Site works have commenced on a critical coastal protection project located in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The project design is led by consulting engineering company Royal HaskoningDHV on behalf of the RMI Ministry of Public Works, Infrastructure and Utilities (MPWIU), with dredging and marine construction company Hall Contracting now mobilising on site.
Hall Contracting is leading the fight against climate change in the Pacific Islands, having been appointed to deliver a 1.81km coastal protection system in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI).
With the small island nation of Tuvalu extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change including rising sea levels and severe weather events, Hall is currently delivering coastal protection works across three of the country’s coral atolls as part of the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project.
A new recreational boat launching facility at Yorkeys Knob is one step closer to completion, with Hall Contracting having finalised dredging and reclamation works in August.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has this week opened various wharf and ramp structures built by Sunshine Coast dredging and civil construction company Hall Contracting in the remote territory of Tokelau.
More than a year on from when Tropical Cyclone Pam battered the Pacific Islands, Tuvalu has welcomed the commencement of construction of a 500-metre-long seawall, which will ensure the Nukufetau atoll is better equipped to handle cyclones and other severe wet weather events.
One of Vanua Levu’s key pieces of transportation infrastructure has undergone a $4.2 million transformation, with dredging and civil construction company Hall Pacific having recently completed much-needed repairs to the Nabouwalu Jetty on the island’s south-west.