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DREDGING “ “ n “W lthltihiththdldbt “DSC’illitdifitddtdih “We value the relationship that has developed between “DSC’s willingness to modify its dredges to our needs is why w o DSC and J.F. Brennen, which has brought together two we have stuck with them for so many years. Prior to the DSC d n family-owned companies that strive for excellence in dredges, we had more conventional closed-loop underwater d s everything we do. Together, we have produced 15 pieces dredges, but all those have since been sold, and the only u , of dredging equipment—including dredges, boosters, units we have now are swinging ladder cutterhead dredges f t barges and work boats—which have been the direct from DSC Dredge. All of our dredges are customized to meet result of our combined expertise in dredging applications, , the speci? c challenges we regularly encounter.” engineering and customized solutions.” – Mark Binsfeld, marketing and business – Bob Wetta, DSC Dredge president and CEO development manager for Brennan “Vic has been instrumental in designing our equipment on the engineering end and Bob on the sales end – to really since the beginning,” said Brennan president Tony Bins- customize and modify these dredges to meet the particular feld in March 2014, as he signed the dredge order for the requirements that we have on our jobs.”

Victor Buhr during that year’s CONEXPO-CON/AGG Bob Wetta, DSC Dredge president and CEO agrees, tell- trade show in Las Vegas. “We have been naming dredges ing MarineNews, “We value the relationship that has devel- after the projects they are designed for. This one is strictly oped between DSC and J.F. Brennan, which has brought different,” he said. together two family-owned companies that strive for excel- lence in everything we do. Together, we have produced 15 pieces of dredging equipment—including dredges, boost-

Relationships Matter “After 20 years, the relationship with DSC is a special ers, barges and work boats—which have been the direct result of our combined expertise in dredging applications, one,” comments Binsfeld. He notes in particular the ef- forts of the DSC Dredge engineering team, led by Bill engineering and customized solutions.” Today, dredging up

Wetta, senior vice president and chief technology of? cer, the past and looking to the future at the very same time, and Damon Gonzales, vice president of engineering. “We DSC and J.F. Brennan continue to innovate and solve com- have worked closely with all of them to come up with plex problems as the nation’s dredging needs increase. what we need over the years. Our head of remediation, Vic

Buhr, was instrumental in starting the initial relationship

Charles Johnson is the Director of Sales for DSC Dredge, with Tommy Wetta at DSC Dredge. Over the years, we

LLC, which is based in Reserve, Louisiana.

have worked very closely with his sons Bill and Bob – Bill

For the McMillan Island Unloading Project, the Victor Buhr and the Michael B., both customized DSC Barracuda Class dredges, were used to excavate sand. With the help of DSC boosters, the dredges pumped the sand two miles from the island to a sand wheel dewatering system that the company had located at the USACE’s Buck Creek Upland Placement Site, which is a permanent placement site for the stockpiled sand.

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