29 Mar 2024

USACE Planning and Policy Chief Receives Coastal Summit Award

In a ceremony held at the Hart Senate Office Building, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Director of Planning and Policy, Eric Bush, was presented with the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association’s (ASBPA) Corps of Engineers Coastal Summit Award.

4 Dec 2023

White House Summit Highlights Program IWR Manages

Since 2007 the Regulatory In-lieu fee and Bank Information Tracking System (RIBITS), overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Institute for Water Resources (IWR), has been the designated national tool to provide a one stop shop database for districts to track mitigation banks and in-lieu fee programs. RIBITS was one of a handful of systems highlighted at the first-ever Environmental Permitting Technology and Data Summit held at the White House and the General Service Administration Headquarters in late October.

27 Apr 2021

VIDEO Prado Basin Ecosystem Restoration, Chief's Report

On April 22, Earth Day, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, the 55th Chief of Engineers, signed a Chief’s Report, which recommends a multi-year, multi section plan to tackle loss and/or degradation of aquatic, riparian woodland and floodplain habitats along the Santa Ana River due to numerous issue the waterway has experienced since the 1940s.

11 Jun 2020

USACE awards contract for historic Arlington Nation Cemetery Memorial Amphitheater cleaning, repointing

In preparation for the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 11 November 2021, The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a more than $6.3 million contract to clean, repoint, and provide universal access to the exterior of Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) Memorial Amphitheater.

27 May 2020

USACE awards contract to Virginia company to construct jetty at Tangier

The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, awarded a contract for more than $2.9 million to Gloucester-based Coastal Design & Construction Inc. to construct an approximately 685-foot-long stone jetty at the entrance of the Tangier Island Federal Navigation Channel, located on the western side of the island.

25 Mar 2020

Norfolk District teams to evaluate facilities for use as alternate-care-sites in Virginia

The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has assembled field assessment teams tasked with evaluating existing facilities for the possible conversion into alternate-care-sites in Virginia.

5 Sep 2019

Corps planning for impacts to Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway as a result of Dorian

Norfolk District officials overseeing the Dismal Swamp and Chesapeake and Albemarle canals, are closely monitoring and preparing for potential impacts from Hurricane Dorian.

30 May 2018

Corps to commission multi-purpose vessel

The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will officially welcome a new vessel to its fleet Thursday.

8 Feb 2018

Local Environmental Group Recognizes District as Sustained River Star

A local environmental group recognized the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for its environmental stewardship along the Elizabeth River watershed.

14 Sep 2017

District works to overcome Harvey’s impacts to Texas’ shipping industry

The number of ports knocked off line due to the impacts of Hurricane Harvey have improved in part due to the Galveston District navigation staff working around-the-clock surveying channels, modifying existing dredging contracts and implementing emergency contracts to get all 28 projects back to authorized depths and fully functional.