22 Jun 2012

NR 12-018: Milestone reached with completion of protective concrete embankment wall at Wolf Creek Dam

JAMESTOWN, Ky. (June 22, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District reached a major milestone here this week at the Wolf Creek Dam Foundation Remediation Project when work crews installed the 433rd and final panel in completing the protective concrete embankment wall. While this wall does not create a water barrier through the dam’s karst limestone foundation, it completes a major stage of construction that is critical to the final stage of construction – the main barrier wall, which is scheduled to be completed by December 2013.

22 Jun 2012

ERDC Supports NATO Advanced Research Workshop

ERDC Environmental Laboratory’s (EL) Dr. Igor Linkov recently organized and directed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Advanced Research Workshop on Sustainable Cities and Military Installations in Iceland.

22 Jun 2012

Corps of Engineers Pilots COBie

The Construction-Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) project, published as a part of the U.S. national Building Information Model (BIM) standard earlier this year, is being implemented on major Corps of Engineers projects.

22 Jun 2012

ERDC Helps Student Earn Best Design Cognition Paper

ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL) Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Student Matthew Wood recently earned Best Design Cognition Paper with colleagues from Carnegie Mellon University at the Design Computing and Cognition 12 Conference at the Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

22 Jun 2012

ERDC’s East Keynote Speaker at ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering

ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory’s Dr. Bill East gave the opening keynote address recently at the 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering.

22 Jun 2012

Nashville District announces employee of the month for April 2012

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 22, 2012) – Park Ranger Matthew Leftwich at J. Percy Priest Lake is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for April 2012 and recipient of the LRD Star of Life Award for rescuing a struggling swimmer.

21 Jun 2012

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases the U.S. Port and Inland Waterways Modernization: Preparing for Post-Panamax Vessels report

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) submitted to Congress Wednesday the “U.S. Port and Inland

21 Jun 2012

Marsh restoration has wildlife’s ‘seal’ of approval

As construction workers maneuver bulldozers and spread sand to restore the degrading marsh island, Yellow Bar Hassock in Jamaica Bay, N.Y., their work is being closely observed by an area resident.

21 Jun 2012

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases the U.S. Port and Inland Waterways Modernization: Preparing for Post-Panamax Vessels report

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) submitted to Congress Wednesday the “U.S. Port and Inland Waterways Modernization: Preparing for Post-Panamax Vessels” report, an examination of options for future modernization of U.S. ports and inland waterways.

21 Jun 2012

Corps completes new $10.1 million Troop Medical Clinic at Fort Stewart

Soldiers at Fort Stewart, Ga., will benefit from a variety of outpatient services at the new $10.1 million North Troop Medical Clinic recently completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District.