SAJ Coastal Navigation Program Quarterly Industry Day - Oct 2026.pdf

1JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT

COASTAL & NAVIGATION PROGRAM

QUARTERLY INDUSTRY DAY

Presented by: Jason Harrah, Acting Chief

Water Resources Branch Jason.S.Harrah@usace.army.mil

October 19, 2026 mailto:Jason.S.Harrah@usace.army.mil

Jason Harrah Acting Chief Water Resources Branch Senior Project Manager Duval, St. Johns, Flagler

Ashleigh Fountain, Acting Chief Florida Gulf Coastal & Navigation Projects Section 4 Rivers Basin Pasco

JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT

WATER RESOURCES BRANCH

Beau Corbett, Acting Chief

Florida Atlantic Coastal & Navigation

Projects Section Military/IIS Dredging

Program Manager

Eduardo Marin, PE

AIWW

IWW

GIWW

OWW

Chris Ren, PMP Brevard Volusia

NASA Kennedy Port Canaveral

NOTU,

Banana River

Natlee Hernandez, PG 4 Rivers Basin

Culvert 11 Repairs

Jim LaGrone St. Lucie Volusia Martin

Navy Mayport USMC Blount Island

Stephen Meyer, PE Broward

Port Everglades

Chris McNees

Palm Beach Miami-Dade Port Miami

Port Palm Beach

Brooke Schuchart, EI

Pinellas Lee

Charlotte Collier

Taylor, Dixie

William Aley, PG Monroe Sarasota Manatee

Port Manatee Key West Harbor

Geoff Klug, PE Nassau

Navy Kings Bay Fernandina Harbor

Project Management Team

Manny Vianzon

Tampa Harbor Egmont Key

St. Pete Harbor

JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT

WATER RESOURCES BRANCH

Project Management Team Project Manager Assigned Project Areas (Counties/Ports) for Beaches, NAV, FRM Email

Jason Harrah Jax Harbor, Duval, St. Johns, Flagler Jason.S.Harrah@usace.army.mil

Chris Ren Brevard, Volusia, Kennedy Space Center, Port Canaveral, NOTU, Banana River

Christopher.S.Ren2@usace.army.mil

Jim LaGrone St. Lucie, Martin, NS Mayport, USMC Blount Island James.W.Lagrone@usace.army.mil

Steve Meyer Broward, Port Everglades Stephen.K.Meyer@usace.army.mil

Chris McNees Palm Beach, Miami Dade, Port Miami, Port Palm Beach Michael.C.Mcnees@usace.army.mil

Geoff Klug Nassau, Kings Bay, Fernandina Harbor Geoffrey.M.Klug@usace.army.mil

William Aley Monroe, Sarasota, Manatee, Port Manatee, Key West Harbor, NS Key West

William.C.Aley@usace.army.mil

Brooke Schuchart Pinellas, Lee, Charlotte, Collier, Taylor, Dixie Brooke.M.Warlitner@usace.army.mil

Eduardo Marin IWW, GIWW, OWW, Anclote, Ponce Inlet Eduardo.G.Marin@usace.army.mil

Manny Vianzon Tampa Harbor, St. Pete Harbor Emmanuel.A.Vianzon@usace.army.mil

Ashleigh Fountain 4-Rivers Basin, Pasco Ashleigh.H.Fountain@usace.army.mil mailto:Jason.S.Harrah@usace.army.mil mailto:Christopher.S.Ren2@usace.army.mil mailto:James.W.Lagrone@usace.army.mil mailto:Stephen.K.Meyer@usace.army.mil mailto:Michael.C.Mcnees@usace.army.mil mailto:Geoffrey.M.Klug@usace.army.mil mailto:William.C.Aley@usace.army.mil mailto:Brooke.M.Warlitner@usace.army.mil mailto:Eduardo.G.Marin@usace.army.mil mailto:Emmanuel.A.Vianzon@usace.army.mil mailto:Ashleigh.H.Fountain@usace.army.mil

JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT PORTFOLIO

Constructed CSRM Projects

Authorized Unconstructed CSRM Projects

Feasibility Studies

Restoring 1,300 miles of Florida’s Shores, Securing Florida’s Economic Future.

COASTAL

DEFENSE

40 Projects

Deep Draft Harbors

New Authorized Harbor Improvements/Deepening Projects

Ongoing Feasibility Study

Major commercial shipping gateways powering state and global economic trade.

DEEP DRAFT

NAVIGATION

17 Projects

Shallow Draft Harbors

Miles of Inland Waterways, IWW, OWW, GIWW

Navigation Locks

Serving recreational pleasure craft, local commercial or private fishing fleets and light barge traffic.

SHALLOW

DRAFT

NAVIGATION

42 Projects

Four Rivers Basins Project covering ~6,000 square miles, 16 counties, Hillsborough, Ocklawaha, Withlacoochee and Peace Rivers

Flood control system regulating critical inland river systems to protect major cities across Florida.

FLOOD RISK

MANAGEMENT

1 Project

Atlantic Ocean

Georgia

St. Augustine Inlet (10’-16’)

Palm Beach Harbor (33’)

Key West (8-34’) N.S. Key West (34’)

Kings Bay Subbase & Entrance Channel (44’-49’)

Ponce de Leon Inlet (7’-15’)

Johns Pass(6-10’)

Port Everglades (31’-42’) Bakers Haulover Inlet (8’-11’)

Miami Harbor (34’ - 50’)

IWW – Jax to Miami (10’)

Everglades Harbor (8’)

Naples to Big Marco Pass (6’-12’)

Steinhatchee River (6’) Horseshoe Cove (6’)

Ft. Pierce Harbor (28’)

St. Lucie Inlet (7 - 16’)

IWW – Jacksonville to Miami (10 - 12’)

14 Deep Draft Harbors 4 Designated as a South Atlantic Division Top Ten Deep Draft Harbor

42 Shallow Draft Projects

1 Ongoing Feasibility Study (Miami Harbor) 2 New Harbor Improvements Authorized

(Port Everglades and Tampa Harbor) 900 miles of Inland Waterways 6 Navigation Locks Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) from

Jacksonville to Miami Okeechobee Waterway (OWW) connecting the

Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of America Parts of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) from the Caloosahatchee River to Anclote River

(Authorized Depths)

WATER RESOURCES BRANCH

PRE-PDB PRESENTATION

NAVIGATION PROJECTS

Okeechobee Water Way (8’-10’)

Florida

AIWW – Norfolk to St. Johns River (12’) Jacksonville Harbor (30’-47’); USMC Blount Island (38’); USNS Mayport (50’)

Tampa Harbor (32’-43’)

(Authorized Depths)

Fernandina Harbor (36’)

Port Canaveral/NOTU (35’-46’) Canaveral Barge Canal (12’) Banana River NASA Channel (12’)

Cedar Island/Keaton Beach (4’)

Anclote River (9’) Clearwater Pass (8’-10’)

Pass A Grille (8’)St. Pete Harbor (24’)

Port Manatee (40’) Longboat Pass (10’-12’)

New Pass (8’-10’)

Charlotte Harbor (Boca Grande Pass) (32’) (10’-32’) GIWW – CR to AR (9’)

Fort Myers (Matanzas Pass) (11’-12’)

Casey’s Pass (Venice Inlet) (9’)

Suwannee River (6’)

Gulf of America

Florida

Atlantic Ocean

Georgia

Melbourne Harbor (8’)

New River (8’)

Hillsboro Inlet(8’)

WATER RESOURCES BRANCH

PRE-PDB PRESENTATION

NAVIGATION PROJECTS

(authorized but not currently active)

Rice Creek (12’)

Largo Sound Channel(6’)

Eau Gallie Harbor (8’)

Miami River (15’)

Oklawaha River (6’)

Lake Crescent to Dunns Creek(8’)

Taylor Creek (6’)

Orange River (4’)

Cedar Keys Harbor(6’)

Crystal River (6’) Homosassa River (5’)

Pithalachascotee River (6’)

Withlacoochee River (10’)

St Johns River Jacksonville to Lake Harney (5’-13’)

Courtenay Channel(8’)

Gulf of America

Georgia

Florida

Gulf of America

Atlantic Ocean

Ft. Pierce 403

Duval County SPP ‘2024’

Nassau County SPP** ‘2025’

Ft. Pierce SPP ‘2026’

Broward County – Seg II ‘2022’

Dade County – Sunny Isles ‘2021’

Manatee County SPP ’2020’

Lee County Gasparilla ‘2019’ Lee County Captiva ‘2025’ (NF) Lee County Estero Island ‘2025’(NF)

Sarasota Lido Key ‘2026’ Sarasota Venice ‘2026’

Pinellas Sand Key ‘2025’(NF) Pinellas Treasure Isl. ‘2025’(NF) Pinellas Long Key ‘2025’(NF)

Martin County SPP** ‘2026’

Flagler County CSRM ‘2024’

Miami – Dade County Back Bay

‘Date of Last Renourishment’ (NF) = Non-Fed Renourishment

WATER RESOURCES BRANCH

PRE-PDB PRESENTATION

FRM & COASTAL PROJECTS

FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT (FRM) / COASTAL

STORM RISK MANAGEMENT (CSRM)

28 Constructed CSRM Segments 5 Authorized Unconstructed Projects (2 x IIS) 7 Feasibility Studies

Daytona Beach FRM (Termination Underway)

Collier County CSRM (Terminated)

Charlotte Co (Termination Underway)

Key Biscayne Study (Termination Underway)

Kennedy Space Center (IIS)

Ponte Vedra Beach CSRM ‘N/A’ Vilano Beach CSRM ‘2024’ St. Augustine Back Bay CSRM Study (Termination Underway)

St. Johns County SPP (St. Aug Beach)** ‘2024’

Monroe County – Florida Keys

Naval Station Mayport (IIS)

4 Rivers Basins Project

4 - Rivers Basin Project (SWFWMD)

St. Lucie County Hutchinson CSRM ‘2026

PBC – Jupiter Carlin** ‘2020’ PBC – Ocean Ridge** ‘2026’ PBC – Delray ‘2026’

PBC – North Boca ‘2020’ PBC – Mid-Town ‘2026’

Dade County – Main Seg ‘2025’

Broward County – Seg III ‘2024’

Brevard County North Reach** ‘2025’ Brevard County Mid Reach ‘2025’ Brevard County South Reach** ‘2021’

Volusia County CSRM ‘N/A’

FISCAL YEAR 2027 CONTRACTS

Coastal Contracts (1)

Kennedy Space Center (NASA)

Navigation Contracts (15)

Naval Station Kings Bay Entrance Channel Naval Station Kings Bay Subbase Jacksonville Harbor US Marine Corps Blount Island Naval Station Mayport IWW Jax to Miami – Matanzas Canaveral Harbor O&M Ft. Pierce Harbor St. Lucie Inlet Jetty Repair Palm Beach Harbor Jetty Repair Naples to Big Marco Pass GIWW CR to AR - Manatee Manatee Harbor Tampa Harbor – Alafia Pass A Grille

SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS

FISCAL YEAR 2027 CONTRACTS

SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS

Contract Acquisition Type Advertisement Award Kings Bay Entrance Channel EDDC Feb-27 Apr-27

Kings Bay SubBase SB MATOC Feb-27 May-27 Jacksonville Harbor EDDC TBD TBD USMC Blount Island IFB Unrestricted May-27 Jul-27

Naval Station Mayport EDDC Feb-27 Apr-27 IWW Matanzas SB MATOC Jun-27 Aug-27

Canaveral Harbor IFB Unrestricted Jul-27 Sep-27 Kennedy Space Center IFB Unrestricted Jun-27 Aug-27

Ft. Pierce Harbor IFB Unrestricted Sep-26 Nov-26 St. Lucie Inlet Jetty Repair TBD Mar-27 Jul-27

Palm Beach Harbor Jetty Repair IFB Unrestricted Sep-26 Nov-26 Naples to Big Marco Pass SB MATOC Jul-27 Sep-27

GIWW CR to AR SB MATOC Jun-27 Aug-27 Manatee Harbor SB MATOC Feb-27 Apr-27

Tampa Harbor Alafia SB MATOC May-27 Jul-27 Pass-A-Grille Pass SB MATOC Oct-26 Jan-27

U.S. NAVAL STATION

KINGS BAY, GA ENTRANCE CHANNEL

Project Description: Project work consists of maintenance dredging Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay - Entrance Channel, Cut-1N Through Range-E 49, 45, and 44-Foot Project, Camden County, Georgia & Nassau County, Florida.

Dredged material will be placed in the Fernandina ODMDS, Nearshore, Fort Clinch or Fernandina Beach.

Sponsor or Customer: U.S. Navy Project Manager: Geoff Klug Acquisition Approach: Enterprise Dredging Center Advertisement Date: Feb 2027 Award Date: Apr 2027 Environment Window: Mar - Dec

KINGS BAY, GA SUBMARINE BASE

Project Description: Project work consists of maintenance dredging, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, 44, 45 and 47-Foot Project, Camden County, Georgia. Dredged material will be placed in one of three Dredged Material Management Areas, DA-1, DA-2 or DA-C (e.g. Crab Island).

Sponsor or Customer: U.S. Navy Project Manager: Geoff Klug Acquisition Approach: Small Business MATOC Advertisement Date: Feb 2027 Award Date: May 2027 Environment Window: N/A

JACKSONVILLE HARBOR, FL

Project Description: Project work consists of routine maintenance dredging in the Jacksonville Harbor Federal Navigation Channel from CUT-17 through Lower Terminal Channel including the OD Survey Depot. Base w/5 Options including placement in the offshore ODMDS and upland Bartram Island Cell F.

Sponsor or Customer: Jacksonville Port Authority Project Manager: Jason Harrah Acquisition Approach: Enterprise Dredging Center Advertisement Date: TBD Award Date: TBD

MARINE CORPS BLOUNT ISLAND

Project Description: Project work consists of maintenance dredging at the Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island from Station 0+00 to Station 56+09.1 to 38-foot MLLW plus 2 feet of over depth.

Dredged material will be placed at the Jacksonville Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS).

Sponsor or Customer: U.S. Marine Corps Project Manager: Jim LaGrone Acquisition Approach: IFB Unrestricted Advertisement Date: May 2027 Award Date: July 2027

MAYPORT

Project Description: Project work consists of maintenance dredging U.S. Naval Station Mayport, 50-Foot Project, Jacksonville Harbor, 42-Foot Project, Destroyer Slip, Small Boat Basin, and Berth Dredging. Material placed in offshore ODMDS.

Sponsor or Customer: U.S. Navy Project Manager: Jim LaGrone Acquisition Approach: Enterprise Dredging Center Advertisement Date: Feb 2027

IWW JACKSONVILLE TO MIAMI

MATANZAS

Project Description: Work consists of maintenance dredging of the IWW near Matanzas Inlet near the St. Johns/Flagler County border. Maintenance dredging to be placed on the beach south of the inlet.

Sponsor or Customer: Florida Inland Nav District Project Manager: Eduardo Marin Acquisition Approach: Small Business MATOC Advertisement Date: June 2027 Award Date: Aug 2027 Environment Window: May - Oct

CANAVERAL HARBOR, FL

Project Description: The contract will dredge approximately 1.2M cy of shoal material from Cut- 1A to the West Access Channel (WAC), Middle Turning Basin (MTB), South Jetty Sediment Trap (SJST), Trident Turning Basin (TTB), and Trident Access Channel (TAC). All material will be disposed of in the ODMDS except that from the SJST which will be placed in the Nearshore Placement Area

(NPA).

Sponsor or Customer: Canaveral Port Authority Project Manager: Chris Ren Acquisition Approach: IFB Unrestricted Advertisement Date: July 2027 Award Date: Sep 2027

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL

INITIAL CONSTRUCTION

Project Description: The contract will nourish 4.1 miles of shoreline along Kennedy Space Center between V-366 and V-386 with approx. 2.5 million cy of sand from up to 3 offshore borrow areas located in State and Federal waters.

Work also includes beach tilling, turbidity monitoring, and environmental species monitoring.

Sponsor or Customer: NASA Project Manager: Chris Ren Acquisition Approach: IFB Unrestricted Advertisement Date: June 2027

Environment Window: May – Oct

FORT PIERCE HARBOR, FL

Project Description: O&M work that includes base and options for maintenance dredging within the vicinity of Fort Pierce Harbor with beach compatible material being placed onto Fort Pierce Beach that is south of Fort Pierce Inlet between Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Range Monuments R-34 to about R-37.

Sponsor or Customer: Port of St. Lucie Project Manager: James LaGrone Acquisition Approach: IFB Unrestricted Advertisement Date: Sep 2026 (A) Award Date: Nov 2026 Environment Window: May – Nov

ST. LUCIE INLET, FL

SOUTH JETTY REPAIR

Project Description: Project work consists of repair and rehabilitation of the head structure of the South Jetty at St. Lucie Inlet. This includes a rebuilt rounded head and head-to-trunk transition with a marine mattress foundation and toe protection stones. Repairs will require substantial moving and manipulation of both new and existing stones to obtain the required interlocking within the tolerances provided.

Sponsor or Customer: Martin County Project Manager: Jim LaGrone Acquisition Approach: TBD Advertisement Date: Mar 2027

PALM BEACH HARBOR, FL

SOUTH JETTY REPAIR

Project Description: Project work consists of placing armor stone on the eastern end of the south jetty. Environmental work will consist of benthic survey for absence /presence of coral in the construction area and relocation of such coral if identified.

Sponsor or Customer: Port of Palm Beach Project Manager: Chris McNees Acquisition Approach: IFB Unrestricted Advertisement Date: Sep 2026 (A) Award Date: Nov 2026

NAPLES TO BIG MARCO PASS, FL

Project Description: This project will entail the O&M dredging of Naples to Big Marco Pass Uncontrolled Cuts 1 through 3 and Cuts J through O with beneficial use placement proposed on Keewaydin Beach, Key Island and/or Sand Dollar Beach, within the beach templates and/or in the nearshore placement areas.

Sponsor or Customer: City of Naples Project Manager: Brooke Schuchart Acquisition Approach: Small Business MATOC Advertisement Date: July 2027 Award Date: Sep 2027

GIWW CR TO AR

MANATEE COUNTY, FL

Project Description: Work consist of maintenance dredging approximately 100,000 CY in Manatee County.

Dredge material to be beneficially placed in dredged hole.

Sponsor or Customer: West Coast Inland Nav District Project Manager: Eduardo Marin Acquisition Approach: Small Business MATOC Advertisement Date: June 2027

MANATEE HARBOR, FL

Project Description: Routine O&M dredging of federal navigation channel (estimated 150k cy) w/material placed in upland DMMA.

Sponsor or Customer: Port Manatee Project Manager: William Aley Acquisition Approach: Small Business MATOC Advertisement Date: Feb 2027

TAMPA HARBOR, FL

ALAFIA RIVER

Project Description: Maintenance Dredging of the Alafia River Entrance Channel and Turning Basin to authorized depths of 33’ and 34’ MLLW plus 2’ O.D.

Material placement is at the 3D DMMA. Alafia River serves the Port of Tampa Bay stakeholder MOSAIC facility.

Sponsor or Customer: Port Tampa Bay Project Manager: Manny Vianzon Acquisition Approach: Small Business MATOC Advertisement Date: May 2027

PASS-A-GRILLE PASS, FL

Project Description: This project will entail the O&M dredging of Pass-a-Grille Pass with beneficial use placement on Pass-a-Grille Beach.

Sponsor or Customer: Pinellas County Project Manager: Brooke Schuchart Acquisition Approach: Small Business MATOC Advertisement Date: Oct 2026 Award Date: Jan 2027