• Donghyuck Chai: USACE Structural Engineer of the Year

    When it comes to keeping military installations safe and operational, the vital work of structural engineers often goes unnoticed. Yet these professionals form the backbone of every building, bridge, and facility that supports the Department of Defense’s mission. Donghyuck Chai, Supervisory Civil (Structural) Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Far East District (FED), is one such individual whose quiet but powerful contributions impact the lives of countless military families across South Korea.
  • MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 25-42 Lock 9 Reopened

    Arthur V. Ormond Lock (No. 9) NM 176.9 has reopened to navigation traffic.
  • South Atlantic Division Regional Harbor Dredging EIS contract awarded

    Savannah, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Savannah District, awarded a $9.3 million contract on June 2, 2025, to support the preparation of four concurrent and individual National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of Brunswick Harbor, Charleston Harbor, Morehead City Harbor, and Wilmington Harbor navigation projects that address the implementation of the 2020 National Marine Fisheries Service South Atlantic Regional Biological Opinion.
  • Public comment opens: Corps of Engineers evaluating alternatives to address impacts from obelisk to burial site at the Soo Locks

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District released the Obelisk Alternatives Analysis Report for a 30-day public review on June 9, 2025.The analysis addresses the cultural effects of removing the obelisk from a burial site, determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places as a Traditional Cultural Place, located at Brady Park at the St. Marys Falls Canal (Soo Locks), Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The Bay Mills Indian Community and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Michigan conducts cultural and religious practices at the burial site. Those practices in the presence of an obelisk celebrating the semi-centennial of the construction of locks, which destroyed most of the burial site, continue to have an ongoing negative effect on their members. The Bay Mills Indian Community and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Michigan have requested that the Corps of Engineers remove the obelisk from the burial site to mitigate this effect. 
  • Huntsville Center awards $3 billion energy resilience contracts

    Huntsville Center’s ESPC MATOC IV can be implemented and paid for from energy savings within the contract term as contracted Energy Savings Companies (ESCOs) utilizes its private capital to make infrastructure improvements without tapping into the stakeholder’s budget.
  • Huntsville Center awards $3 billion energy resilience contracts

    Bids were solicited via the internet with 19 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of 2035.
  • Little Rock District to temporarily close Highway K East campground

    PIEDMONT, Mo.— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to temporarily close access to the Highway K East campground on Clearwater Lake, June 16, 2025, because of staffing shortages and public safety concerns.
  • Developing an Inventory of US Army Corps of Engineers’ Nature-Based Infrastructure Projects

    Abstract: The purpose of this report is to recommend a framework for developing a comprehensive database of US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) natural infrastructure (NI) projects. Natural infrastructure is defined as an area or system that is naturally occurring, naturalized, or constructed to mimic naturally occurring features and then intentionally managed to enhance ecosystem value and provide social and economic benefits. Examples include river floodplains, setback levees, forested water supply watersheds, freshwater and coastal wetlands, living shorelines, dune and beach systems, living breakwaters, and reefs. NI is dynamic, with landscape-level interactions occurring among different features as well as in tandem with conventional infrastructure. Specifically, we identify the Engineering With Nature (EWN) ProMap database is identified as an attractive candidate for expansion. We also develop a tool for collecting project data that will improve data quality by standardizing information across projects, adopting an ecosystem services approach to cataloging project benefits, and incorporating social benefits metrics.
  • Norfolk District Schedules Aerial Mosquito Treatment at Craney Island on June 12

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has scheduled aerial mosquito treatment on June 12th, over the federal property on Craney Island.
  • Corps of Engineers seeks public comments on its Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam Disposition Study

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public input on its recently completed draft disposition study for the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam, located in Minneapolis.