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Armor stone replacement to reinforce Grays Harbor North Jetty

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has awarded a major contract for the rehabilitation of the Grays Harbor North Jetty, a critical coastal structure designed to stabilize the harbor entrance an...

Sectional removal planned for collapsed spans of Spey Viaduct

Moray Council has confirmed plans to remove the collapsed spans of the historic Spey Viaduct from the River Spey in sections, allowing a detailed investigation into the structure’s failure in Decemb...

Dorchester county officials question long-term Conowingo Dam plan

Dorchester County’s leadership met with the Maryland Department of the Environment in Cambridge, Maryland, to discuss a long-term plan for the Conowingo Dam. County officials said they are not aligne...

Eight Michigan organizations receive NPS program grants for watershed priorities

On November 20, 2025, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced about $2.9 million in Nonpoint Source (NPS) Program grants to support eight projects designed to...

Study warns up to 70 % of California’s beaches may disappear

A new analysis by the Surfrider Foundation, as discussed in SFGate, indicates that up to 70% of California’s sandy beaches could be lost by 2100 if coastal erosion, sea level rise, and declining fede...

Virtual CoastCraft game lets students explore coastal erosion in Minecraft

A new educational game called CoastCraft has been launched within Minecraft Education to help children ages 9 to 14 engage with climate change, coastal processes, and flood resilience in an interacti...

Six houses lost to the Atlantic in North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Six unoccupied homes in Buxton, North Carolina, collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 1, 2025, as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda stirred heavy surf offshore. The houses, once elevated on woode...

Coastal Resilience in Miami Gets a 3D-Printed Sea Wall Upgrade

In Miami, the urgency to combat coastal erosion and rising sea levels has led to a new approach: 3D-printed Living Seawalls. Spearheaded by Kind Designs, this approach merges structural protection wi...

Tide vs. Time: Reinventing Ports in the Age of Climate Change

San Antonio, Chile’s busiest port, is under siege. Each year, towering waves crash over its sea wall, forcing operations to halt and leaving vessels stranded. With 270 ships affected annually and lo...

Civil Engineering News Recap of February 2025

You can now find TheCivilEngineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting civil engineering news of February 2025. Namely, these were: 1) AI...