USACE News

March

4 Mar 2021
Abandoned Crab Traps Removed From Wallisville Lake
From February 19th through the 28th, Texas coastal waters were closed to crabbing with wire mesh crab traps to facilitate the 3rd Annual Statewide Volunteer Crab Trap Cleanup. This closure allowed for the legal removal on February 25, of any crab traps which remained in the water.
October

23 Oct 2020
ERDC researchers use numerical modeling to assist with hurricane preparations
As a tropical system approaches the coastline and the intensity and impact of the storm becomes evident, officials and first responders brace for landfall by staging equipment and readying personnel for the aftermath. To assist in these efforts, researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) are using numerical modeling systems to help U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) districts better prepare for storms.
February

26 Feb 2020
USACE Galveston celebrates Black History Month
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District celebrated African American Black History Month 20 Feb. at the Jadwin Building. The guest speaker was Mr. Frank Jackson, Assistant Vice Chancellor for State Relations, Texas A&M University System, Prairie View A&M University. Jackson spoke about African American History from Ancient time to the present day. He informed the audience of the grandeur of the African civilizations prior to the slavery of Africans in the western hemisphere. His central theme was the oneness of the human family on the planet earth.
June

21 Jun 2017
STURGIS decommissioning hits major milestone with deactivated nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessel removal
After years of planning and overcoming significant implementation challenges, the STURGIS project team has successfully removed the Reactor Pressure Vessel — a major component of the U.S. Army’s MH-1A reactor aboard the Nuclear Barge STURGIS.
November

14 Nov 2013
Craft recognized as BEYA STEM Science Spectrum Trailblazer
GALVESTON, Texas -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Civil Engineer Franchelle Craft was selected as a Science Spectrum Trailblazer Award recipient by the 28th Black Engineer of the Year Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Global Competitiveness Conference, an honor bestowed upon minority men and women who actively create new paths for others in science, research, technology and development.
October

10 Oct 2013
Corps of Engineers Galveston District awards $1.1 million small business contract
GALVESTON, Texas-- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount $1,172,000 to Inland Construction & Engineering Inc., -- a certified small disadvantaged business and HUBZone contractor -- to install impressed current cathodic protection systems at the Colorado River Locks in Matagorda, Texas.
May

30 May 2013
USACE Galveston District begins jetty repair work at South Padre Island
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas-- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, began work on a $14.5 million jetty repair project at the entrance to the Brownsville Ship Channel with scheduled completion in 2014.
October

22 Oct 2012
Corps in the Classroom Program spark students' interest in STEM
GALVESTON, Texas - Before entering the building, engineers Franchelle Craft and Eduardo Irigoyen turn their cell phone ringers off. They make their way to the front desk, sign in as visitors and wait to be escorted to a classroom where they will spend the next two hours interacting with middle school students enrolled in science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses as volunteers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District's "Corps in the Classroom" program.
August

13 Aug 2012
USACE Galveston District awards $4.4 million contract to dredge Texas City Channel
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract to Mike Hooks Inc., in the amount of $4,397,500 for maintenance dredging of the Texas City Channel and placement area levee construction in Galveston County, Texas.
July

20 Jul 2012
Spotlight on USACE Galveston District's Rashid Sheikh-ali
Full of hope and aspirations for a better life, Rashid Sheikh-ali, a native of Mogadishu, Somalia, set out on a life-changing journey in 1980 that would take him from Africa to America -- where he would become a structural engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District.