Bids still sought for Westhampton interim project.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 1996--The Army Corps of Engineers New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of District continues to seek bids for the initiation of the Westhampton Interim Storm Damage Reduction project. The solicitation and invitation for bids were issued March 20, 1996. For solicitation documents contact the District's contracting representative Ina J. Ohrwashel at 212/264-0154. The solicitation document is IFP (1) (Intelligent Forms Processing) Using advanced techniques to scan documents and determine their data content. See ICR. (2) (Integer Factorization Problem) The difficulty of finding prime numbers in an encryption key. No. DACW5196-B-0020. The cost for documents is $32. Bids will be opened at the District's 26 Federal Plaza offices on April 22, 1996. The firm selected to do the work will have 540 days to complete initial construction once Notice to Proceed has been issued. This interim storm damage protection project calls for reconstruction of the beach and dune dune, mound or ridge of wind-blown sand formed in arid regions and along coasts. Dunes are common in most of the great deserts of the world. Often a dune begins to form because material is deposited by the wind as it encounters a bush, a rock, or other obstacle to west of the groin field from approximately 130 feet south of the center of Dune Road to the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean [Lat.,=of Atlas], second largest ocean (c.31,800,000 sq mi/82,362,000 sq km; c.36,000,000 sq mi/93,240,000 sq km with marginal seas). Physical Geography Extent and Seas at an initial cost of between $25-30 million. The project also provides for renourishment of the beach for a period of 30 years. The project consists of re-establishing a beach to the west of the westernmost groin at an elevation of 9.5 feet above sea level, backed by a dune rising to 15 feet above sea level. Fourteen acres of beach grass along the dune will also be placed. The plan also includes shortening of the two westernmost groins and the construction of a new groin between them. In addition, the compartments between groins, from the seventh groin from the east end westward to the 15th, and last, groin will be filled with sand. The purpose of tapering Tapering Gradually reducing the amount of a drug when stopping it abruptly would cause unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Mentioned in: Narcotics tapering, n and filling the groin field is to provide a transition and promote the alongshore a·long·shore adv. Along, near, or by the shore. transport of sand between the groin field and adjacent beaches. CONTACT: US Army Corps of Engineers Pete Shugert, 212/264-9113 |
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