We have all seen the backlogs of container ships in California. They are anchored near the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach or drifting nearby. Waiting. The reasons for the wait, sometimes weeks long,…
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Ticklish
Are you ticklish? I don’t mean the tendency to squeal, wriggle and scream when someone touches the bottom of your feet. I mean the hunched up feeling when some job you are doing has little…
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LADWP Vault Removal
For Pacific Maritime Group, as with other marine construction firms, “Infrastructure Week” is not a joke; it is this week, last week and weeks to come. Infrastructure is a catch-all for roads, water, electricity, bridges,…
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Cleanup at Laguna Beach
Recently Pacific Maritime Group helped clean up a diesel fuel spill at Laguna Beach, Orange County. This part of the California coast is rugged, known for its surf and is indescribably beautiful. Unfortunately, an accidental…
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Hydraulic vs Mechanical Dredging
Hey, buddy, need a dredge? Dredging is the removal of material from within or near to a body of water. A marina may require dredging to maintain water depth for boats, or a port may…
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PDC Rocks!
In construction we have names for rocks of different sizes: pea gravel, 1” rock, 4” minus, 12”minus, and up to A-16 . The name A-4 designates anchor stone where each boulder weighs from one to…
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Pops Fireworks
The Summer of 2021 ushered in a new era of music and culture in San Diego. The Rady Shell at Jacob’s Park in San Diego is the iconic new waterfront live performance venue brought to…
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Buoy Oh Boy!
Recently I was taking a hearing test and the audiologist instructed me to put the earphone marked with red over my right ear. “Red right returning,” she said, “though I don’t know what that means.”…
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PDC in Newport Beach
Pacific Dredge and Construction has completed a multi-faceted project in Newport Beach, California improving the channel and east jetty. The intent of the jetty repair was to make it safer for the public, and dredging…
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Hollywood in Long Beach
If you work around Los Angeles you quickly learn that it prides itself as a movie town. When locals say they are in The Business, they mean the productions of movies, television shows, and advertisements….
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