SEATTLE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin maintenance dredging of the federal Grays Harbor Inner Harbor Navigation Channel January 4, 2021.USACE awarded this three-year dredging contract to HME Construction, which was $4.2 million dollars for the first of three work windows. Approximately 1.8 million cubic yards of material will be dredged via… Read More
Federal Appropriations: Update from Washington, DC FY2021 APPROPRIATIONS BILL HAS PASSED! On December 21, the U.S. Congress passed the FY21 Omnibus Appropriations Bill that includes funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program and the President signed the bill on December 27. Here are the final numbers: Overall USACE Allocation: Administration –… Read More
Two key pieces of federal legislation could shave off years waiting to start construction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $2.6 billion upper Ohio River project. The project, still in the design phase, replaces a lock each at the Emsworth, Dashields and Montgomery locks and dams. Recent legislation — the omnibus appropriations and covid-19… Read More
A big dam problem required a big dam solution. After seven years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District is wrapping up the East Branch Dam Cutoff Wall Rehabilitation project in Elk County, Pennsylvania. The project was to install a cutoff wall – a 1,500-foot concrete barrier designed to seal the dam’s interior from… Read More
The New York District is overseeing renovations at Watervliet Arsenal, a 200-year-old U.S. Army facility along the Hudson River in upstate New York. Watervliet Arsenal functions as a full-service support facility to the Joint Force and industry through precision manufacturing, engineering and quality assurance for cannons, mortars and associated materiel. Facility Makeover Army Corps of… Read More
In a demonstration of collaboration and innovation, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center deployed an experimental asset and team of experts to the Missouri River in the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to assist in dredging shallow areas called shoals in the navigation river channel. Missouri River Basin partners include… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is proposing to repair the breakwater feature of the Federal Navigation Project (FNP) at Hyannis Harbor in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The authorized FNP provides a stone breakwater extending southeast from the seaward end of the state breakwater on the western side of the outer… Read More
George Chartouni, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago District, was awarded the USACE Cost Engineer of the Year award at a virtual national awards ceremony on Nov. 12, 2020, hosted by Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, 55th Chief of Engineers and Commanding General. Each year, USACE recognizes a small number of the many outstanding… Read More
Crews will begin adding sand to northern sections of Fernandina Beach’s shoreline next month as part of a project dredging the entrance channel to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company will remove about 1.2 million cubic yards of material from the channel near the mouth of the St. Marys… Read More
MOBILE, Ala. – After 10 years of planning and executing, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District’s Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP) completed the second largest restoration project in the history of the National Park Service, the restoration of Ship Island. Ship Island, a barrier island on the western tip of Gulf Islands National… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth District hosted members of Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) at the Lewisville Lake Dam Dec. 9, 2020 to discuss risk management activities associated with the Lewisville Dam Safety Modification, as well as the planning and partnerships of related activities now and in the future. USACE… Read More
After seven years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District is wrapping up the East Branch Dam Cutoff Wall Rehabilitation project in Elk County, Pennsylvania. The project was to install a cutoff wall – a 1,500-foot concrete barrier designed to seal the dam’s interior from the dam’s exterior – which concluded construction earlier this… Read More
PITTSBURGH – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District has entered into a more than $3.3-million project partnership agreement with the city of Chester to complete upgrades to the city’s water treatment plant. The partnership agreement is the first step in the rehabilitation of the raw-water intake system at the city’s water treatment plant…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, awarded a contract for maintenance dredging of the Okeechobee Waterway in sections of the St. Lucie River in Martin County. Work is expected to begin in early 2021. The Corps awarded the Okeechobee Waterway, Reach 3 and 4 on the St. Lucie River, Maintenance Dredging Project contract… Read More
LOS ANGELES – Professionals with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District representing a variety of technical disciplines lent their time and expertise to public stakeholders Dec. 3 during the 2020 Los Angeles River Flood Awareness Workshop. “This was a grand overview of the operations that the LA District has within the LA… Read More