U.S. Congressman Bob Onder (R-Mo.) and Chris Deluzio (D. Penn.) have led a bipartisan group of 37 members of Congress—with possibly more to follow—in publicly endorsing the idea… Read More
Corps of Engineers
The Chicago Engineer District announced April 29 that it has completed a Federal Interest Determination (FID) report for the Chicago Area Waterways System Restoration and Recreation Study. Read More
Trekking through the Couturie Forest in New Orleans’ City Park on a quick nature walk, I find that fog limits visibility, and mist hides the birds I can Sean… Read More
Col. Kelcey Shaw, commander of the Mobile Engineer District, visited the University of South Alabama on May 1 to speak with undergraduate students about his career as an… Read More
Connie Flatt, who managed the Nashville Engineer District’s Operations and Maintenance program and administered more than $150 million in O&M projects annually, retired March 31 after 46 years of… Read More
The Nashville Engineer District announced May 8 that it has terminated a contract with Shimmick Construction, based in Irvine, Calif., to construct the lock chamber at the Chickamauga Lock… Read More
The Buffalo Engineer District awarded an $11.7 million contract to New York-based DMYLES, Inc. on April 9 to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel in Cleveland Harbor twice… Read More
The Corps of Engineers awarded the second contract for Increment I of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project to JF Brennan Inc., of La Crosse, Wis., on April 11. The… Read More
Floods have caused openings on the east bank of the Lower Mississippi River below New Orleans that are reducing the river’s power, scientists say. Mead Allison This issue… Read More
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle announced he has directed that the management and execution of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project (BRIP) be immediately transferred… Read More
