5 Aug 2014

Southwestern Division collaboration ensures no community is left behind

DALLAS - No community left behind seeks to close the gaps in communication by uniting all national organizations, private sector associations and government at all levels to develop a shared vision for flood risk management. Collaboration and leveraging are essential to integrating the goals, resources and capabilities of local, State and federal agencies to reduce flood risks using a “bottom-up” outreach approach that aims to leave no community behind.

14 Jan 2014

Engineering Division: Hard work results in significant achievements

“It was a big year for execution,” said Laureen Borochaner, chief of Jacksonville District’s Engineering Division. “We already had plenty of work, and then took on a lot of additional, unplanned work besides. Much of that work was in-house design of complex major projects.”

19 Feb 2013

Willow poles along Sacramento River help fish, won’t harm levees

A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District project to plant willow poles along 30,000 feet of levees in the Sacramento and San Joaquin river systems is under way, designed to preserve habitat for threatened fish.

24 Aug 2012

17 Central Valley levee systems lose eligibility for federal rehab assistance

A total of 17 levee systems in or near Sacramento, Stockton, Chester, Knights Landing and Gustine are now ineligible for federal rehabilitation assistance after a temporary agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state of California extending eligibility for deficient levees expired in June.

2 May 2012

Division chief uses national team membership to write national policy, help district

It’s not every day a district employee gets to be involved with creating national policy. Michael Bart, the district’s chief of engineering and construction, was given that opportunity starting in September 2007, when he was asked to serve as the team lead of the Corps’ new Levee Safety Policy and Procedures Team. He had just finished a seven-month assignment at the Corps’ Hurricane Protection Office in New Orleans as the deputy for execution support and had been assisting with the Corps’ Dam Safety Program for a couple of years when he agreed to serve in this role.

4 Apr 2012

USACE Galveston District awards $1.7 million contract for periodic levee safety inspections

GALVESTON, Texas (April 4, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract to Bioengineering Arcadis in the amount of $1,718,071.55 for periodic levee safety inspections of six federally-constructed flood control projects within the USACE Galveston District.