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  • September

    The Arlington National Cemetery Welcome Center, built in 1988, is undergoing renovations to upgrade the public restrooms and consolidate the staff for better collaboration and organizational efficiency. (U.S. Army photo)

    Cemetery’s Welcome Center renovations set to start later this month

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, awarded Polu Kai Services, LLC -- a native Hawaiian owned, small disadvantaged business, service-disabled veteran owned business -- with a $4.3 million contract on August 25 to make upgrades to the facility, including its basement space visitor bathrooms, and the electrical, water and fire protection systems.

  • A Change for Castle Comments

    The Huntington District newsletter Castle Comments has gone through some drastic changes over the years, but perhaps none more so that the one it faces after the issue you’re now holding. That’s because the regular print edition is being replaced by an electronic edition - with one exception. There will be a special year-in-review edition of the newsletter that will still be printed the traditional way and distributed to our mailing list.
  • Team members gather at a safety demonstration station.

    Safety at Summersville

    The Kanawha Area Offi ce (KAO) Safety Meeting was held at Summersville Lake on Sept. 17, 2014. Burnsville Lake team members designed and assembled the demonstration stations.
  • Marines drive a Humvee off the LMCS onto the beach near Mersing, Malaysia.

    ERDC’s Lightweight Modular Causeway System finds a new use

    VICKSBURG, MISS. - The Lightweight Modular Causeway System (LMCS), a floating bridge that
  • A 16-foot replica of an 1888 Muscle Shoals Map is on display at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's Barlow Conference Center in the Estes Kefauver Federal Building in Nashville, Tenn. The Nashville District librarian recently worked with the Tennessee State Library to restore and preserve the original map.

    Nashville District showcasing historical maps from 1800s

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 16, 2014) – An 1874 military map of Middle Tennessee and 1888 map of Muscle Shoals were recently restored and replicas of them are now being showcased in the Barlow Conference Room located at the headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District.