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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is dredging up public opinion about a proposed project in the Intracoastal Waterway. The Corps is soliciting comments on planned maintenance dredging in sections of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway or GIWW. The Corps’ stated objective is to maintain the safe navigability of the Intracoastal Waterway. The Corps’ additional goals… Read More
OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this year outlined its intention to increase the beneficial use of dredge material. Water injection dredging, a technique commonly used in Europe, offers one way to meet these new goals. HDR Senior Dredging Engineer Joe Wagner helped the only U.S. port to use this method so… Read More
Col. John P. Lloyd, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division, signed the updated Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering, or AMIE, program management plan at the NAD headquarters April 6. The update to the program management plan places focus on campus engagement and presence, aligns the plan with current USACE campaign… Read More
Two service gate liners will be replaced at Tuttle Creek Dam, near Manhattan, Kansas, later this year after damage was discovered during a routine dam inspection in Oct. 2020. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District received funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL, and has awarded a $2.03 million contract for… Read More
The 400-foot Delaware dredger is gobbling up sand at such a prodigious pace that most of the Plum Island replenishment project could be over by the end of the week, according to local and state officials. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working with Norfolk Dredging Company on the final stages of a… Read More
Park rangers across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District have been preparing for the upcoming recreation season throughout the winter months. “Recreation season provides us a platform to get out and do what we signed up to do. Park rangers love being outdoors and working with the public. This is the time when… Read More
With all access roads now complete and construction contracts set to be awarded for two more reaches this spring, the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Levee Project is continuing to move toward a 2026 completion. During a “West Shore Wednesday” update streamed via Facebook Live, St. John the Baptist Parish President Jaclyn Hotard explained that the… Read More
Silver Ships recently delivered an Explorer 40 workboat to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Pittsburgh District for use on the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. The 40-foot workboat will support USACE Pittsburgh District’s mission of improving navigable waterways and water infrastructure. This delivery is the second of three Explorer 40 series workboats ordered by USACE Pittsburgh… Read More
Parsons Corporation PSN announced today that the company was selected for a position on a $160 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) multiple award contract by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering and Support Center Huntsville to modernize Department of Defense facilities and infrastructure. The contract includes a base period of two years and a… Read More
Nashville Engineer District leaders, engineers and project managers hosted stakeholder roundtables recently to provide updates and an opportunity to visit the district’s two mega construction projects. Lt. Col. Joseph Sahl, Nashville District commander, said the concept of the “roundtables” with industry and agency stakeholders is building relationships through communication, which involves hosting them at the… Read More
Twelve participants from across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were chosen for ERDC University, a six-month detail at the Engineer Research and Development Center. As the largest class since ERDC-U began eight years ago, the 2023 group of selectees visited the Vicksburg, Mississippi, to begin their research projects at four ERDC laboratories. The 12… Read More
More than $27 million has been appropriated for dredging of federal waterways on the Eastern Shore — covering the federal navigation improvements the Eastern Shore Regional Navigable Waterways Committee has been fighting for since the committee’s inception eight years ago. The fiscal year 2023 Army Corps of Engineers workplan was “significantly funded after years of… Read More
The United States Army Corps of Engineers project aiming to protect New York City against devastating storm surge is inching toward a final plan that would jumpstart a multi-billion dollar effort to bolster defenses against climate change. The U.S. Army Corps “NY-NJ Harbor and Tributaries Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study” (HATS) report published last year… Read More
The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has restored some of the bends in Southeast Georgia’s Satilla River. Agency officials celebrated the closing of two cuts that were made in the river nearly a century ago to make it faster to ship timber. The cuts were filled in with more than 10,000 tons of rock, called rip-rap,… Read More
For more than 140 years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Galveston District has tackled massive projects to provide safety and stability along a coastline stretching from Louisiana to Mexico. The scope of its efforts runs nearly as long as its history, including flood risk mitigation, ecosystem restoration, shoreline protection, navigation, military construction and emergency… Read More