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  • Big plans await Virginia Beach’s Lynnhaven Inlet

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – In a continuing effort to reduce annual costs associated with maintaining federal navigation channels in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a federal interest determination study at the entrance of the Lynnhaven Inlet. The federal study will determine if jetties or a combination of coastal structures is cost-effective in reducing critical shoaling and annual costs of maintaining the navigation channel, as well as reducing damages incurred on structures in the channel due to continuous wave action.

  • Army Corps of Engineers waives day-use fees

    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that it will waive day-use fees for veterans, active and reserve component service members, and their families at the more than 2,400 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide on Veterans Day, November 11.

  • Hugo Lake sets, then breaks record low

    On October 11, 2012, Hugo Lake hit a record low level of 398.45. The previous low lake elevation of 398.46 was recorded in November 1978. The new record low didn’t last 34 years. In fact, it was broken on midnight, Oct. 14, when the elevation reached 398.36.

  • Unofficial Correspondence Received from Charleston District Regulatory Division

    Charleston, SC— This morning, it has been brought to our attention that several people in the John’s

  • CRREL debuts work on WorldIndex transportation program at PCASE meeting

    An ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) researcher recently presented work on CRREL’s WorldIndex database during the Pavement-Transportation Computer Assisted Structural Engineering (PCASE) Executive Committee Meeting in Atlanta, Ga.

  • ERDC field tests historic suspension bridge

    Researchers with ERDC’s Geotechnical and Structural Laboratory (GSL) and Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) recently conducted dynamic tests on the Waldo-Hancock Bridge near Bucksport, Maine.

  • Former ERDC employee honored for promoting science one student at a time

    Ruth Hidalgo-Hernandez’s belief that mentoring, guidance, and the sharing of her experiences and knowledge can inspire others will be honored during the Salute to our STEM Military and Civilian Heroes Dinner at the HENAAC™ national convention in October.

  • Satellite communications link Forward Engineer Support Teams

    No matter where they are deployed, each Forward Engineer Support Team (FEST) must be able to reachback and communicate with stateside and other deployed command and control units. The FESTs use a commercial-off-the-shelf capability, designed and developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Reachback Operations Center (UROC) at ERDC in Vicksburg.

  • Field Force Engineers Equals Force Multiplier

    Designed to provide immediate technical engineering support to the Warfighter or in a disaster area, the Forward Engineer Support Teams – Main and Augmentation (FEST- M and FEST-A) bring a small team of experts, equipment and reach back capabilities that are the equivalent of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers district office.

  • ERDC Briefs Army Assistant Secretary on Installation Energy Security Strategy

    An ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) electrical engineer, currently on sabbatical at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories, recently participated in a briefing for the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations (ASA-IEE), Energy and Environment, in Albuquerque, N.M.