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    Contract Award | Memphis District awards $8.4M contract for landing barge, a significant step towards completing stringout overhaul

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District awarded an $8.4 million firm-fixed-price contract to Conrad Shipyard LLC, of Morgan City, Louisiana, for the purchase of a steel-hulled deck barge, June 3, 2025.
  • Brigida Sanchez, a multimedia specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District, has been selected for the 2025 session of ERDC-U.

    Jacksonville District’s Brigida Sanchez Selected for ERDC University

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – Brigida Sanchez, a multimedia specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District, has been selected for the 2025 session of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U).
  • A photo of the Branched Oak Dam periodic inspection and assessment.

    Omaha District dam safety inspection season in full swing

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Dam Safety Section performed the first of two periodic tributary dam inspections scheduled for 2025 beginning with the Branched Oak Dam located northwest of Lincoln, Nebraska June 2.
  • Michael Wielputz, a materials regional technical specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District was named the 2025 USACE Materials Engineer of the Year as part of the USACE Engineering and Construction Community of Practice awards. The awards honor individuals who demonstrate excellence in leadership, professional development and outstanding performance across engineering and construction projects.

    Savannah District employee earns national award

    Michael Wielputz, a materials regional technical specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, was named the 2025 USACE Materials Engineer of the Year in recognition of his exceptional contributions to engineering excellence and the Corps' national and global projects.
  • Three men sit at a table watching a presentation.

    Not just an exercise: USACE has a tabletop exercise for Shallow Land Disposal Area

    Benjamin Franklin said, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” Getting involved is precisely what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Buffalo and Pittsburgh districts, and their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agency partners, did, as they spent approximately eight hours ensuring that every “i” was dotted and every “t” was crossed during a Shallow Land Disposal Area (SLDA) tabletop exercise (TTX) preparing for the start of physical remediation after a nearly 15-year interruption. They discussed work plans, processes, procedures, and contract lists, and used graphic, videos – but more importantly, they got involved.