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  • USACE updates officials in Puerto Rico on hurricane recovery projects

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District’s Commander and Deputy Commander for the Antilles provided an update for officials regarding $2.5 billion infrastructure projects designed to manage flood risk on the island. Over the past several days, Jacksonville District Commander Col. Jason Kirk and Antilles Deputy Maj. Alexander Walker-Rodriguez provided updates on infrastructure projects and studies that will reduce flood risk to officials that included Lieutenant Gov. Luis Rivera-Marin, Natural & Environmental Resources Secretary Tania Vazquez-Ruiz, and Omar Marrero, Executive Director of the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency.

  • Pittsburgh District team deploys to Puerto Rico again

    The Pittsburgh District’s power team recently deployed to Puerto Rico for the third time to support the longest, largest temporary emergency power mission in USACE history as part of the island’s hurricane recovery effort.

  • Ever-active USACE Buffalo District dive team inspects Guajataca Dam in Puerto Rico

    Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico in late Sept. 2017. While the majority of sustained news media coverage was concerned with power restoration, there were countless other blows to critical infrastructure resulting from the storm; the 90-year-old dam in Guajataca was one such structure.

  • Corps SMEs improve method for tracking micro-grids in Puerto Rico

    A team of temporary emergency power and GIS experts deployed with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in support of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico developed a technological method for the safe and effective installation and de-installation of temporary power micro-grids used throughout Puerto Rico.

  • El Cuerpo de Ingenieros del Ejército de los EE.UU. (USACE, por sus siglas en inglés) añade fechas adicionales para el “último recorrido” en Puerto Rico

    El Cuerpo de Ingenieros del Ejército de los Estados Unidos, en trabajo conjunto con los oficiales del gobierno local, han establecido fechas adicionales para el último día que los escombros se recogerán por los contratistas que trabajan bajo la asignación de la misión de escombros de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA, por sus siglas en inglés).

  • Corps adds more “last pass” dates for Puerto Rico

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, working with local government officials, have set additional dates of the last day debris will be picked up by contractors operating under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s debris mission assignment.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers extends expedited emergency permitting procedures in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District extended expedited emergency permitting procedures in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to support the continued recovery efforts following Hurricane Maria. These alternative procedures remain in effect until June 21, 2018.

  • Corps adds additional “last pass” dates for Puerto Rico

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, working with local government officials, have set additional dates of the last day debris will be picked up by contractors operating under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s debris mission assignment.

  • Corps adds additional “last pass” dates for Puerto Rico

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, working with local government officials, have set additional dates of the last day debris will be picked up by contractors operating under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s debris mission assignment.

  • USACE adds additional "last pass" dates for Puerto Rico

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, working with local government officials, have set additional dates of the last day debris will be picked-up by contractors working under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s debris mission assignment.