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  • Annual FUSRAP report available online

    The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024 is now available online.

  • Louisville VA Medical Center Team shares contingency management strategies, sets new standard for VA construction

    The work on the new Louisville Veterans Affairs Medical Center has provided the project team

  • USACE issues small craft advisory for Arkansas River

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is issuing a small craft advisory for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in Arkansas. Heavy rainfall in western Arkansas over the last 48 hours will result in Arkansas River flows exceeding 70,000 cubic feet per second over the next few days from Dardanelle Lock and Dam downstream to Wilbur D. Mills Lock and Dam.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issues modification documents for Central Everglades Planning Project South Phase

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 12, 2025) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, (Corps) is preparing an integrated Limited Reevaluation Report (LRR) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document to support modifications being considered for the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) South Phase. The proposed modifications are located within Water Conservation Area 3B (WCA 3B) immediately downstream of the S-631, S-152, S-632, and S-633 structures in the L-67A levee and along the L-67C canal and are necessary to enhance project function as described in the 2014 CEPP Final Project Implementation Report and Environmental Impact Statement (PIR/EIS) and Chief’s Report.

  • Volunteers spot 80 eagles at five USACE lakes during eagle watch surveys in January

    More than 110 volunteers joined Albuquerque District staff at five of their lakes – Abiquiu, Cochiti, and Santa Rosa lakes in New Mexico, and Trinidad Lake and John Martin Reservoir in Colorado – for midwinter eagle surveys in January 2025.

  • The Weed Wranglers Want You

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District has a team dedicated to combating invasive species. This small but industrious team rounds up, clears, and wrangles Invasive Flora and Fauna throughout Florida. During National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW), February 24-28, USACE, along with its state, federal, and local partners, would like Floridians to come out and learn how slow the spread of invasive species affecting our state’s natural resources and economy.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announces full restoration of Potomac River impacted by aviation incident

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, together with U.S. Coast Guard (USGC) and U.S. Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), today announced that six days ahead of schedule the Potomac River section affected by the Jan. 29 midair collision of an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is now fully restored.

  • Restoration work started on La Joya Acequia

    The Albuquerque District’s Acequia Restoration and Rehabilitation program successfully negotiated and awarded a construction contract for project work to support the La Joya Acequia.

  • ERDC helps breathe new life into Boeing B-52 aircraft

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – In an effort to enhance acquisition programs for all branches of the U.S. military, a team of engineers and technical experts from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) have developed a cloud-based digital engineering environment that includes specific hardware, a variety of design tools and access to high-performance computing. This technology was put to use when the ERDC’s Information Technology Lab (ITL) was asked to help the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) accomplish their tasks for the B-52H Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) – a modernizing effort to install new Rolls Royce F130 engines onto the 70-year-old B-52 bomber fleet. This update is projected to increase system reliability and significantly reduce current maintenance costs.

  • Revolutionizing Tribology: Real-Time Observation of Material Interactions with the Advanced Tribometer

    The invention titled “Tribometer with Real-Time Observation of Interface Processes,” patented under number 11835444, is a significant advancement in tribological testing. The inventors have developed a tribometer that integrates advanced imaging technologies to enable real-time observation of material interactions at the interface during friction and wear testing, providing critical insights into the performance and behavior of materials under various conditions.