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NEW ORLEANS — The United States Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, awarded the General De Gaulle Drainage Improvement Phase 2 Construction Contract (SELA 72.2) on July 8, 2024, in the amount of $28,927,540.00 to Omega Foundation Services LLC. out of Slaughter, Louisiana. This contract will be the second federally construction drainage improvement feature… Read More
MOBILE, Ala. – Sometimes, the work of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finds them helping to preserve or protect historic locations and sites. The Mobile District participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the City of Selma, Alabama, on July 8, 2024, to celebrate the completion of Project 14, which stabilized the bank behind the historic… Read More
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District, has begun dredging the Manistee Harbor federal navigational channel. The objective is to remove shoaling that prevents deep-draught commercial vessel traffic. On April 23 of this year, a commercial vessel attempted to enter Manistee Harbor with a draught of 19 feet (5.8 metres) but was halted… Read More
A Maryland board led by Gov. Wes Moore approved a $50.3 million emergency contract on Wednesday to pay a Swedish construction company that removed debris from the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. While the work to remove debris from the federal channel in the Patapsco River was done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,… Read More
A local company’s request to dredge an area of the West Ocean City harbor channel received the support of the Worcester County Commissioners this week. The Worcester County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a request from staff to authorize a local sponsor statement of no objection for a proposed dredging project at Atlantic Tackle. The company… Read More
ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District’s Dredge Potter is currently working near Grafton, Illinois, between river miles 218 and 222, using a 300-foot-long flexible floating pipeline to removed material from the navigation channel. The flexible pipeline allows for the creation of ephemeral islands that will be used for habitat… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $2.6 million contract May 31 to C.T.L. Forest Management, Inc. for the creation of approximately 59 acres of habitat to offset environmental impacts of future levee improvements. The contract tasks the Cameron Park, California-based company to conduct earthwork, plantings, and habitat establishment plus four years… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (July 1, 2024) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District, will begin dredging of the Saint Lucie Inlet, Martin County, Florida, on July 2, 2024. The project was awarded May 3 in the amount of $9,295,100 to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, LLC. It calls for the dredging the St. Lucie Inlet… Read More
HARLAN COUNTY LAKE, Neb. — It can be difficult to put into numbers the importance Harlan County Lake has on the surrounding communities on and near the Republican River in south-central Nebraska. To say it plays a large role in the lives of these communities is an understatement. Harlan County Lake is a vital source of… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Design Branch Chief, Kate Dixon, was presented the 2024 James Connolly Award during the Society of American Military Engineers Tri-Regional Joint Engineering Training Symposium by SAME Savannah Post President, David Nelson, at the Marriott Riverfront in Savannah, Georgia, June 27, 2024. The Connolly Award is… Read More
SEATTLE — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials invite the public to review and comment on the Albeni Falls Dam Project Master Plan. USACE hosted Master Plan meetings June 24 in Priest River, Idaho, and June 25 in Ponderay, Idaho, for the public to learn what a Master Plan is, why it’s important, and provide… Read More
PORTLAND, Ore. — Brig. Gen. William C. “Bill” Hannan, Jr. assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division in a ceremony at Bonneville Lock and Dam on the Columbia River today. Brig. Gen. Geoff Van Epps, who led the division since 2021, relinquished command to Maj. Gen. William Graham, deputy Chief of… Read More
FORT SHAFTER, HAWAII — The Honolulu District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, received the prestigious Army Safety and Occupational Health Star Award here June 28, 2024, recognizing the district’s successful implementation of the Corps of Engineers Safety and Occupation Health Management System. Lt. Gen. James B. Jarrard, Deputy Commanding General for U.S. Army Pacific, presided… Read More
Three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District leaders toured several ports and civil works project sites June 3 – 6 along the central coast of California. Col. Andrew Baker, LA District commander, joined the LA District’s Deputy Engineer Justin Gay and Navigation Branch Chief Charles “Steve” Dwyer to meet with city mayors, council… Read More
Brig. Gen. Joseph C. “Clete” Goetz II became the 35th commanding general and division engineer of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Pacific Ocean Division (POD) in a June 13 ceremony at Ft. Shafter, Hawaii. He succeeds BG Kirk E. Gibbs, who will become the Deputy Commanding General for Military and International Operations in Washington… Read More