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The Great Lakes Dredging Team (GLDT) provides a forum for the exchange of information regarding best practices, lessons learned, innovative solutions, and sustainable approaches to dredging and dredge material management throughout the Great Lakes region. The GLDT is not an advisory body. Its purpose is not to furnish advice to the federal government and the… Read More
Col. Peeples joined Lt. Gen. Spellmon as he pinned the one-star insignia onto her uniform in front of LRD workforce, as well as Col. Peeples’ family and friends. “I want to start off by saying thank you for this privilege, said Lt. Gen. Spellmon. “It is truly an honor when you’re asked by an officer… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District recently awarded a $7.3 million contract to Eagle Eye Electric, LLC of Bonne Terre, Missouri for the completion of 4.3 miles of levee restoration and the completion of two seepage berms. With support from the project sponsor, the Bois Brule Levee District, this is last remaining… Read More
On June 16, 2022, the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (Huntsville Center) awarded a $699 million contract to BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, for integrated services in support of the High-Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP). The contract will provide DoD Supercomputing Resource Center (DSRC) operations and management to the… Read More
Lt. Col. ShaiLin KingSlack assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, during a 10 a.m. ceremony held in Walla Walla, Washington, today. Col. Aaron L. Dorf, deputy commander of the Corps’ Northwestern Division, officiated as Lt. Col. Richard T. Childers transferred command to KingSlack. Childers served as the district commander… Read More
Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/44720 Report Number: ERDC/EL TR-22-6 Title: Techniques for Developing Bars and Islands in Incising Channels By: Robert M. McComas, Sarah J. Miller, Deborah R. Felt, J. Craig Fischenich, Michael D. Porter, and Donald F. Hayes Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Source
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District will reduce target flows from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee beginning Saturday, July 9, as lake levels remain steady and local basin runoff has been adequate to maintain salinity levels in the estuary. The releases to the Caloosahatchee Estuary will target a pulse release at a… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reminding the public more water-related accidents and fatalities occur at its lakes and river projects in July than in any other month. “July is the month when we normally see the most water-related accidents and fatalities so there is reason to be concerned,” said Pam Doty, USACE National… Read More
Plan would affect 2,240 homes and businesses The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has signed off on a $1.3 billion plan to elevate or floodproof 2,240 homes and businesses in Iberia, St. Martin and St. Mary parishes that are subject to storm surge flooding during tropical storms and hurricanes. Lt. Gen. Scott Spellman, chief of engineers with… Read More
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, along with the non-federal sponsor, the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), have published for public review and comment a draft report and Environmental Assessment (EA) to determine whether the implementation of coastal storm risk management (CSRM) measures in Baltimore would reduce coastal flood risk… Read More
The Navy’s Military Sealift Command has awarded Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., a $22,670,778 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220522C4254) for a 120-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking on the fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6). The contract includes seven options that, if exercised, would bring its total value to $24,462,335. Work will be… Read More
Austal U.S. has been selected to build the U.S. Coast Guard’s next set of 11 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs). The $3 billion contract award comes as a disappointment for Eastern Shipbuilding Group, the Florida-based shipyard that worked on the design and built the first four in the series. In 2016, Eastern Shipbuilding Group won a… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host an open house at Lock and Dam 6, near Trempealeau, Wisconsin, Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., in conjunction with Catfish Days. The Corps is opening its doors to the public to demonstrate how a lock works and supports inland waterways navigation. Lock… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District, has partnered with the City of Painesville, Ohio to stabilize a portion of the west bank of the Grand River and protect the public infrastructure in the city. The top slope of the riverbank adjacent to Bank Street has been eroding and threatens the adjacent roadway… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District has awarded eTrac, a Woolpert Company, with an architect-engineer contract to provide hydrographic surveying and mapping services within the Galveston District and potentially the USACE Southwest Division. The five-year, Multiple Award Task Order Contract has a total shared capacity of $13 million. It will support planning, design, construction and maintenance… Read More