Cavache Projects
For over three generations, Cavache, Inc. has delivered dredging and marine construction projects across Florida’s waterways, coastlines, and ports for both public agencies and private clients. From maintenance dredging on federal navigation channels to large-scale beach renourishment and environmental restoration, our portfolio reflects a consistent record of on-time, on-budget performance backed by a modern equipment fleet and over 100 years of combined management experience.
Explore a selection of our completed projects below, representing partnerships with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Florida Inland Navigational District, South Florida Water Management District, county governments, and leading private contractors and owners throughout the state.
SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT, EAA CANAL CONVEYANCE IMPROVEMENT – NORTH RIVER CANAL DREDGING PROJECT – Completed 2026.
A Technically Demanding Dredging Operation: 13.5 miles with 7 booster pumps and over 900,000 cubic yards of hard rock, sand and like materials.
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SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT, EAA CANAL CONVEYANCE IMPROVEMENT – NORTH RIVER CANAL DREDGING PROJECT
The project consisted of dredging approximately 13.5 miles with 7 booster pumps and over 900,000 cubic yards of hard rock, sand and like materials.
MATOC, USACE, BEACH EROSION CONTROL AND HURRICANE PROTECTION PROJECT BEACH RENOURISHMENT – BAL HARBOUR
Maintenance dredging of ICWW channel. Dredge pumping distance, approximately 1.5 miles. Project included truck haul for approximately 100,000 cubic yards of beach compatible fill for embankment. Project included environmental monitoring and surveys of sea grass and hard bottoms. Operations were conducted in high traffic vessel usage areas, as well as beach areas.
USACE OKEECHOBEE WATERWAY, REACH 3 & 4 ON THE ST. LUCIE RIVER, MAINTENANCE DREDGING 8-FOOT PROJECT MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging shoal material from Okeechobee Waterway in Martin County, Florida. All dredged material was pumped to an existing Dredged Managed Material Area (DMMA) located approximately 9.0 miles from the eastern end of Reach 3. Other work included clearing vegetation for the pipeline corridor, turbidity monitoring, endangered species monitoring, and incidental related work.
USACE JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT, MAINTENANCE DREDGING 12 AND 11-FOOT PROJECT FT MYERS BEACH HARBOR, LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging 124,000 cubic yards of Fort Myers Beach Harbor, Lee County, Fort Myers Beach, Florida and incidental related work. The Federal Channel was dredged to a 12-foot required depth plus 2 feet of allowable over depth. All dredged material was placed in the near shore placement area located approximately a quarter mile east of Ft. Myers Beach Pier.
Maximum pumping distance was approximately 3.5 miles.
USACE JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT MAINTENANCE DREDGING 10 AND 12-FOOT PROJECT NAPLES TO BIG MARCO PASS COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
Maintenance dredging approximately 4.5 miles of the federal channel in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), Gordon Pass and Gordon Pass Entrance Channel, and dredging a new, 100-foot-wide Settling Basin adjoining the length of the Entrance Channel. The beach placement site started approximately 300 feet south of Gordon Pass and extended approximately 4,000 feet south on Keewaydin Island.
USACE KISSIMMEE RIVER RESTORATION C-37 ENLARGEMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES, LAKE WALES, FLORIDA
Dredging of approximately 815,000 CY of material from the main channel and oxbows of the Kissimmee River. 5 Miles of dredge pumping distance. Multiple booster pumps utilized.
USACE C-44 RESERVOIR, INTAKE CANAL, INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA
Consisted of dredging 100,000 cubic yards and pumping up to 16,500 LF with 2 booster pumps and a Swinging Ladder Cutterhead Dredge.
USACE 13B KISSIMMEE RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT
Dredged 178,000 CY of salt silts and hard pan materials, pumping to fill Kissimmee Channel Cut, Pumping distance 1 mile.
WEST COAST INLAND DISTRICT(WCIND) LOVERS KEY REGIONAL SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT, LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Maintenance dredging of 21,010 cubic yards of material near New Pass in Ft Myers. All dredged material was placed directly on the beach to the north of New Pass.
SIMS CREEK MAINTENANCE DREDGING
Dredging Sediments of sand, silts, organics from canal system and pumping directly via a pipeline to the upland dredged material management area located on Jupiter Inlet District property adjacent to Sim’s Creek, Palm Beach County, Florida. Dredge operation was within the vicinity of mangroves, seagrasses and oyster beds with zero NTU turbidity requirements.
DREDGED MATERIAL MANAGEMENT M-8 DMMA
Dredged material management area (DMMA) Included construction of an earthen dike, stabilized perimeter road, site clearing and grubbing, fabrication and installation of three steel box weirs and accompanying aluminum access walkway structure; installation of various piping and culverts, landscaping, and other associated work.
USACE MANATEE HARBOR, MAINTENANCE DREDGING, 40-FOOT PROJECT, ENTRANCE CHANNEL, TURNING BASIN, AND SOUTH ACCESS
Dredging 121,000 cubic yards of shoal material from the Manatee Harbor Entrance Channel and Turning Basin. 2 miles pumping distance.
ICWW JACKSONVILLE TO MIAMI, FLORIDA, MAINTENANCE DREDGING PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTIES, FLORIDA
Dredging 10,492 cubic yards from the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) channel in two locations, approximately 16 Miles apart.
FORT PIERCE INLET SEDIMENT IMPOUNDMENT BASIN PHASE 1, MAINTENANCE DREDGING PROJECT. ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging approximately 65,000 cubic yards sand, silt, shell, and rock by mechanical dredge to clear a sediment impoundment basin inside of Fort Pierce Inlet. Sediments removed offshore.
HIDEAWAY BEACH EROSION CONTROL PROJECT MARCO ISLAND, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredged 52,354 cubic yards of sandy sediments from Near shore Borrow Area
MAINTENANCE DREDGING INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY 1065 A1A, JUPITER, FLORIDA
Dredged section and pumped spoil to an onsite stockpile area within a designated area within 850 foot of the dredge area. Dredge around mangroves, oyster beds, sea grass with zero NTU requirement.
MAINTENANCE DREDGING INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY 1116 LOVE STREET, JUPITER, FLORIDA
Environmental maintenance Dredging around mangroves, oyster beds, sea grass with zero NTU turbidity requirement.
CLAM PASS DREDGING PROJECT NAPLES, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging 8,500 cubic yards of Beach Compatible fill from Clams Pass ocean inlet to portion of the interior channel.
JUPITER INLET SAND TRAP MAINTENANCE DREDGING AND BEACH NOURISHMENT, JUPITER, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging 50,000 cubic yards of Beach Compatible fill from JID Sand Trap to the Beach South of the inlet. One mile of pumping distance.
USACE ICWW BAKERS HAUL OVER INLET MAINTENANCE DREDGING DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging 38,000 cubic yards of compatible beach fill from the IWW Channel in the Vicinity of Bakers Haul Over Inlet and discharging south of the inlet to re-nourish parts of beach. Pumping distance of approximately 2 miles. Work included environmental monitoring and surveys of sea grass and hard bottom. Operations were conducted in high traffic vessel usage, as well as beach area.
ICWW ST. LUCIE REACH 1 MAINTENANCE DREDGING FORT PIERCE, ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging 66,000 cubic yards of beach compatible fill from the ICWW channel south to Seaway Dr Causeway Bridge. 24,000 LF of pipeline to Fort Pierce Beach.
JUPITER INLET SAND TRAP & ICWW MAINTENANCE DREDGING, JUPITER, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging 62,863 cubic yards of sand from the ICWW to Beach Disposal Area. 8,000 LF of pumping distance.
RYBOVIC MARINA BASIN AND ENTRANCE CHANNEL DREDGING
Dredging 105,000 cubic yards of sand and rock and pumped approximately 1 mile to Peanut Island DMMA.
JUPITER INLET SAND TRAP MAINTENANCE DREDGE AND BEACH NOURISHMENT, JUPITER, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging 61,699 Cubic yards of sand from the Jupiter Inlet to Jupiter Beach. 4,200 LF of pumping distance.
INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY DEEPENING IN THE VICINITY OF PORT OF PALM BEACH, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging 103,528.30 cubic yards of sand, shell, and rock, over 3,579 feet of ICWW channel cut through approximately 1 mile of dredge discharge pipeline to Peanut Island DMMA.
USACE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY, JACKSONVILLE TO MIAMI, FLORIDA, MAINTENANCE DREDGING 12-FOOT PROJECT, REACH-1, INDIAN RIVER, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging of 302,740 cubic yards of sand and shell from the 24,000 LF of ICWW. Maximum pumping distance was just under 7 miles.
USACE MANATEE HARBOR, MAINTENANCE DREDGING, 40-FOOT PROJECT ENTRANCE CHANNEL, TURNING BASIN AND BERTHING AREAS, MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging of 229,176 cubic yards of sand and shell from Port Manatee to CDF. 11,500 LF of pumping distance.
LOXAHATCHEE RIVER SOUTH CHANNEL EXTENSION AND SIMS CREEK MOUTH DREDGING AND MATERIAL DISPOSAL, JUPITER, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging of 3,800 cubic yards of sand from the Loxahatchee River to DMMA. 8,000 LF of pumping distance. Project scope was to dredge around mangrove and oyster beds while keeping zero NTU of turbidity.
EMERGENCY BEACH FILL ON LONGBOAT KEY USING LONGBOAT PASS SAND TRAP LONGBOAT KEY, MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging of 99,000 cubic yards of sand from two Sand Trap locations over 7,500 LF of pumping distance.
JUPITER INLET SAND TRAP MAINTENANCE DREDGE AND BEACH NOURISHMENT JUPITER, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging of 38,284 cubic yards of sand from the Jupiter Inlet to Jupiter Beach. 4,200 LF of pumping distance.
INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY MAINTENANCE DREDGING IN VICINITY OF PONCE DE LEON INLET NEW SMYRNA BEACH, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging approximately 450,000 cubic yards of cut measurement to an open ocean discharge with pumping distances exceeding 6 miles and installing pipeline through 1000 foot plus drainage pipeline from the intercoastal water way through the barrier island to the ocean, 1000 foot offshore.
AEROJET FISH FARM CANAL EXTENSION. SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Dredging of contaminated sediments pumped into an elaborate disposal area. Dredge discharge was treated with flocculants, and discharge water was filtered before returning to the canal system. Pumping distances were up to 2000LF.
SOUTH MARCO BEACH SAND RE-NOURISHMENT MARCO ISLAND, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging of Caxambas Pass Inlet and placement of approximately 77,000 cubic yards of beach compatible fill along 3000 LF of beach fill template. 5,800 LF of pumping distance.
HIDEAWAY BEACH EROSION CONTROL – PHASE II MARCO ISLAND, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
Dredging and placement of approximately 65,000 CY of sand from designated borrow area as beach nourishment on North Beach and Central/Royal Marco Point Beach. 5,300 LF of distance.
LAKE TRAFFORD CRITICAL RESTORATION/DREDGING & CONTAINMENT OF MUCK PHASE 3 IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA
Dredge excavation and removal of approximately 2 million CY of in-situ muck sediment from the bottom of the lake to designated spoil area approximately 3 miles away. 15,500 LF of pumping distance. 1 booster pump utilized.
SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT, CEPP NORTH L-5 REMNANT CANAL IMPROVEMENTS EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN PROJECT
The project consisted of dredging approximately 5.2 miles with multiple booster pumps. 3000 feet of the proposed canal cut was in-situ rock grinding and dredging. Balance of Dredge cut consisted of meticulously cutting the organic sediments and muck from the top of the rock and sand below the water table.
BONITA SPRINGS, GRAND BONITA SPRINGS DREDGING, COLLIER COUNTY
Dredging of approximately 220,000 cubic yards of sediments.
MPC5-MIRAMAR, FLORIDA
Dredged 150,000 CY of sand and hard rock to make mitigation and land embankments.
MPC2 – MIRAMAR, FLORIDA
Dredged 180,000 cubic yards of sand, Hard rock and limestone material for landfill embankment.
MAPLE RIDGE – WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
Dredged 250,000 cubic yards of sand for landfill embankment 2 miles of pumping distance and use of flocculants.
MONTERRA – DAVIE, FLORIDA
Dredged 110,000 cubic yards of sand for landfill embankment, 5,500lf.
OAK RIDGE – WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
Dredged 320,000 cubic yards of sand for landfill embankment.
MIRASOL / TAYLOR WOODROW
Dredging of 1.8 million cubic yards of sand from various lakes.
LIBERTY YOUTH RANCH DEVELOPMENT
Dredging of 120-acre lake for general fill.
SR80 MILITARY TRAIL AND HAVERHILL
Dredging along Southern Blvd at Bridge Crossing.
HARBOR SIDE MARINA
Dredge sediment from basin and dispose too offsite landfill.
SAND TRAIL ESTATES, CENTEX HOMES
Dredging of Lakes for Land Development.
ORCHARD FARMS
Dredging, Grading, Utility Installation.
ESTRADA
Dredging and Lake Excavation for general fill and land development.
G420 AND G422 MAINTENANCE DREDGING
Maintenance dredging of entry canals into pump stations and under pump station bridges.