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  • Andrew Branard Recognition

    Andrew Branard was recognized for exceptional efforts on concurrently conducting Numeric, RAS and Physical Modeling to help the Bluestone DSA PDT navigate complicated design issues while staying on schedule as well as supporting critical understandings of operational risk to be incorporated into the instructions to the dam tender during construction of Phase 5.

  • Corps of Engineers awards contract for Ashtabula Harbor dredging

    Buffalo, NY – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District awarded a $1.1 million contract to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel and harbor areas in Ashtabula Harbor during summer 2019.

  • Potter Comes Full Circle

    Dennis Potter, a civil engineer with Japan Engineer District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is wrapping up a distinguished career of service much like it started, serving the United States from the great country of Japan.

  • Omaha District System Restoration Team in full swing bringing levee system back up

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District responded to the devastating unregulated runoff event of 2019 by activating the Omaha Systems Restoration Team, whose mission is to provide regional, time-sensitive repair of levees, dams and other flood control structures that were damaged throughout the Missouri River Basin.

  • 19-043 Corps temporarily reduces Boise River flows to assist Boise Fire Department’s rescue, recovery operations

    BOISE, Idaho – At the request of the City of Boise Fire Department, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers temporarily decreased Boise River flows through the City of Boise by 2,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) today, April 30, at about 1:30 p.m. (MDT). The temporary reduction in flows will allow a two-hour window of opportunity for Boise Fire staff to rescue a firefighter, who became stuck on top of a pier structure under the Broadway Bridge when a dive-rescue boat became lodged under the bridge during a training exercise earlier today.

  • Go 'outside the cubicle' with new Current Ops Chief

    Emergency Management expert Kimberly Adkins is just finishing up her fourth week at the Transatlantic Division in Winchester, Va., so she says she's "still in learning mode" when it comes to her job and how TAD operates. Her primary responsibility is to maintain awareness of all current operations in the TAD area of responsibility and review, analyze and report on current events and activities that might affect or intersect with those operations.

  • LPV 111 Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority

    The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – East Bank (SLFPA-E) and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board of Louisiana (CPRAB) (together, "the requester") have requested permission to alter portions of the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (LPV) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS) to increase the height of the LPV 111 levee reach, which will increase the level of hurricane and storm damage risk reduction for that reach prior to United States Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District's (CEMVN) planned armoring.

  • Seattle non-profit selected for Army Corps national partnership award

    Seattle-based non-profit Discover Your Northwest (DYNW), was selected for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2018 Excellence in Partnerships Award.

  • Corps of Engineers awards contract for Oswego Harbor Dredging

    Buffalo, NY – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has awarded a $1.5 million contract to conduct dredging in the federal navigation channel and harbor areas of Oswego Harbor during spring and early summer 2019.

  • MAY IS NATIONAL WATER SAFETY MONTH AT TABLE ROCK LAKE

    BRANSON, Mo. – During the month of May, Table Rock Lake is celebrating National Water Safety Month and the Dewey Short Visitor Center will feature displays and activities for visitors of all ages to learn the importance of being safe on and near the water.