In two separate actions, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded dredging contracts totaling almost $10.7 million to three firms, New Orleans District Engineer Col. Thomas A. Sands announced. American Dredging Company won a $4,937,550 contract to make a second "lift" or enlargement on a hurricane protection levee in eastern New Orleans, and the joint venture of Bean Dredging Corporation and Williams-McWilliams Company were awarded a second contract to perform maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet. Their bid at $5,767,600 was low bid on the project.