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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
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District officially launched its new, $25.5 million Bank Grading Unit (BGU), “Grader 1”, with a christening ceremony held on the afternoon of May 2 at a boat ramp located in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. Event attendees included Mississippi Valley Division Commander Maj. Gen. Diana Holland, Memphis District leadership including District… Read More
Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, awarded an architect-engineer contract totaling $6.8 million to continue and complete the design of the North Bypass Channel in support of the Modified Central City Project. The A-E contract was awarded to CDM-Stanley Joint Venture – the team who previously developed the 60 percent design. … Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District, and the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP, in Spanish) are calling on residents from the Aguada and Aguadilla municipalities to participate in a community meeting Thursday at 6 p.m. at the basketball court across from the Tablonal Community Center. During the meeting,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed it will not use hopper dredges in Brunswick Harbor during spring or summer months until it conducts a rigorous environmental review of potential impacts, One Hundred Miles and the Southern Environmental Law Center announced today. Since 2021, OHM and SELC have fought against efforts by the Corps… Read More
Work is ongoing on the city’s new dredged material facility, with steps being taken to help ensure it is completed on time. City Council approved a pair of change orders to material facility, and approved an amended grant agreement with the Ohio EPA to help pay for the project. The two change orders will allow… Read More
Lift stations, the St. John Community Center and even a utilities warehouse appear next in line for ongoing Hurricane Ida repairs. St. John the Baptist Parish Council members approved the parish to solicit bids for four separate projects for repairs on facility damage incurred during Ida that could ultimately total a combined $2 million. Two… Read More
Leaders from the cities of Solana Beach and Encinitas will Thursday shore up their beaches for the next half-century by signing a project partnership agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The agreement will begin placement of beach-dredged sand this fall as the first phase of a 50-year coastal resiliency project that has been… Read More