29 Feb 2012

Corps fixing levees and preparing for upcoming flood season

The Kansas City District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a total of six contracts since January to repair seven levees that were damaged in the devastating Missouri River flood in 2011.

29 Feb 2012

Hard Rock Dolphin 4 to be removed Saturday; vessels advised to avoid area

BURBANK, Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract to remove Hard Rock Mooring Dolphin 4 which was declared extremely hazardous following a comprehensive routine inspection conducted Tuesday, Feb. 28, by Walla Walla District structural engineers.

29 Feb 2012

Corps reaches deadline on the most critical time sensitive levee repairs

Rockport. Hamburg. Council Bluffs. Names on a map. In the summer of 2011, though, they were so much more: Communities fighting a rising tide of water that threatened to wash away everything. In some places, levees held and a crisis was averted. In other places, the levees failed and lives were disrupted.

29 Feb 2012

Corps of Engineers proposes repair to east breakwater of the Stonington Harbor Federal Navigation Project in Stonington

CONCORD, Mass. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is proposing to perform

29 Feb 2012

CRREL assists with innovative "under ice" approach to detecting and mapping oil spills in the Arctic

ERDC's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) hosted onsite testing assistance to researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Jan. 16-20.

29 Feb 2012

Corps prepares water diversion at Maryville’s Greenbelt Lake

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 29, 2012) – Work crews began installing aqua levee systems today on Pistol and Brown Creeks that will act as makeshift coffer dams. Pumps capable of moving up to 6,900 gallons per minute are in place and ready to divert water collected from these streams through pipes around Greenbelt Lake.

28 Feb 2012

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers workers collect and distribute winter clothes to Kabul orphans

Eight U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees distributed two dozen boxes of donated jackets, hats, gloves and other winter clothes to a large orphanage Jan. 14, a day when heavy snow fell and the temperature reached 32 degrees in the Afghan capital.

28 Feb 2012

Construction commotion moves Army Corps to Wolf Creek Dam safety milestone

Wolf Creek Dam is abuzz with machinery, often bottlenecked with equipment and vehicles, and work crews move about like ants on the work platform in performance of their duties on the foundation remediation project, Feb. 24, 2012. Despite what seems like construction commotion, there hasn't been a lost-time accident in more than a year.

28 Feb 2012

Corps to build $100 million water treatment plant

BARSTOW, CALIF.--The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Barstow Chamber of Commerce held an Industry Day at the Barstow Community College in efforts to attract potential local contractors for a $100-$120 million water plant for Fort Irwin and National Training Center Feb. 22.

28 Feb 2012

Bazemore Chosen As One Of Nation's Most Promising Engineers

CAMP ZAMA, JAPAN Camp Zama is home to one of America’s most promising government engineers.