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  • Corps awards $400 million border barrier contract

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Task Force Barrier awarded a $400 million firm-fixed-price contract Dec. 2 to Fisher Sand and Gravel Co., Dickinson, North Dakota, to design-build border infrastructure along the southern perimeter of the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Yuma County, Arizona.

  • 51st Medical Group hosts ribbon-cutting celebrating expansion, renovation

    OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea— After five years the fourth and final phase of a construction and

  • Chittenden Locks large chamber reopens, limited to half chamber lockages

    The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks large chamber opened for vessel traffic 1 p.m. November 30, but is limited to half chamber lockages.

  • Corps awards its second contract for Fargo-Moorhead diversion project

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $59,448,550.00 contract to Ames Construction, Inc. of Burnsville, Minnesota, to complete the Wild Rice River structure portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, late Nov. 27, 2019.

  • Nike C-32 uses bio-soil mixing with zero valent iron to treat groundwater

    The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District recently used a bio-soil mixing technology to

  • Groundbreaking held for $1.7 billion NGA complex in North St. Louis

    With significant federal, state and local dignitaries present, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency with many partners celebrated the symbolic groundbreaking for beginning of construction on the 97-acre campus in North St. Louis November 26, 2019.

  • Coming together for those in need

    Members of the Memphis District stay busy with work, but that doesn’t keep them from finding time to help those around us in need. Two employees in particular, Regional Technical Specialist Jamie Evans and Contract Specialist Sequoria Wilson, managed to coordinate clothing drives recently to give to the homeless in our local area, each doing so on separate occasions.

  • Upper Barataria Louisiana Draft Feasibility Report available for review

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its Upper Barataria Basin – Feasibility Study with Integrated Environmental Impact Statement for a 45-day public review and comment period. The study’s purpose is to evaluate potential alternatives to reduce the risk to human life, health, and safety; reduce flood and economic impacts to structures, evacuation routes, and critical infrastructure; and increase community resiliency before, during, and after flooding events.

  • Grenada Lake hosts youth waterfowl hunts

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District’s Grenada Lake Field Office is hosting waterfowl hunts Dec.14-15, 2019; Jan. 11-12, 2020; and Jan. 18-19, 2020. To be eligible for participation, youth hunters must be between the ages of 10 and 15 and be accompanied by an adult at least 21 years of age. Participants are encouraged to possess a general knowledge of state and federal waterfowl hunting regulations and will be held responsible for meeting said regulations.

  • A successful year for Lake Okeechobee

    At this time last year, Jacksonville District was a month into executing operational flexibility for Lake Okeechobee aimed at drawing the lake down. What a difference a year makes.