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Over two decades ago, the U.S. Army Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC) created a robotics team that was formed with a mission to provide educational experiences for young people by promoting hands-on learning in the community. Today, Team 456 Siege Robotics is a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team that is made up of about… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Memphis District team gathered at Ensley Engineer Yard (EEY), April 2 to christen its newly constructed dry dock in honor of Billy Manley, a former employee who served as yards and docks chief for five years until his passing in 2020. Ensley Engineer Yard skilled tradesmen use dry… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Task Force Virgin Islands Puerto Rico (TF-VIPR) awarded a $150.7 million contract to Ferrovial Construcción PR, LLC, a subsidiary of Ferrovial SE. USACE TF-VIPR Commander, Col. Charles L. Decker, announced today. The sum represents the largest contract awarded by TF-VIPR to date. The company will replace the Roosevelt… Read More
“The response to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse is an unusual mission with an uber-extreme work environment of dark, cold water. Beneath those waters, divers are moving as if playing an underwater game of Twister and Jenga with hundreds of tons of shattered concrete and twisted steel in complete darkness,” said Rick Benoit, Emergency… Read More
The Cape Lookout National Seashore (CLNS) dredging and beach nourishment project is ongoing, and Next Generation Logistics (NGL), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contractor, is making good progress. Nick Wilson, public information officer for the county, which initiated the project along with the National Park Service (NPS), said NGL has been granted an… Read More
The Town of Fort Myers Beach announced that its sand haul project will begin on the northern shoreline April 15 with the construction of a berm and the filling in of scours. The project will entail the hauling of more than 50,000 tons of sand onto the beach, Fort Myers Beach Communications Director Nicole Berzin… Read More
The Marine Corps seeks to purchase eight new ships over the next five years, in the current budget proposal, to move littoral regiments around islands in the Pacific as it aims to counter the Chinese military. Commandant Gen. Eric Smith told members of the House Committee on Appropriations in a hearing Wednesday that the Corps would acquire… Read More
Parsons Corporation (NYSE:PSN) has been selected to participate in a $200 million contract awarded by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Fort Worth District, the company announced today. The contract, which focuses on construction management services, has an initial three-year term with the possibility of two additional two-year extensions. Under the new contract,… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Unalaska city officials signed an agreement on March 29 to begin dredging in Iliuliuk Bay later this year. Unalaska Mayor Vince Tutiakoff Sr. and City Council members attended the signing at Unalaska City Hall, while City Manager Bil Homka attended in person in Anchorage. Homka signed the agreement alongside… Read More
The First Bucket Ceremony for the San Juan Harbor Dredging and Deepening Project took place this past Wednesday, April 3. This ceremony marked the beginning of the project’s dredging and deepening phase, which is expected to last until October 2024. Key leaders were in attendance, including: Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi Puerto Rico Ports Authority… Read More
ERIE, Pa. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District and its contractor, Chicago-based Architectural Consulting Group, will begin construction on Erie Harbor’s north pier in mid-April, repairing approximately 1,800 feet of the damaged structure. The work is part of more than $7.5 million worth of activity in Erie by USACE in 2024, including dredging… Read More
A contractor will begin mobilizing equipment next week for an in-lake habitat project that is slated to take place over the next three months in Fountain Lake. Courtney Phillips, program and project manager with the Shell Rock River Watershed District, said the project involves placing sunken boulder clusters and rock reef barriers strategically in areas… Read More
The Duck Pond on Virginia Tech’s campus is set to undergo dredging from late April until summer. “The duck ponds serve from an environmental standpoint as a stormwater detention pond,” said William Knocke, Professor and Associate Department Head for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Stormwater detention ponds are designed to capture sediment and… Read More
The Surf City Town Council has approved an immediate sand replacement project to address storm-induced beach erosion. On April 2, the council was presented with a budget ordinance amendment to repair dunes that were damaged by recent tidal events, according to a Friday press release from the town. Dune escarpment has increased vulnerability and impacted… Read More
Barges will soon be dumping sand offshore of the North End as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dredging of the Palm Beach Inlet, said an expert working with the town’s Coastal Protection program. Work is expected to begin within the next few weeks and will continue until June, said Mike Jenkins, a coastal… Read More