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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States, navigable waters, and the Outer Continental Shelf from SouthCoast Wind Energy in Boston for proposed work in the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the proposed work would occur in the Atlantic Ocean in the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation – Highway Division in Boston for proposed work in an unnamed tributary to Winimusset Brook and vegetated wetlands at Ravine Road in New Braintree, Mass. Although this… Read More
Dworshak Dam is looking for individuals or couples to serve as Janitorial/Grounds Maintenance Volunteers around the dam for the summer season. Volunteers are provided an RV site with full hookups and propane along with other amenities in exchange for 25+ hours of work a week. Weekend and holiday work required. Volunteers must provide their own… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District plans to execute a minor adjustment to the current lake release schedule from Tuesday, February 21 through Friday, February 24, that will release water from Lake Okeechobee as part of an ongoing sediment study by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the U.S. Geological… Read More
More than ten years have passed since Hurricane Sandy exposed New York City to devastating coastal flooding. Several cost-effective flood megaprojects, including levees and storm surge barriers, have been presented to the NY-NJ region to prevent future billion-dollar disasters, but none have moved forward. Researchers studying climate adaptation have put forward theories about why so… Read More
The Memphis District’s Dredge Hurley returned to its home port, Ensley Engineer Yard, in Memphis Harbor, on Jan. 13, 2023, after finishing a record-breaking 273-day season, which began Apr. 26, 2022. In eight and a half months, the 36-person crew dredged 14.5 million cubic yards of sediment, which is the most the Dredge Hurley has ever removed in… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, received $1.5 million from the states of Illinois and Michigan this week to continue advancing the engineering and design of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project on the upper Illinois Waterway. “The Corps remains committed to this project of National significance in partnership with the States and… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has signed off on plans to dredge the Hudson River off the shores of Beacon Island, where the Port of Albany is building an offshore wind turbine tower manufacturing plant. The EPA was one of two federal agencies that had expressed concerns with a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging… Read More
Finding success in any career can be challenging. Finding success in one of the most competitive careers in the United States can be even more burdensome, if not downright arduous. Claudinette Purifoy-Fears not only found success as an engineer but was recognized for her contributions to the field. Purifoy-Fears is the most recent recipient of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Memphis District (CEMVM) released a Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Draft Environmental Assessment (DIFR-EA) for the Hatchie-Loosahatchie Mississippi River Ecosystem Restoration Study to the general public, Feb. 10, 2023. The general public, interested parties, and stakeholders are invited to comment on the DIFR-EA. The study seeks to examine… Read More
Nearly 90,000 tons of rock is scheduled to be placed on the face of Tuttle Creek Dam, near Manhattan, Kansas, within the next couple years to repair damages from the 2019 high-water event. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, received funding from both the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, or DRSAA, and… Read More
Kelsey Ciarrocca really believes in working smarter, not harder. You could argue that her philosophy put the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District on the map. The Real Estate Division cartographer was recently named USACE’s “Innovator of the Year” for her pioneering work with real-time data and Smartsheet—a cloud-based program. You could also… Read More
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works is issuing this notice to update the public on the status of the implementation guidance for the 196 provisions in the Water Resources Development Act of 2022. The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, a subset (Division H) of the James M…. Read More
In September of 2022, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, unveiled its latest vision of how to protect Rockaway and other nearby coastal communities, a $52 billion proposal to build 12 movable sea barriers, which would include Jamacia Bay and the Rockaway Inlet, to protect residents from future storm surge. The… Read More
At a special planning meeting in late January, the Newport Beach City Council received a presentation and reviewed some of the capital improvement projects coming up the pipeline this calendar year. The planned projects include major works such as the dredging of the lower federal Newport Harbor channels, the first phase of which was completed… Read More