Researchers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have developed dredging optimization models using artificial intelligence and operations research methods to help prioritize and schedule dredging operations across the enterprise. Dredging is the largest individual item in the USACE civil works budget, and traditionally there has not been a rigorously quantitative nor repeatable process… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District has hired LeighAnn Ryckeghem to the newly named operations manager position at the Soo Locks, effective July 1. The operations manager, formerly known as the area engineer, is responsible for overseeing all Corps of Engineers operations and maintenance activities as well as stakeholder outreach from the Menominee River Watershed in… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Maj. Guillermo Guandique, deputy district commander, Louisville District and Linda Murphy, deputy district engineer, Louisville District attended the dedication for the columbarium at Crown Hill National Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana. “It’s been great working with such a team of professionals at USACE Louisville,” said John Kays, project manager, National Cemetery… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District held a ship out ceremony at the Vicksburg Harbor, Monday, to commemorate the deployment of the Mat Sinking Unit (MSU) for its annual season of revetment. Vicksburg District Commander Col. Christopher Klein and Mat Sinking Unit Chief Maurice Gilmore provided remarks which focused on safety, teamwork,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District (USACE), in partnership with the City of Galveston, has prepared a Draft Detailed Project Report and Environmental Assessment (DDPR-EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Galveston Island Coastal Erosion, Galveston, Texas, continuing authorities study as authorized by Section 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District (USACE), in partnership with the City of Galveston, has prepared a Draft Detailed Project Report and Environmental Assessment (DDPR-EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Galveston Island Coastal Erosion, Galveston, Texas, continuing authorities study as authorized by Section 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016…. Read More
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with The Nature Conservancy as a supporting partner, will begin removing Barren River Lock and Dam 1 on the Barren River in Warren County, Kentucky this week. The lock and dam was originally built in 1933-1934 at river mile 15 for commercial… Read More
Officials to mark beginning of The City of Crown Point Sanitary and Sewer Infrastructure Improvement Project The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan (IN-1), and Crown Point Mayor Peter Land will hold a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of a sewer infrastructure improvement project: WHEN: Friday, July 22, 2022 WHERE: Corner… Read More
A recently funded $16.3 million Galveston Harbor and Channel extension project will generate $1.6 million a year in estimated economic benefits, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District. The Galveston Wharves and the USACE Galveston District are partnering to fund the federal project to deepen the final 2,571 feet of the… Read More
2021-00390-95: the applicant, the Township of Stafford in Ocean County, New Jersey, has requested Department of the Army authorization to perform ten-year maintenance dredging of 19 township waterways. All of the work would be accomplished via mechanical dredge. All resultant dredged material, estimated to be approximately 706,336 cubic yards, would be removed from approximately 298.38-acres… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District hires LeighAnn Ryckeghem to the newly named Operations Manager position at the Soo Locks, effective July 1. The Operations Manager, formerly known as the Area Engineer, is responsible for overseeing all Corps of Engineers operations and maintenance activities as well as stakeholder outreach from the Menominee River… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District will welcome its new District Commander, Col. Brian D. Sawser, in an Assumption of Command Ceremony scheduled for July 22, 2022, 10 a.m., at the Renasant Center, 225 N. Main St., Memphis. In the Assumption of Command Ceremony, the current District Commander, Lt. Col. Robert Green, will… Read More
Earlier this summer, Catherine Ridley of the nonprofit conservation group One Hundred Miles learned the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers planned to dredge a million cubic yards of material from the Brunswick Harbor just as loggerhead sea turtles were nesting at a record pace on the Georgia coast. Ridley knows that hopper dredges and sea… Read More
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded a $15,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for rental of a 27-30-inch hopper dredge and attendant plant for dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 13, 2023. U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
NEW YORK — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) announces the first contract award for the Union Beach Coastal Storm Risk Reduction Project. The first contract, which represents phase 1 of this coastal storm risk reduction project, was awarded to… Read More