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  • August

    Ray Kendrick, a contracting specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Contracting Office, is the Employee of the Month for June 2014.

    Kendrick named Nashville District Employee of the Month for June 2014

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 1, 2014) - Ray Kendrick, a contracting specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Contracting Office, is the Employee of the Month for June 2014. Kendrick is being recognized for excellence and his noteworthy contributions that support the efficient operation of the Contracting Office.
  • Workers with American Integrated Services, Inc., a subcontractor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Time Critical Removal Action of a Formerly Used Defense Site just outside Kingman, rebuild a wall between two properties July 29 which was taken down during the “construction phase” of the cleanup project. The “construction phase” of the removal included providing temporary relocation assistance for residents and their pets while cleanup was being done from nearly 60 properties; removing the landscaping, rocks and other similarly mobile items on each affected property and storing them in a secure location while the team removes soil on the property up to a depth of two feet; and restoring removed items to their original location unless the property owners or residents asked for the items to remain off of the property.

    LA District completes cleanup project in Kingman

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District finished a major cleanup operation July 31 on the Time Critical Removal Action of a Formerly Used Defense Site just outside Kingman. Removal activities included providing temporary relocation assistance for residents and their pets while cleanup was being done from nearly 60 properties; removing the landscaping, rocks and other similarly mobile items on each affected property and storing them in a secure location while the team removes soil on the property up to a depth of two feet; and restoring removed items to their original location unless the property owners or residents asked for the items to remain off of the property.
  • ERDC researchers work with Tulsa District field engineers at Newt Graham Lock and Dam during maintenance and repair operations.

    ERDC applies novel materials to civil works infrastructure

    VICKSBURG, Miss. - Aging infrastructure has become a huge problem for the U.S. Army Corps of
  • In a refrigerated room at the ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory’s Ice Engineering Facility, Snow Logic, a developer of snowmaking technologies recently compared snow guns for performance.

    It snows in July at CRREL

    HANOVER, N.H. - The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Cold Regions Research and
  • On June 14, Tionesta Lake ranger staff teamed up with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Boy Scout Troop 82, and some local community volunteers to build fish attractors for the lake.

    New fish attractors at Tionesta Lake

    On June 14, Tionesta Lake ranger staff teamed up with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Boy