execution of USACE Mission Dredging Requirements through the Newly-Organized National Dredging Center – Edmond J. Russo, Jr.
D2M2: Geospatial Optimization and Planning for Dredged Materials Management -Matthew Bates
Experimental and Analytical Studies of Settling Sediment Clouds – Ruo-Qian Wang
Regulatory Challenges and Solutions
Inner Shelf Marine Geologic Formations of the South Atlantic Bight: Regulatory Implications and Methods for Project Solutions – Christine Smith
Kennebec River Dredging: Agency Collaboration Complicated by Public Perception – Valerie Cappola
Using site-specific, biological data to evaluate the protective value of seasonal dredging restrictions for winter flounder in New York / New Jersey Harbor – Douglas Clarke
Alternative Sediment Remediation Authorities to CERCLA: Elizabeth River Demonstration – Robert (Bob) Engler
Regulatory & Construction Challenges of the Pine Mountain Lake Maintenance Dredging Project – Jaclyn Gnusti
The Classification and Use of Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants on USACE Dredgers and Other Floating Plant – Timothy Keyser
Threatened and Endangered Species Issues on the Kennebec River Maine – Obstacles to Dredging Due to the Presence of Shortnose Sturgeon, Atlantic Salmon and Atlantic Sturgeon – Kenneth Levitt
Nutrient TMDLs and Their Effect on Dredging Operations in the Chesapeake Bay – William Rue
Inner Shelf Marine Geologic Formations of the South Atlantic Bight: Regulatory Implications and Methods for Project Solutions – Christine Smith
Underwater Sound Generated by Dredging: An Emerging Issue – Philip Spadaro
How do We Address Mitigation for Maintenance Dredge Permitting? A Case Study – Randi Wexler
The New England Regional Dredging Team: Overcoming Barriers Through Collaboration – Steven Wolf
Sustainable Sediment Management
Sustainable Dredged Material Management? Tools and Approaches for Developing Integrated Sediment Strategies – Sabine Apitz
Sustainability Based Guidance for a ‘Decision Framework for Assessing Options for the Disposal and Treatment of Contaminated Dredged Material’ in England and Wales – Chris Vivian and Ruth Edwards
Integrating Dredging and Dredged Material Reuse with Environmental Restoration
Effectiveness of Time of Year Restrictions – Marcia Bowen
Managing Dredged Material for Beneficial Use: A Conceptual Framework and the Dredging Information Tracking Tool – John Childs
Repairing the Mississippi River Levee with Dredged Material after the Historic 2011 Flood – Shane Callahan, Michael Clay
Engineering Considerations for Island and Sandbar Creation Using Flexible Floating Dredge Disposal Pipe, Middle Mississippi River, Miles 195.0 to 0.0. – Ashley Cox
Middle East Case Studies: Dredging and Reclamation in the Gulf – James Denton-Brown
Sediment Management Methods to Reduce Dredging: Demonstration of Sediment Collector Technology – John McArthur
Identifying and Constructing a Dredged Material Placement Site while Protecting a Unique Coastal Freshwater Marsh – Kaitlin McCormick
Masonville DMCF: Integrating Dredged Material Management with Environmental Restoration and Recreation Opportunities – Kaitlin McCormick
Incorporating engineered oyster reefs into dredged material management – Tyler Ortego
Project Hedwige-Prosper: creation of new wetlands along the river Scheldt – Filip Van de Wiele
Ports/Navigation – Case Studies (Coastal/Inland)
Life cycle analysis for sediment management – Matthew Bates
RECONS: a New Tool for Estimating the Economic Impacts of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Navigation Business Line – Wen-Huei Chang
Craney Island Eastward Expansion Case Study: Hydraulically Constructed Dikes on Soft Clay Foundation – Ira Brotman
A New Tool for Estimating and Simulating Economic Impacts of Dredging Activity New, Increased and Reduced Dredging – Yue Cui
Evaluation of Suspended Solid Residuals Created During Bed-Leveling Operations – Russell Short
The New York and New Jersey Harbor Deepening Project – A status update and lessons learned – Thomas Shea
The Maritime Economy in Northern California – John Coleman
Port of Long Beach -76 foot Main Channel Dredging Project – Douglas Thiessen
Dredged Material Management
Synthesis of Environmental Monitoring Data Collected at the San Francisco Deep Ocean Disposal Site (SF-DODS): Powerful Support for Reducing Routine Site Monitoring – Joseph Germano
Rethinking the River City’s Dredging: A Jacksonville Harbor Case Study – Stephanie Groleau
Randle Reef Sediment Remediation Project – Erin Hartman
A Tutorial for Identifying a Project-specific Dredged Material Placement Site – Kaitlin McCormick
Jacksonville Port Authority Dredging Challenges: Successful Management of Dredged Material Management Area Capacity Issues, Jacksonville, Florida – Joe Miller
Puget Sound Dredged Disposal Analysis (PSDDA) Disposal Site Monitoring Program: Twenty-four years of dredged material disposal site monitoring in Puget Sound – Eugene Revelas
Site Characterization and Survey
The Aquares Resistivity System, an exploration tool for rock dredging applications – Peteralv Brabers
Utilizing Multibeam and Mobile Laser Scanning Technologies in Support of Complex Dredging Activities – Gilbert Suarez
Jacksonville ODMDS Designation – Site Selection Process and Characterization Studies – Michelle Rau
Using Bathymetry and Geomorphic Surfaces to Evaluate Contamination in River Systems – Dave Richardson
Strategic Data Use from Collection to Collaboration – A Sediment Dredging Case Study – Ryan Scott
Laser and Bathymetry Survey Techniques for Survey of Four Southern California Breakwaters – Arthur Shak
Integrated mapping interpretation from dredged material placement site surveys and pre-dredge clearance surveys using multibeam backscatter, towed side scan, AUV side scan, and sub-bottom sonar – Christopher Wright
Sediment Resuspension/Residuals
Development, Testing and Application of the Multi-Block CH3D-SEDZLJ (LTFATE) Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Model – Earl Hayter
Characterizing the Post-Dredge Surface: Comparison of In-Situ (Pre-dredge) and Post-Dredge Grab Samples at Three Sites on the Willamette River, Portland Harbor, Oregon – James McMillan
Comprehensive Modeling of Dredge Resuspension and Residual Effects of Remedial Alternatives for a Large Contaminated Sediment Feasibility Study – Michael Werth
Current Engineering Dredging Research
Physical Modeling of Nearshore Placed Dredged Material -Rusty Permenter
Using Risk Assessment to Quantifying Benefits of a Dredged Material Containment Facility in the Patapsco River, Baltimore Harbor, Maryland – Michael Ciarlo
USACE – Port of Galveston, Texas: Channel Deepening Phase 1 & 2 – Mark Coyle
Simulating Dredging with HEC-RAS – Stanford Gibson
Lagrangian Determination Of The Fate of Sediment Due To Dredging – Tahirih Lackey
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Investigation on the Implementation of Nautical Depth – Tim Welp
Integrating Dredging and Dredged Material Reuse with Environmental Restoration
The Castro Cove Sediment Remediation Project, San Pablo Bay, Richmond, California – Ian Austin
Where’s My Material -Appropriate Planning for Cap and Habitat Restoration Material Quantities – Paul LaRosa
Restoration & Enhancement of 280 Acres in South San Diego Bay – Eileen Maher
US Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program Comprehensive Barrier Island Restoration Plan – Justin McDonald