9 Sep 2015

Robots clear site for future aerial gunnery range at Fort Bragg

Range vegetation clearance systems used on the Fort Bragg project typically clear more than an acre per-day per-machine in difficult areas and up to 2 acres per-day, per-machine in areas with brush and small trees. The Fort Bragg contract calls for clearance of more than 900 acres and the project is ahead of schedule.

21 Jul 2015

Marin at the helm of Center’s installation support directorate

Marin said he wants current and potential customers to know ISPM will be open and transparent every step of the way through the planning, acquisition and execution of their requirement.

29 Jun 2015

Post award conference provides contractors information, direction

The one-day-long post award conference allowed Huntsville Center representatives and opportunity to review the terms of the Energy Savings Performance Contract MATOC with the ESCO representatives.

21 May 2015

Huntsville Center supervisors gain knowledge of fellows program

Directorate and division supervisors from throughout Huntsville Center gathered May 20 to hear Kristi Crear, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers program manager for Civilian Career Program (CP) 18, discuss development and training opportunities, as well as programs to hire new employees in the construction engineering and science fields.

5 May 2015

Navy’s SPAWAR sees reduced energy costs with Huntsville Center’s Energy Savings Performance Contract

The U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Systems Center Pacific used a Huntsville Center Energy Savings Performance Contract to reduce energy costs. The ESPC model used at Huntsville Center is an agreement between the government and an energy service contractor which provides capital and expertise to make comprehensive energy and water efficiency improvements on facilities or implement new renewable energy capabilities and maintains them in exchange for a portion of the generated savings.

16 Apr 2015

Huntsville Center’s Information Technology Services branch growing

What began as a one-person-deep special projects program capturing unusual requests from customers seeking to purchase information technology, Huntsville Center’s Information Technology Service branch is one of the fastest growing branches within Huntsville Center.

31 Mar 2015

Huntsville Center’s ISPM director Shippers retires

Valerie Shippers, director, Huntsville Center’s Installation Support and Programs Management Directorate, retired from federal service March 30 during a ceremony at the Center.

24 Mar 2015

Chemical response pioneer Twing retires

One of the ‘Founding Fathers’ of the ordnance program within USACE and Huntsville Center retires after 24 years of service.

27 Feb 2015

Introductory course provides students deeper understanding of Corps operations

The course is designed to familiarize newly assigned personnel with military and civil works projects within USACE through topics such as project management business processes, civil works, military construction, contracting, legal areas and emergency management.

5 Feb 2015

Huntsville Center Furnishings Program replacing Army administration furniture in Republic of Korea

At 82 U.S. Army facilities on installations across the South Korean peninsula, contractors are busy replacing more than 8,000 administrative desks, chairs and filing cabinets in one of the largest furniture projects ever taken on by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville Military Integration Division's Furnishings Program.