{"id":1666,"date":"2020-11-16T01:08:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T14:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neumanndredging.com.au\/projects\/swansea-channel-maintenance-dredging\/"},"modified":"2022-04-11T15:53:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T05:53:22","slug":"swansea-channel-maintenance-dredging-channel-maintenance-dredging-and-beach-nourishment","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/neumanndredging.com.au\/projects\/swansea-channel-maintenance-dredging-channel-maintenance-dredging-and-beach-nourishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Swansea Channel Dredging"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1666\" class=\"elementor elementor-1666\" data-elementor-post-type=\"projects\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-271db6b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"271db6b6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d4f79cd\" data-id=\"3d4f79cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8e7951 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b8e7951\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Maintenance Dredging in the Swansea Channel<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6557b70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6557b70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Overview of Project<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4378996 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4378996\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Swansea Channel is the marine gateway to Lake Macquarie on the New South Wales (NSW) Central Coast. Creating and maintaining a more reliable boating access to the lake was considered desirable for social and economic reasons.<\/p><p>Neumann Dredging was selected by New South Wales (NSW) Crown Lands to undertake a larger scale \u201conce off\u201d maintenance dredging campaign to achieve this, with smaller subsequent campaigns for ongoing maintenance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2b9759 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d2b9759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scope of Works<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-639785e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"639785e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The aim of the dredging campaign was to create a stable navigation channel to reduce the frequency of periodic follow-up dredging. All sand dredged from the channel was pumped to a designated area at Blacksmiths Beach where it was de-watered &amp; spread as part of beach nourishment &amp; dune rehabilitation works.<\/p><ul><li>Dredging a 60m wide channel 3.5m deep,<\/li><li>Transfer of approximately 80,000m3 of sand up to 3.5km to Blacksmiths Beach.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88cb957 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"88cb957\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Challenges<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59de22f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59de22f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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