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Lieutenant Colonel Donald K. Lew was promoted from Major to Lieutenant Colonel in a ceremony held on August 28, 2024, on the patio at the Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) Headquarters in Winchester, VA. The event, attended by his parents—both retired USACE engineers—his wife, and their three children, as well as friends and distinguished guests,… Read More
GALVESTON, Texas — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Texas General Land Office (GLO) for design work on the Coastal Texas Project’s (CTX) ecosystem restoration measures and the coastal storm risk management measure on South Padre Island, August 30, 2024. This MOU represents a continued partnership… Read More
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded a $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for rental of a hopper dredge. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 28, 2025. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is the contracting… Read More
Dredging in the Swinomish Channel will begin Sept. 9 and continue until mid-February, says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Last dredged in 2018, the 11-mile long, 100-feet wide, 12-feet deep federal navigation channel is dredged every four to six years because “navigation through the channel is essential for commerce in the area,” said Sara… Read More
NEWARK, NJ – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, is pleased to announce the awarding of the contract for the Minish Park Project Reach 1, also known as the Joseph G. Minish Passaic River Waterfront Park and Historic Area, located in Newark, New Jersey. The contract, valued at $13,416,051.00, was awarded to… Read More
Today, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Commanding General and 55th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, signed the Chief’s Report for the Miami-Dade Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) Feasibility Study, propelling the study to the next phase of Congressional authorization and funding. The Miami-Dade Back Bay CSRM Feasibility Study… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. – Researchers from seven U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Districts have been selected for the 2024 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Jake Edwards, a Biologist with the USACE Jacksonville District, has been chosen as a participant for this detail program, now in its ninth year. ERDC-U Program Lead Antisa… Read More
The Albany Field Office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New York District ─ located in Troy, New York, on the Hudson River 150 miles north of New York City ─ recently took delivery of a new 45’ x 15’ tow boat that will significantly improve operations and maintenance activities and remove hazards to… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, in partnership with the Kaskaskia Regional Port District, is seeking public input on a new navigation improvement project aimed at enhancing the efficiency of Terminal 2 at the Kaskaskia Regional Port District. This project, authorized under the Corps’ Continuing Authorities Program, proposes to dredge the river… Read More
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded an $11,079,650 firm-fixed-price contract to furnish a hopper dredge for removal and satisfactory disposal of shoal material. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Venice, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2025. Fiscal 2024 civil operation and maintenance… Read More
Norfolk Dredging Co., Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $19,045,750 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Southport and Wilmington, North Carolina, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2025. Fiscal 2024 civil operation and maintenance funds and operation and maintenance, Army funds… Read More
By Kim Lewicki, Highlands Newspaper Photo by Brian O’Shea For years, literally decades, members of the Mirror Lake Improvement Association have been trying to restore Mirror Lake to its former glory. Late Mayor Buck Trott and members of the MLIA were on track for a while but astronomical costs associated with removing silt from the… Read More
The Navarre Beach Restoration Project will tentatively begin on Navarre Beach with the mobilization of equipment starting as soon as November 27, 2024. The restoration limits are from approximately 900 feet east of the Navarre Beach Pier and continue west to the Gulf Islands National Seashore property. The contractor is expected to work from 6 a.m. to… Read More
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon has signed a Chief’s Report recommending the Hatchie–Loosahatchie Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Study to Congress for authorization. “Achieving this milestone for the Hatchie-Loosahatchie Ecosystem Restoration Study is historic for Memphis and the Lower Mississippi,” U.S. Army… Read More
Vicksburg, Miss. — Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/49182 Report Number: ERDC/TN RSM-24-1 Title: Application of Existing Tools to Systematically Identify Nearshore Placement Sites for Beneficial Use of Navigation Sediments in Lake Michigan By Jennifer A. Miller, Doug R. Krafft, Sean P. McGill, Kaitlyn E. McClain, Cara Pattullo, Brian C. McFall, Joseph P. Miller, James P. Selegean, Jonathan M. Waddell,… Read More