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  • Corps of Engineers District selectees graduate from ERDC University

    Participants from eight U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Districts graduated from ERDC University (ERDC-U) in September. Now in its ninth year, ERDC-U pairs Corps division and district participants with relevant laboratory mentors for six-month research projects.

  • New Lock at the Soo Phase 2 complete

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District’s New Lock at the Soo project in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, substantially completed Phase 2 (Upstream Approach Walls) contract on September 17. “Phase 2 work focused on rehabilitating the upstream approach walls to guide vessels into the New Lock and will allow the vessels to moor on the wall,” New Lock at the Soo Project Engineer Ryan Berkompas said. “The old approach walls in the northern channel were the same age as the Sabin and Davis Locks, over 100 years old.” The Corps of Engineers awarded the $117 million contract in September 2020 to Kokosing-Alberici, of Westerville, Ohio.

  • Corps of Engineers to install temporary radar system at Manistique Harbor

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District is installing an Integrated Radar Monitoring System (IRaMS) at Manistique Harbor, Michigan to collect fall wave data during the week of Oct. 7. The system will remain along the shoreline for several months to observe the interaction between waves and the harbor structures during storm events and validate numerical wave model simulations. Data collection and modeling will help with designing future repairs to the structures at Manistique. 

  • Army Civil Works announces invitations to apply for dam safety loans; $763 million in potential federal financing for Michigan

    The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today announced the first set of proposals being invited to apply for loans under the new Corps Water Infrastructure Financing Program (CWIFP). Two of the invited applicants are in Michigan.

  • Detroit District’s Aaron W. Damrill selected for ERDC University

    Aaron Damrill, a Supervisory Biologist with the USACE Detroit District, has been chosen as a participant for the 2024 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U).

  • Corps of Engineers begins dredging St. Joseph Harbor

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District will begin dredging 29,500 cubic yards of shoaling near the entrance to St. Joseph Harbor this week and conclude in late August.

  • Detroit District accepting entries for annual photo contest

    DETROIT – The Detroit District invites the public to enter its 9th annual photo contest highlighting U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sites across the Great Lakes. The top 12 photographs highlighting Detroit District projects on the Great Lakes such as the Soo Locks, Duluth Ship Canal, piers, breakwaters or federal harbors and channels will earn a spot in the 2025 downloadable calendar. The entry deadline is 11:59 p.m. July 31, with winners determined by public voting on social media. The Soo Locks Visitors Center Association will award the top three photographers a plaque featuring their winning photo. “The Detroit District is proud to continue this annual tradition,” said District Commander Lt. Col. Wallace Bandeff. “The photo contest captures the beauty of the Great Lakes and allows us to see projects that we've designed, built and now, maintain from a whole new perspective.”

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District Changes Command

    Lt. Col. Wallace W. Bandeff assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District from Lt. Col. Brett Boyle during a Change of Command ceremony at The War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, July 16.

  • Corps of Engineers begins dredging operations in Saugatuck

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, will begin dredging 68,000 cubic yards of sediment from Saugatuck Harbor, Michigan, next week to ensure safe navigation between Lake Michigan and the Kalamazoo River. The two-mile federal channel in Saugatuck is a popular recreational destination and harbor of refuge. The King Company, of Holland, is contracted to complete the work for $341,000, after completing dredging in Muskegon under the same awarded contract totaling $1.4 million.

  • Grand Haven North Pier, Government Basin work begins Wednesday

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, will begin maintenance projects at the Grand Haven Government Basin and North Pier in Grand Haven, Michigan beginning Wednesday, May 22.  About $1 million will be spent to replenish stone at the rubble mound revetment wall on the eastern edge of the basin, replace aging timber fenders on the basin pier structure, and fill a large concrete void on the North Pier.