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  • Corps of Engineers to hold public meeting for 2013 Indiana Harbor dredging start

    Indiana Harbor Dredging Contractors Kokosing Construction Co. and O’Brien & Gere and the U.S. Army

  • Picking up after Hurricane Sandy

    WASHINGTON-- The Army Corps of Engineers is still involved in relief efforts following Hurricane Sandy, which slammed into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Oct. 29. The Corps' latest efforts are being fueled with $5.35 billion from the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, signed into law Jan. 29.

  • Corps of Engineers transfers 600 acres of land to the City of Denison

    In a ceremony held at Lake Texoma recently, a commemorative document celebrating the transfer of 600 acres of Lake Texoma shoreline to the City of Denison, Texas, was signed by Congressman Ralph Hall Texas 4th District, Jared Johnson, Mayor, City of Denison, Brig. Gen. Thomas Kula and Developer George Schuler.

  • Corps of Engineers to start Grays Harbor maintenance dredging March 29

    SEATTLE – Grays Harbor annual maintenance dredging will begin March 29 by U.S. Army Corps of

  • Arizona/Nevada Area Office hosts Mentoring Program meeting

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District held a meeting at the District’s Arizona/Nevada Area Office Mar. 27 to discuss the District’s mentoring program. Among the many other goals of the program are allowing employees the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of what is needed to succeed and advance in the Corps and enhancing both the mentor’s and associate’s leadership and interpersonal skills.

  • Wounded Warriors Gain Hands-On Experience with Army Corps of Engineers

    FORT SHAFTER, HI - The Honolulu District has developed working relationships with two Wounded Warrior units: the Warrior Transition Battalion based at Schofield Barracks and the Marine Wounded Warrior Detachment based at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe.

  • Fort Worth contractor receives award for safety record at Pantex

    The Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers named the High Explosives Pressing Facility (HEPF), Pantex, Plant, Texas as the top safety construction project for 2012 and winner of the Eagle Eye Construction Safety Program Award. The Eagle Eye winners are the Kiewit Builders Group of Fort Worth, Texas, for Contractor of the Year, the USACE Pantex Resident Office for Construction Office of the Year, and Donnie Lankford, Tulsa District, Pantex Resident Office, for Construction Representative of the Year.

  • Army Corps of Engineers transfers land in Texas

    In a ceremony held at Lake Texoma recently, a commemorative document celebrating the transfer of 600 acres of Lake Texoma shoreline to the City of Denison, TX ., was signed by Congressman Ralph Hall Texas 4th District, Jared Johnson, Mayor, City of Denison, Brig. Gen. Thomas Kula and Developer George Schuler.

  • For eroding island, engineers' efforts start with models

    NORFOLK, Va. -- Waterman and residents on the tiny, sinking island of Tangier worry every time the winds blow through the fishing community at more than 30 miles per hour. The island, located in the Chesapeake Bay just below the Maryland and Virginia border, is sinking and eroding away -- a dilemma that's expedited by churning storm waters.

  • Army Corps Plumb Beach coastal storm risk reduction work to temporarily close beach and parking lot, bike lane will have detour

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District will be completing the second and final Phase of coastal storm risk reduction work at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn along the Belt Parkway through most of the rest of the calendar year, which will lead to beach and parking lot closures as well as a bike lane detour.