1 Feb 2016

USACE Galveston District Spotlight on Hans Miller

When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Southwestern Division announced USACE Galveston District Construction Control Representative Hans Miller as the recipient of the division’s 2015 Hard Hat of the Year Award, he was the only surprised person in the room. Believing it would take years to achieve this professional recognition, he underestimated the measurable impacts he made during the two years he was assigned to oversee projects along the Texas coast.

6 Jan 2016

USACE Galveston District spotlight on Paulino Hernandez Sandoval

GALVESTON, Texas (Jan. 6, 2016) – Growing up in Mexico, Paulino Hernandez Sandoval spent his days working in the vineyards to pay for night school. While picking grapes and thinking about what he planned to do with his future, he often paused to notice the busy engineers working on a nearby dam construction project. Interested in what they were doing, he would devote his breaks to talking with the engineers and learning about the field. By the end of the summer he surmised that if they could do it, so could he and thus began his journey to becoming an engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District.

21 Dec 2015

USACE Galveston District donates $15,638 to CFC

GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 21, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, consisting of approximately 300 employees, donated $15,638 to support the annual Combined Federal Campaign. This year’s district campaign, “Be a Change Maker!” ran from Nov. 5 to Dec. 18, 2015.

14 Dec 2015

USACE Galveston District launches real estate application; streamlines federally-controlled property process

GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 14, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Real Estate Division launched an updated real estate application earlier this month that outlines the process required to use federally-controlled property located within the USACE Galveston District.

16 Nov 2015

USACE Galveston District awards $325,140 small business contract

GALVESTON, Texas (Nov. 16, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a $325,140.80 contract to Quaternary Resource Investigations (QRI), a small business, women-owned, SBA Certified 8(a) contractor, for geotechnical soil boring at the Rosa Allen Placement Area, located in Houston.

11 Nov 2015

USACE Galveston District awards $6.1 million GIWW dredging contract

GALVESTON, Texas (Nov. 11, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a $6,104,050 contract to Mike Hooks Inc., for maintenance dredging of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) navigation channel from the Galveston Causeway to Bastrop Bayou in Galveston in Galveston County, Texas.

29 Oct 2015

Spotlight on USACE Galveston District’s Kathy Adams

GALVESTON, Texas (Oct. 29, 2015) – It’s often said it’s the people who make an organization great. After meeting Kathy Adams, an administrative professional in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Resource Management Office, you’ll understand why so many people love working for the Corps.

8 Oct 2015

USACE Galveston District awards $2.2 million contract for Chocolate Bayou Placement Area 4 Expansion

GALVESTON, Texas (Oct. 8, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a $2,282,500 contract to RLB Contracting Inc., for the expansion of the Chocolate Bayou Placement Area 4, located in Brazoria county, Texas.

7 Oct 2015

USACE Galveston District awards $61 million worth of small business contracts during FY15

GALVESTON, Texas (Oct. 7, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded $61 million in contracts to small businesses during fiscal year 2015 and is aiming to award $65 million in FY16.

7 Oct 2015

USACE Galveston District to begin beach renourishment project at South Padre Island

GALVESTON, Texas (Oct. 7, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District partnered with the Texas General Land Office and the City of South Padre Island to begin a beach renourishment project this week using beach-quality sand harvested from the Brazos Island Harbor Jetty and Entrance channels in South Texas, maintenance dredging project.