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  • July

    Three dimensional models are improving the Tulsa District's ability to plan Civil Works projects. The image is of the outlet works at Addicks and Barker Dam in Texas. This image was converted from a three dimensional model designed by Adam Smith.

    3D models bring new dimension to Civil Works projects

    TULSA, Okla. – Engineers from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers are using three dimensional modeling
  • Jelani Ingram, architect, Architectural Branch, explains Building Information Modeling to Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College Upward Bound students during Team Redstone tour.

    Kentucky students visit Huntsville Center as part of Team Redstone STEM tour

    For the second year, the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville's Engineering
  • Thomas George's family christens the vessel bearing his name which will carry on the legacy of its namesake as it benefits the Mississippi River and those who depend on it.

    Newest Corps vessel honors river innovator

    Mentor, river man, devoted family man… innovator. These are all words that are used to describe the late Thomas George, master of the St. Louis District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Dredge Potter. During his time with Corps, George worked diligently to bring to life an innovation that will improve versatility and provide ecological benefits from routine maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River. The Corps’ District team recognized his efforts when the M/V Thomas N. George, a specialized barge that completes his vision, was christened in a ceremony July 15 on the Mississippi River at the Corps’ St. Louis Service Base.
  • Black-necked stilts gather near the water's edge at the newly-constructed bird island, located at the Savannah Harbor Dredged Material Containment Area 12A, May 30, 2014.

    New Savannah bird island home to hundreds of nests this season

    To some people, a dredge disposal area might not seem very exciting—but to thousands of shorebirds it’s a safe haven, providing beneficial habitat and protected nesting sites.
  • Col. Robert Ruch, Huntsville Center commander, center, and Janet Phillips, HQ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Deputy Chief of Security Assistance, provided a capabilities brief to foreign military officers associated with the Army Program Executive Office-Aviation July 10.

    USACE briefs world-wide capabilities to allies

    USACE/Huntsville Center capabilities information briefing was set up to provide international officers a greater understanding of the Corps of Engineers in general and Huntsville Center’s specific missions.