20 Feb 2015

Venice Beach renourishment halted due to mechanical problem

Jacksonville, Fla. – Sand placement on Venice Beach is temporarily delayed by a mechanical problem that’s caused the shutdown of dredging operations, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today. Dredging is tentatively scheduled to resume in early March.

20 Feb 2015

Corps tentatively selects plan for deep-water port in Nome

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District released a draft feasibility report and environmental assessment today that tentatively selects a plan to establish a deep-water port in Nome to support increased vessel traffic and economic development in the Arctic.

19 Feb 2015

NAV NOTICE SWL 15-05 Traffic Across the Navigation Channel Between NM 23 and NM 24

MKARNS - Mariners are advised to use caution while transiting NM 23 through NM 24. Contractors for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will be transporting dredged material by barge across the channel in this area.

19 Feb 2015

PARTNERS CREATE FISH HABITAT ON GREERS FERRY LAKE

HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. – Army Corps of Engineers, local partners and volunteers recently completed placing new fish structures in Greers Ferry Lake to provide additional habitat for the fishery.

19 Feb 2015

CORPS SETS SCOPING WORKSHOPS FOR TABLE ROCK SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE

BRANSON, Mo. – The Army Corps of Engineers is hosting the Table Rock Lake Shoreline Management Plan scoping workshops March 26-28 to share information about the update process and to collect public comments concerning shoreline activity around the lake.

19 Feb 2015

Corps to suspend flows to St. Lucie; no change to Caloosahatchee

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will suspend flows from Lake Okeechobee to the east to support a science research project in Martin County.

19 Feb 2015

USACE Galveston District awards $4,106,760 contract for Alexander Island Placement Area Containment Dike Raise

GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 19, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $4,106,760 to Southern Contracting LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, to perform containment dike raising on Alexander Island Placement Area, located along the Houston Ship Channel.

18 Feb 2015

Corps to host public meeting on former Williams Field Bomb Target Ranges

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting to present remedial alternatives for the former Williams Field Bomb Target Ranges Feb. 25 at the Holiday Inn Casa Grande, 777 N. Pinal Ave., Casa Grande, AZ 85122.

18 Feb 2015

Honolulu District Engineers Participate in 2015 National Engineers Week Activities

More than 200 engineers and friends of the 17 organizations within the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies plus invited local VIPs and dignitaries and engineers from the Honolulu District are expected to gather at the Hale Koa's Banyan Tree Showroom Feb. 24 for a luncheon to kick off Engineers Week 2015, which runs Feb. 22-28. The 2015 Engineers Week theme is “Discover Engineering!” and the local theme is “sustainability.”

18 Feb 2015

Lane shift to occur on Louisiana Avenue for SELA work

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, and its contractors will