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13 Feb 2020
TAM Awards Kuwait MATOC Task Order
The Middle East District awarded a task order for renovations of Building 550 South at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
13 Feb 2020
Corps returns entirety of Missouri River Levee System L-611-614 to pre-flood height, and awards a contract to complete levee repairs on the Papillion Creek Levee Systems in the Omaha Metro
Repairs on the Missouri River Levee System L-611-614 have returned the entirety of the levee system to its pre-flood height. Although the system has been returned to its pre-flood height, there is still an elevated risk until all of the damages on the levee system can be repaired. Repair efforts will continue on this levee system, such as relief well testing and replacement.
13 Feb 2020
MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 20-08 US Coast Guard Advisory NM 118.5
MKARNS - Mariners are advised that geotechnical borings will be performed in the right descending navigation span at NM 118.5 at the Interstate-30 Bridge in Little Rock.
13 Feb 2020
Vicksburg District announces launch of online inundation mapping viewer
VICKSBURG, Miss. --The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District announced that an
13 Feb 2020
President’s 2021 Budget: $103.1 Million requested for Pittsburgh District
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District reports that the President’s Fiscal Year 2021 Budget includes $103.1 million in new federal funding for the district’s civil works program.
13 Feb 2020
Landmark guidelines on natural and nature-based features is an international effort
Nearly four years ago, a team led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and that now includes 189 scientists, engineers and resource managers from 73 worldwide organizations gathered to begin work on a set of international guidelines for utilizing Natural and Nature-Based Features. Today, the project is nearing completion with the publication of “Guidelines on the Use of Natural and Nature-Based Features for Sustainable Coastal and Fluvial Systems” expected in 2020. The guidelines will provide practitioners with the best available information concerning the conceptualization, planning, design, engineering, construction and maintenance of NNBF to support resilience and flood risk reduction for coasts, bays and estuaries, as well as river and freshwater lake systems.
13 Feb 2020
Morton elected AIAA Fellow
Dr. Scott Morton, a senior computational physicist in ITL’s Computational Science and Engineering Division, has been elected as an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellow. AIAA, the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession, inducts only one member as Fellow for every 125 Associate Fellows each year, a practice that allows the recognition to be bestowed on only the most influential members of the field.
13 Feb 2020
President’s FY21 budget for Corps in New England to continue flood risk operations, fund Boston Harbor deepening dredging
CONCORD, Mass. – With the release of the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2021 (FY21) for the U.S.
13 Feb 2020
U.S. Army Reserve praises district environmental program
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District environmental team recently received positive
12 Feb 2020
President’s Budget and Work Plan announcements tab $188 million for Sacramento District projects
More than $188 million in flood risk management work for Northern California were outlined in two separate budget releases on February 10, adding to an already robust Sacramento District workload.