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  • Huntsville Center’s ESPC team garners Secretary of the Army award

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s Energy Savings Performance Contracting team received a 2014 Secretary of the Army Energy and Water Management Award for Renewable/Alternatives Small Group in a ceremony Oct. 29 at the Pentagon.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 14-34 Tow Haulage Equipment Out of Service - David D. Terry Lock (No. 6) NM 108.1

    DAVID D. TERRY L&D - Tow haulage equipment at David D. Terry Lock (No. 6) is out of service. Double cut tows will have to be locked the conventional way (without the use of tow haulage).

  • USACE mission in West Africa aimed at supporting Ebola containment

    WIESBADEN, Germany – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has joined the fight against Ebola in West Africa. The main body of Europe District’s Forward Engineer Support Team-Advanced departed Oct. 21 for Monrovia, Liberia, to take part in Operation United Assistance, an Africa Command mission to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts at containing the virus outbreak in the region. District officials said the deployment could last up to six months.

  • Vicksburg District Begins Vicksburg Harbor Dredging

    VICKSBURG, Miss… The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District will begin dredging the Vicksburg Harbor on Nov. 3, 2014. The dredging project is scheduled to take 11 days. The dredging is an annual activity that ensures the navigation channel is clear from sediment buildup left by the natural flow of the Mississippi and rainfall runoff.

  • New York District employees determined to rebuild Caven Point better than ever

    Since its inception, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has prided itself on being an organization that responds to emergencies in a timely, efficient manner. This is true across the Corps whether it be at the Division or District level. One of the more recent examples being the New York District’s response when Hurricane Sandy caused significant damages within its area of responsibility, including severe damage to the District’s Caven Point Marine Terminal in October 2012.

  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Releases Robust Climate Change Adaptation, Strategic Sustainability Plans

    In response to Executive Orders 13514 and 13653, the United States Army Corps of Engineers today released its Climate Change Adaptation Plan and annual Strategic Sustainability Plan. "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been factoring climate change and its impacts in to all its missions and operations for decades. The Corps of Engineers is working with the Obama Administration to identify and address the existing and future risks and vulnerabilities of climate change and ensure that communities and ecosystems are protected and flourish." said Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Senior Sustainability Officer.

  • Freshwater storage impoundment mitigates increased chlorides in Abercorn Creek

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – Understanding the reverberating environmental impacts of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project has been a sizable undertaking for the Corps’ and its partners. Preserving high water quality standards is at the forefront of the Corps’ efforts to minimize adverse environmental effects that may result from the expansive project.

  • Lighting UP the Locks

    Huntington District is pushing to spend Operations and Maintenance funds to take care of our aging infrastructure in innovative ways based on good engineering practices that put project longevity, energy conservation, and cost savings at the forefront of our business decisions.

  • Corps assessment reopens Chickamauga Lock at the end of next week

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Oct. 31, 2014) – Work crews assessed damage at Chickamauga Lock and plan to reopen Chickamauga Lock to all navigation traffic next week.

  • Lee named Nashville District employee of the month for September 2014

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 31, 2014) – Jerry Lee, project engineer at the Mid Cumberland Construction Office, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for September 2014.