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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Regulatory Branch brought together 16 partners from different federal government agencies around the country to earn their certification in Northcoast Northeast Wetland Delineation through a four-day classroom and field training course, May 1-4, 2023. The Buffalo District’s Regulatory Branch is spread out in field offices across the… Read More
Port Muskogee has contracted engineering, construction and architecture firm Burns & McDonnell as design lead for the port’s waterfront and recovery resiliency project. This project will provide updated waterfront infrastructure, addressing damage previously sustained by the port during a 2019 flood. The work comes after Port Muskogee contracted with Burns & McDonnell in February 2021… Read More
Austal USA was awarded a contract with a potential value of $3.195 billion for the detail design and construction of up to seven TAGOS-25 class ocean surveillance ships. Austal, as the prime contractor, has teamed with L3Harris Technologies (L3Harris), Noise Control Engineering (NCE), TAI Engineering (TAI), and Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors (TMC) for execution of the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is scheduled to begin dredging the Mississippi River navigation channel near Winona, Minnesota, this week to ensure the channel remains open for commercial navigation. Corps staff anticipate removing around 27,000 cubic yards of river sand from the navigation channel between river miles 720.1 – 720.8 and… Read More
NEW YORK —The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announces the recent completion of dredging in five south shore inlets. The projects have all been dual-purposed, restoring safe depths for navigation, and beneficially using all dredged sands for coastal storm risk resiliency and environmental restoration. The five inlets, all dredged since last fall are East Rockaway Inlet,… Read More
U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., weighed in after news that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied Pinellas County’s request for a waiver to complete the Sand Key Beach renourishment project. “The Corps’ announcement today comes in response to a request for a waiver that was initiated internally by the local Army Corps Office last August, before I was elected to Congress…. Read More
In 1987, what is now the headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes (LRD) and Ohio River Division (LRD) in Cincinnati, was just the “Ohio River Division”. The Great Lakes districts wouldn’t be absorbed by the Ohio River Division until about a decade later during a series of redistricting efforts. Prior to… Read More
Lance Wood, Science and Operations Officer with National Weather Service Houston/Galveston, gives a virtual brief on different categories of hurricanes to Galveston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) employees during a hurricane season preparedness townhall at the district headquarters in Galveston, Texas, April 11, 2023. The town hall featured additional briefs from the district’s… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $172.9 million construction contract for the Sacramento Weir Widening Project to Granite Construction Company of Watsonville, California. The Sacramento Weir Widening Project will add a new 1,500-foot-wide weir adjacent to the existing 1,950-foot-wide structure that has been in place for the last 106 years. The… Read More
The Army Corp of Engineers began their beach replenishment in Fenwick Island this week. It was music to the ears for neighbors, business owners and town officials who were expecting the work to start in July. In May, most people in Fenwick are used to hearing the sounds of the ocean and maybe a few… Read More
The heat is on, and the beaches are coming back! Contractors will begin an emergency berm project to restore beaches and provide protection from storm surges on May 30. The project is scheduled to last two weeks and you may be inconvenienced. Twenty to 30 dump trucks will line South Collier Blvd. each morning between… Read More
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded a $49,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging in Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of July 15, 2024. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is the… Read More
Beginning in June, the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin to gradually drawdown Lookout Point and Green Peter reservoirs to historically low levels. The goal of these reservoir “drawdowns,” which are part of an injunction ordered by the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, is to increase juvenile spring Chinook and… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Walla Walla District will begin diverting water from Mill Creek to Bennington Lake today, May 10, in preparation for the upcoming recreation season. Water Management officials have been analyzing the basin and have determined the flood risk is now low enough for the current snowpack to support Bennington Lake’s refill…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recognized 71 of their subcomponent organizations for earning one of several “USACE Best Places to Work” categories during an awards ceremony today at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Awards are based on employee responses to the 2022 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) regarding overall satisfaction with their job… Read More