Table 1-30 Number of Contracts, Cubic Yards and Dollars by Type of Material Disposal, and Fiscal Year
Table 1-30
Number of Contracts, Cubic Yards and Dollars by Type of Material Disposal, and
Fiscal Year
| Disposal type | Data | Fiscal year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | ||
| Beach nourishment | Number of contracts | 44 | 37 | 29 | 36 | 29 | 29 |
| Beach nourishment | Cubic yards | 15,796,382 | 19,970,310 | 13,109,655 | 13,392,091 | 6,780,865 | 13,904,564 |
| Beach nourishment | Dollars (bid) | $92,058,399 | $115,685,129 | $102,878,679 | $72,498,309 | $50,414,809 | $55,603,970 |
| Confined | Number of contracts | 31 | 21 | 33 | 23 | 41 | 22 |
| Confined | Cubic yards | 20,520,152 | 17,922,383 | 32,294,086 | 19,217,160 | 39,195,307 | 29,577,783 |
| Confined | Dollars (bid) | $55,432,614 | $44,666,726 | $68,221,829 | $59,465,998 | $114,048,915 | $78,329,347 |
| Underwater confined | Number of contracts | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 |
| Underwater confined | Cubic yards | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 422,000 |
| Underwater confined | Dollars (bid) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | $2,201,470 |
| Mixed methods | Number of contracts | 23 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 11 |
| Mixed methods | Cubic yards | 38,884,250 | 43,945,164 | 65,365,841 | 37,151,800 | 20,828,480 | 13,346,158 |
| Mixed methods | Dollars (bid) | $81,397,557 | $48,059,077 | $229,522,848 | $55,282,442 | $50,281,603 | $39,241,989 |
| Overboard/open water | Number of contracts | 67 | 63 | 75 | 64 | 72 | 44 |
| Overboard/open water | Cubic yards | 84,027,315 | 70,029,850 | 84,990,343 | 103,571,627 | 147,808,404 | 53,608,368 |
| Overboard/open water | Dollars (bid) | $122,096,664 | $118,204,208 | $143,217,048 | $180,309,894 | $415,409,964 | $151,378,712 |
| Open water/upland | Number of contracts | 15 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 13 |
| Open water/upland | Cubic yards | 12,685,754 | 6,501,808 | 5,412,336 | 6,850,202 | 6,855,000 | 13,923,050 |
| Open water/upland | Dollars (bid) | $27,309,835 | $21,434,092 | $19,519,970 | $12,253,679 | $11,933,950 | $35,068,425 |
| Upland/Beach | Number of contracts | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Upland/Beach | Cubic yards | 875,352 | 1,184,031 | 1,783,300 | 2,541,782 | 1,150,000 | 400,000 |
| Upland/Beach | Dollars (bid) | $8,557,120 | $6,529,675 | $10,105,182 | $9,238,444 | $9,985,800 | $2,179,146 |
| Upland | Number of contracts | 19 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 17 |
| Upland | Cubic yards | 13,988,710 | 14,667,496 | 15,308,625 | 15,576,992 | 17,771,200 | 11,796,720 |
| Upland | Dollars (bid) | $34,663,375 | $35,656,772 | $86,250,297 | $49,243,858 | $54,310,632 | $52,708,103 |
| Wetlands nourishment | Number of contracts | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 |
| Wetlands nourishment | Cubic yards | 11,325,000 | 9,120,000 | 8,500,000 | 38,810,000 | 11,421,051 | 6,700,000 |
| Wetlands nourishment | Dollars (bid) | $11,557,000 | $13,380,850 | $11,803,000 | $87,057,759 | $26,329,518 | $24,283,376 |
| Undefined | Number of contracts | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| Undefined | Cubic yards | 466,500 | 3,532,000 | 3,221,000 | 187,764 | 4,460,587 | 10,485,200 |
| Undefined | Dollars (bid) | $2,045,460 | $2,018,760 | $45,466,170 | $192,239 | $17,943,948 | $82,358,473 |
| Total contracts | 212 | 187 | 201 | 188 | 200 | 156 | |
| Total cubic yards | 198,569,415 | 186,873,042 | 229,985,186 | 237,299,418 | 256,270,894 | 154,163,843 | |
| Total dollars (bid) | $435,118,023 | $405,635,288 | $716,985,024 | $525,542,622 | $750,659,139 | $523,353,011 | |
KEY:
NA – not available
Material Disposal – manner in which dredge material is placed.
Beach Nourishment – beach restoration in which hydraulically pumped dredge material is directly placed onto an eroded beach.
Confined – placement of dredged material within diked nearshore or upland confined placement facilities that enclose and isolate the dredged material from adjacent waters.
Mixed – dredging operation that uses more than one dredged material placement alternative.
Overboard & Open Water – placement of dredged material in rivers, lakes, estuaries, or oceans via pipeline or surface release from hopper dredges.
Open Water & Upland – combination of open water and upland placement of dredged material.
Upland & Beach Nourishment – combination of upland placement and beach nourishment using dredged material.
Upland – placement of dredge material on land above adjacent water surface elevation.
Wetland Creation or Nourishment – wetland restoration in which hydraulically pumped dredge material is directly placed in a wetland area.
Undefined – undefined or unknown at the time of data entry
SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation Data Center, available at http://www.wrsc.usace.army.mil/ndc/dredge.htm as of June 21, 2001.