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An 88-year-old Corps of Engineers dustpan dredge, the Jadwin, departed from the Vicksburg, Miss., Harbor, May 3, for its annual season of dredging along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The Jadwin is classed as a dustpan dredge due to the shape of the suction/cutting head which resembles a dustpan. That “dustpan” lowers to a… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. – Dr. Orie Cecil has joined the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory’s Hydrologic Systems Branch at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). Cecil earned his doctorate in aerospace engineering from Auburn University in 2020. He also received his master’s in aerospace engineering from Auburn in 2016, as well as his bachelor’s… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on a draft environmental assessment for the proposed sanitary sewer upgrade project in Kindred, North Dakota. Comments will be accepted through June 18, 2021. The project, covered under the Corps’ Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Program, includes the construction of new… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently awarded a $2.4 million contract to Water Works Dock & Boat Lifts, Inc. of Stoddard, Wisconsin, to repair a Mississippi River habitat restoration project approximately 40 miles south of La Crosse, Wisconsin, that was damaged by recent flooding events. Consecutive years… Read More
DETROIT — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin St. Joseph Harbor emergency dredging early June, expediting the process to restore critical navigation. The Corps of Engineers identified a shoal restricting the channel depth during this year’s annual channel survey. In some areas the restriction was as little as 13 feet below low water… Read More
The US Army Corps has politely asked a state environmental agency to stand down—for now—on its questions about the quality of sand that would be scooped from Scusset Beach and deposited on Town Neck Beach. Michael S. Riccio, the Army Corps’ project manager for the New England District, said in a recent email to Town… Read More
KUTTAWA, Ky. (May 20, 2021) – The Barkley Powerplant is transforming its switchyard with the delivery of two 90-ton transformers Wednesday via a barge on the Cumberland River. The special payload completes a very long journey from factory in Lubliniec, Poland, where they were manufactured by EthosEnergy. The transformers were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean… Read More
From my office building in downtown Portland, I have a beautiful view of a national treasure: the Willamette River. I am reminded of how fortunate our nation is to have such a tremendous natural resource and how we have used it over the decades. I think of a resource that supports yet can threaten life… Read More
LOS ANGELES – Amid dense vegetation and boulders at the foot of the Santa Fe Dam Spillway, the Operations Division with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District is clearing tons of litter and debris from a homeless encampment in Irwindale, California. The use of the Corps’ project lands for homeless encampments is… Read More
One of the Memphis District’s major mission areas includes flood risk management. Throughout its history, the Lower Mississippi River Flood Plain has been besieged by floodwaters. The Memphis District proudly serves as the first line of defense for the entire lower Valley. In support of this mission, the Memphis District regularly plans and executes projects… Read More
For researchers at the U.S. Army Research and Development Center (ERDC), long-term strategic partnerships with industry and academia are essential in executing ERDC’s mission in support of Army modernization and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works, as well as the needs of other sponsors and stakeholders. One of those longstanding partnerships is with the… Read More
The new Dredging Information System (DIS) public website is now available. The DIS website will have the latest information regarding upcoming dredging projects, the USACE dredging schedule, and the USACE 5-year schedule. This website can be accessed at https://dredging.usace.army.mil/lpwb/f?p=116. Source
Three construction companies were tapped by the U.S. Army to compete for individual orders of architect-engineer vertical design services under a five-year, $45 million firm-fixed-price contract. The Department of Defense said Monday the Army Corps of Engineers held an online solicitation for the contract and selected Jacobs (NYSE: J), Huitt-Zollars & Michael Baker joint venture… Read More
Erosion at Snow’s Cut isn’t a new issue. “It’s been going on since 1929,” said Tara Duckworth, parks director for New Hanover County. That’s when work began to create a navigation channel between the Cape Fear River and Myrtle Grove Sound. Duckworth said she’s been a part of ongoing conversations about the area for more than 10 years, as… Read More
WHO: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District WHAT: The Pittsburgh District will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony and an open house at the East Branch Clarion River Lake to mark the completion of the cutoff wall construction and dam repairs that began in 2014. The event also marks the district’s plans to return normal… Read More