Shaw Group to Operate Hudson River Sediment Processing Facility

The Shaw Group has received a contract to operate the sediment processing facility for the second phase of General Electric’s Hudson River dredging project in New York, US.

The facility includes a barge terminal, a dewatering building, a water treatment plant and a railroad staging area.

The value of the contract was not disclosed.

Shaw conducted the first phase of the project in 2009 and provided similar operations and maintenance services.

Dredging began following years of analysis, planning and the design and construction of a processing facility to support remediation efforts.

In 2002, GE agreed to work with the US Environmental Protection Agency to remove sediment containing polychlorinated biphenyls from the Upper Hudson River.