{"id":9789,"date":"2016-11-22T00:23:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T05:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=9789"},"modified":"2016-11-22T01:24:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T06:24:33","slug":"feds-receive-three-bids-for-island-beach-replenishment-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2016\/11\/feds-receive-three-bids-for-island-beach-replenishment-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds Receive Three Bids for Island Beach Replenishment Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_605\" style=\"width: 628px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC_0192.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-605\" class=\"size-large wp-image-605\" src=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC_0192-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Crews work on a beach and dune replenishment project in Long Beach Township, Oct. 15, 2015. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crews work on a beach and dune replenishment project in Long Beach Township, Oct. 15, 2015. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unsealed\u00a0bids for the planned Manasquan Inlet to Barnegat Inlet beach replenishment project on time last Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Rochette, spokesman for the Corps\u2019 Philadelphia district, told Shorebeat on Monday that three companies \u2013 Weeks Marine, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, and Manson Construction \u2013 submitted bids for the project.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks Marine, a Cranford, Union County, based company submitted the apparent low bid at\u00a0$128,820,433. Great Lakes\u2019 bid was\u00a0$151,861,106.40 and Manson\u2019s was\u00a0$178,416,600.<\/p>\n<p>The Corps is currently reviewing the bid packages and will make an award shortly, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Both Weeks and Great Lakes Dredge and Dock have history completing projects in the region. Weeks has undertaken beach replenishment projects in Cape May and Ocean City, Md., while Great Lakes is in the midst of completing an island-wide beach replenishment project in Long Beach Island. Weeks also performed replenishment work in Long Beach Island as part of a 2011 project.<\/p>\n<p>Bid packages did not delineate which communities in northern Ocean County would receive replenishment first in order to effect cost savings, officials have said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2016\/11\/feds-receive-three-bids-for-island-beach-replenishment-project\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unsealed\u00a0bids for the planned Manasquan Inlet to Barnegat Inlet beach replenishment project on time last Friday. Steven Rochette, spokesman for the Corps\u2019 Philadelphia district, told Shorebeat on Monday that three companies \u2013 Weeks Marine, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, and Manson Construction \u2013 submitted bids for the project. 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