30 Jun 2016

Illustrious career keeps growing and growing

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Aaron Wahus’ 23-year Corps career matured into a park operations manager assignment at J. Strom Thurmond Project but his insatiable craving for new challenges made room for another career growth spurt. For four months, Wahus strengthened his functional muscle during a grooming assignment as head of the Baltimore District’s Tioga-Hammond and Cowanesque projects from Feb. 21 – June 19.

16 Jun 2016

Auburn program helps contracting staff redefine business as usual

SAVANNAH, Ga. – A few hard-charging Savannah District professionals looking to rattle business as usual enrolled in Auburn University’s Construction Management Program, a degree-awarding program promoted to mend information and communication gaps between construction and contracting specialists.

7 Jun 2016

MAY RUNOFF ABOVE AVERAGE IN MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

OMAHA, Neb. – Runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was 4.5 million acre feet

6 Jun 2016

Educators turn lessons learned into lesson plans

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The school year continued for 15 educators who returned to the classroom to unearth ways to bring curriculum to life during the CSS Georgia Teacher’s Institute held May 31 – June 3 at Georgia Tech Savannah.

23 May 2016

Laying the pre-foundation

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Construction continued on the dissolved oxygen injection system at two sites along the Savannah River last week. This time-lapse video shows workers installing a cofferdam as part of what will become the foundation for a series of Speece cones.

19 May 2016

Missouri River Implementation Committee to Meet in Omaha

The Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC) will hold its 33rd meeting June 1–3 in

6 May 2016

Lucky 13 tour new Diamond Elementary School site

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks garnished the construction site of the new Diamond Elementary School where 13 wide-eyed students discovered diamonds aren’t forever but they can be your best friend.

5 May 2016

Gavins Point Releases Reduced to Lessen Downstream Flooding

OMAHA, Neb. – Runoff in the Missouri River Basin aboveSioux City, Iowa, was 2.6 million acre feet

2 May 2016

Corps’ partnership with school leads to academic accreditation

SAVANNAH, Ga. – A pair of Savannah District leaders form links in the chain of community partners aiding a local school to achieve academic excellence in the scientific and mathematical fields.

29 Apr 2016

Georgia’s smallest lighthouse sees big improvements

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. – After weathering hurricanes, dodging Civil War cannon volleys and enduring the incessant erosion wrought by tides and rising seas over the past 160 years, the Cockspur Island Lighthouse is getting a much-needed makeover.