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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 5, 2024) – The U.S. Army promoted Nashville District’s deputy commander, Maj. Todd A. Mainwaring, to the rank of lieutenant colonel Feb. 2, 2024, with Corps of Engineers officials, distinguished visitors, family, friends, and the district’s workforce present to celebrate a career milestone. Lt. Col. Robert W. Green, Nashville District commander, welcomed… Read More
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District is preparing for a productive 2024 construction season in the Last Frontier. The organization’s robust workload includes major infrastructure construction efforts under the district’s civil and military programs in every corner of the state. These projects are constructed in collaboration with a… Read More
Bulldozers are moving mounds of sand to renourish Emerald Isle Beach. Crews with heavy machinery are building up the sand around the point of the island – and down the beach to Doe Drive. Officials say an Army Corps of Engineers contractor is dredging 200-thousand cubic yards of sand out of the nearby waterway crossing… Read More
SAN CLEMENTE— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has informed the city that it is actively assessing various possibilities to resume the supply of sand. Dredging operations commenced on Dec. 21 with the contractor delivering approximately ten loads, mainly consisting of cobble, gravel and shell fragments, accompanied by some sand. However, operations within the… Read More
Two fierce coastal storms last month swept away sand dunes that protected beachfront property. On Thursday the Board of Environmental Protection approved emergency rulemaking that allows property owners and municipalities to restore dunes without going through the Natural Resources Protection Act permit process. Rob Wood is with the Bureau of Land Resources. “If the board… Read More
Much-needed relief in the form of 500,000 cubic yards of sand is headed to the Isle of Palms to address rampant beach erosion, courtesy of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The background and specs of the undertaking were provided by USACE Project Engineer Jacob Kyzar at the Isle of Palms Jan. 23 City… Read More
On January 18th, Congress passed a second continuing resolution funding federal government operations into March. Once again, Congress chose to separate the 12 appropriations bills into two groups with the Energy & Water (E&W) Appropriations bill in the first group that expires on March 1st. The E&W Appropriations bill funds the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and includes… Read More
LOWER TOWNSHIP — Access to hundreds of acres of a wildlife management area at the southern tip of New Jersey is expected to be closed until about December 2026 while a $37.5 million ecological restoration project gets underway. Work is expected to begin in the Higbee Beach area by the end of the month. In… Read More
Recent storm impacts did not disrupt the beginning of construction for the Army Corps beach sand project in mid January, which will add 700,000 cubic yards of sand along the beaches in Solana Beach, city officials said during a Jan. 24 council meeting. The project is the culmination of a plan that started in 2000…. Read More
Inland Dredging Co. LLC, Dyersburg, Tennessee, was awarded a $39,774,000 firm-fixed-price contract for making or enlarging dredge cuts, construction of fills, construction of new harbor channels and dredging in various channels and harbors. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated… Read More
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Demolition of the former Bank of America building, located at 6212 Lake Isabella Boulevard in Lake Isabella, is now underway. The building must be removed so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can begin construction on the new U.S. Forest Service visitor center later this year. Demolition is expected to be complete in… Read More
LOS ANGELES — Winter in California is still here, which means cooler temperatures, increased precipitation and higher chances of flooding — something the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepares for on an annual basis. The LA River is the backbone of the Los Angeles County Drainage Area system that has held floodwaters at bay for nearly… Read More
Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, Louisiana, was awarded a $62,055,622 firm-fixed-price contract for harbor deepening and widening. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Irvington, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 30, 2025. Fiscal 2020 civil construction funds and fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, inducted Regional Business Director Phil Johnson to the Senior Executive Service during a ceremony Jan. 30 at division headquarters in Cincinnati. Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, 55th chief of engineers and USACE commanding general, presided over the ceremony and recognized Johnson on this… Read More
HOUSTON, Feb. 1, 2024 — McDermott has been awarded two contracts from North Oil Company (NOC) to deliver engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) for packages 11 and 13 of the Ruya Development Project, as part of the expansion of the Al-Shaheen field, Qatar’s largest oil field. The Package 11 mega* contract scope, awarded to a… Read More