Alex + Ben

For the last decade, the Army Corps of Engineers has been deepening New York harbor from 40 to 50 feet so that larger vessels may reach nearby container terminals. When the material is clean and can be delivered efficiently, it’s been used to restore marsh islands in Jamaica Bay.

Visiting New Orleans, the city that lies lower than the water that surrounds it. And a brief stop on the River Road at the Bonnet Carré spillway.

Interviews with Jeff Carney and Clint Willson at Louisiana State University, with trips to Old River Control Structure and the Morganza Spillway.

Our trip to the end of the Mississippi with the US Army Corps of Engineers visiting the placement of beneficially reused sediment.

A short excursion to the Rockaways and Long Beach documenting the continuing recovery from Sandy. We visited the Rockaways debris sorting site and Long Beach’s “Mount Sandy”, a pile of sand being filtered and placed back on the beach.

The Elwha River in Washington State is targeted for two dam removals, enabling the river to flow unimpeded for the first time in 100 years. We visited Lake Aldwell, the dry lakebed behind the now-dismantled Elwha Dam.

We just finished up a short promotional video in support of DredgeFest NYC – a symposium on human earth moving and the truly fascinating technologies that we use to manage this process.

This short documentary peeks inside Lower Manhattan’s 60 Hudson Street, offering a glimpse of the massive material infrastructure that makes the Internet possible.