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  • Advances in Hydrologic Engineering – Looking to the Future

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  The Institute for Water Resources (IWR) Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC)

  • Corps seeks public comment on 2015 Tybee Beach Re-nourishment Plans

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District announces the availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed 2015 Tybee beach renourishment project.

  • Civil works project team earns regional award

    The district received a big pat on the back in the form of a letter of appreciation and award for an

  • Feather Creek project right as rain

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Feather Creek, Clinton, Ind., Flood Risk Management Project is

  • Fort Campbell project going for gold

    A new sustainability pilot project— the Fort Campbell Sustainment Brigade Administration Facility—

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases Hurricane Sandy Coastal Projects Performance Evaluation Study

    The Hurricane Sandy Coastal Projects Performance Evaluation Study evaluated how several dozen coastal storm risk management projects performed during Hurricane Sandy, how the storm impacted the projects themselves, and recommended ways for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its partners to improve planning, designing, constructing and maintaining coastal storm risk management projects in the future. It is recognized that comprehensive risk reduction is a shared responsibility among the local, state and federal partners.

  • District family member receives award for public service

    Theresa Koontz, wife of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Security Manager Jeff Koontz, received the Commander’s Award for Public Service at the Arizona-Nevada Area Office during the Dec. 18 Holiday Luncheon.

  • Corps' engineer invited to critique Harvard students’ design projects

    Steve Dwyer, chief, Navigation and Coastal Projects Branch, was asked to participate as an engineering advisor for a graduate-level Landscape Architecture Studio at Harvard University. Per Harvard's invitation, he visited the school Dec. 13 to sit on a panel organized to review and judge the students' design projects, which all related to the Los Angeles River. Dwyer, who was the District's chief of operations for 25 years had the responsibility of maintenance for the Los Angeles River and wrote the Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project's operation and maintenance manual.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases Hurricane Sandy Coastal Projects Performance Evaluation Study

    PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has completed and released the findings of the Hurricane Sandy Coastal Projects Performance Evaluation Study that was conducted in accordance with the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-2, or often referred to as the Hurricane Sandy Relief Bill). USACE was directed by Chapter 4 of Public Law 113-2 to evaluate the performance of existing USACE coastal projects impacted by Hurricane Sandy, with the purpose of determining their effectiveness and recommending improvements thereto.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases Hurricane Sandy Coastal Projects Performance Evaluation Study

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has completed and released the findings of the Hurricane Sandy Coastal Projects Performance Evaluation Study that was conducted in accordance with the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-2, or often referred to as the Hurricane Sandy Relief Bill).