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  • April

    PMs Forward work very closely with customers to manage their planning, programming, and design requirements, helping to guide the customer and recommend solutions on program development. For Afghanistan’s AIF program, Pat Brierly is the PM Forward in Afghanistan for the AIF Program working this temporary high water bridge on the right and low water temporary crossing on left. The new bridge location is in the center.

    PMs Forward enhance customer service, efficiency

    Strong relationships have sustained the Middle East District’s stability and longevity in the Middle East region. The District now employs another method to further enhance those relationships by assigning project managers overseas, referred to as project managers or PMs Forward, with our field staffs and customers.
  • King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia meets President Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard the USS Quincy Feb. 14, 1945.

    Laying the Foundation: Roosevelt meets with King Abdul Aziz

    On February 14, 1945, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt met with King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy in the Great Bitter Lake on the Suez Canal. This meeting would have lasting implications on U.S. - Saudi relations for years to come.
  • Woodland at Jackson Park Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration Program Project

    Corps releases Jackson Park draft study report for public comment

    The Corps has posted for a 30-day public review a draft study report and Environmental Assessment
  • Kelly Barnes receives civilian service achievement medal from Lieutenant General Thomas Bostick, Commanding General and Chief of Engineers.

    Kelly Barnes Receives Civilian Achievement Award

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  Institute for Water Resources (IWR) team member Kelly Barnes has received a
  • Workers with West Point Contractors, Inc., the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Los Angeles District’s contractor, clear rocks and vegetation Apr. 9 as they prepare to construct a bridge across the Chula Vista Wash in Nogales, Ariz. The $4M project will consist of constructing a two-span, I-girder concrete bridge, install associated road base and approach slabs, and placing grouted riprap both upstream and downstream of the project in the channel.

    Nogales Wash bridge project back underway

    There’s a new $4M bridge being built here and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District is overseeing its construction, which began March 30.The project will consist of constructing a two-span, I-girder concrete bridge, install associated road base and approach slabs, and placing grouted riprap both upstream and downstream of the project in the channel.