11 May 2012

Corps announces milestone on Bean Lake levee repairs

The Kansas City District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reached a milestone within the Bean Lake Levee Association and is scheduled to host an event on May 16 to recognize the achievement of restoring the levees to their 2011 pre-flood level of protection.

11 May 2012

Corps reaches milestones on Elliott Bay Seawall project

This week the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers made progress on two separate action paths for the City of Seattle’s Elliott Bay Seawall project. First, a Feasibility Scoping Meeting, or FSM, was completed on May 7 by the Corps’ Seattle District Civil Works Branch for the General Investigation study. Second, the District’s Regulatory Branch made a preliminary decision to move forward with an Environmental Assessment on the city’s effort to self-perform a fast-tracked project.

11 May 2012

CERL-led student poster gets "Best" and trip to Italy

ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL)-led student division poster, "A Framework for Complexity Management: Virtual Forward Operating Camps," was selected by the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) for sponsorship to the 22nd INCOSE International Symposium in Rome, Italy.

11 May 2012

Announcing Our New Look!

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA - May 11, 2012.  The IWR website has a new look! Take a few minutes to explore

10 May 2012

Boat Ramp Closure at Southside Recreation Area, Conchas Dam Project

Corps' Conchas boat ramp closed due to low water levels.

10 May 2012

Corps of Engineers Joins ABMC, VA and DLNR to Break Ground for the Vietnam Pavilions Project at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl

Leaders from the Corps of Engineers joined officials from the American Battle Monuments Commission, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources and others to break ground for the new Vietnam Pavilions Project at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl on May 9.

10 May 2012

Federal partners provide STEM opportunities to inner-city students

Students from Madison Accelerated High School in Madison, Ill., traveled to Carlyle Lake to try their hand at fishing, canoeing, boating, and geocaching as a culmination to this year's Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Outreach Program.

10 May 2012

Anniversary recognition, Industrial park water tank ribbon cutting in South Carolina

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District, Santee Cooper and Orangeburg County hosted a 15th anniversary celebration of the Lake Marion Regional Water Agency and ribbon cutting ceremony for the John W. Matthews Industrial Park water tank Matthews Industrial Park.

10 May 2012

USACE Galveston District wins 2012 Hermes Creative Award

GALVESTON, Texas (May 10, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Public Affairs Office was recognized with a Gold Award from the Hermes Creative Awards competition for its USACE Galveston District brochure.

10 May 2012

Corps awards Fort Irwin Replacement Hospital contract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District awarded a $159.8 million contract May 9 to Turner Construction Company, of Washington D.C., for the construction of a replacement hospital at Fort Irwin, Calif.