The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Los Angeles District, used an IMS Model 7012 HP Versi-Dredge® in a beneficial reuse project at Marina Del Rey, California, the largest man-made marina in the United States.
The massive beach clean-up started with dredging in March and takes some three weeks to complete, based on weather and wave conditions.
IMS Division of LWT, LLC has been active in the maintenance of Iraqi waterways from 2006 to present as part of Iraq reconstruction.
The dredging of Town and Country Lake, needed because of buildup of mud, was completed Friday, Nov. 14, 2008.
The private mining project required dredging two, three-acre lakes for sand to be used in road topping and filling applications.
After a number of unproductive attempts with other equipment, a search led to the IMS Versi-Dredge® which promised a higher concentration of solids and a more economical operation.
The channels had silted in and were just a few feet deep. Most of the debris from the fire had collapsed into the basin forming an almost impenetrable mass.
The park has high ecological value, and consists of wetlands, low-land forest and Burnaby Lake.
Most of the lakes in this region have become choked with floating, submerged and emergent weed masses – such as floating hyacinth, lilies, myrtle, grasses, cattail, willows and Palmetto palms – along with the usual build-up of silt and sediment.
