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  • March

    Wearing all of the proper safety gear, hard hats, safety glasses, safety vests, gloves, and steel toe boots, the employees of the Pantex Resident Office receive the 2012 Eagle Eye Construction Safety Program Award for Construction Office of the Year, March 8, 2013 at the High Explosives Pressing Facility construction site, Pantex Plant, Texas.

    Fort Worth contractor receives award for safety record at Pantex

    The Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers named the High Explosives Pressing Facility (HEPF), Pantex, Plant, Texas as the top safety construction project for 2012 and winner of the Eagle Eye Construction Safety Program Award. The Eagle Eye winners are the Kiewit Builders Group of Fort Worth, Texas, for Contractor of the Year, the USACE Pantex Resident Office for Construction Office of the Year, and Donnie Lankford, Tulsa District, Pantex Resident Office, for Construction Representative of the Year.
  • Brig. Gen. Thomas Kula, Southwestern Division commander, Developer George Schuler, Col. Michael Teague, Tulsa District commander, Denison Mayor Jared Johnson and Rep. Ralph Hall attend commemoration of land sale to city of Denison, Texas.

    Army Corps of Engineers transfers land in Texas

    In a ceremony held at Lake Texoma recently, a commemorative document celebrating the transfer of 600 acres of Lake Texoma shoreline to the City of Denison, TX ., was signed by Congressman Ralph Hall Texas 4th District, Jared Johnson, Mayor, City of Denison, Brig. Gen. Thomas Kula and Developer George Schuler.
  • (From left to right) David King, Ph.D., Zeki Dmemirbilek, Don Ward and Lihwa Lin, are the team members performing the computer modeling efforts in Vicksburg, Miss. The end result will assist Norfolk District engineers with designing a jetty that will maximize the benefits within the alloted $3.6 million to design and build it for the residents Tangier, Va.

    For eroding island, engineers' efforts start with models

    NORFOLK, Va. -- Waterman and residents on the tiny, sinking island of Tangier worry every time the winds blow through the fishing community at more than 30 miles per hour. The island, located in the Chesapeake Bay just below the Maryland and Virginia border, is sinking and eroding away -- a dilemma that's expedited by churning storm waters.

  • USACE design chief handles heavy workload in Europe

    WIESBADEN, Germany – Colleagues and customers alike regard David Muellerleile as a stalwart ally when it comes to meeting the needs of garrisons and bases across Europe.
  • Chicago District Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Jim Schreiner answers media questions at press conference to introduce three new bighead carp to the Invasive Species Exhibit at the Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Ill., Dec. 20, 2012. In back, from left, Shedd Aquarium Executive Vice President of Great Lakes and Sustainability Roger Germann, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Deputy Regional Director Charlie Wooley, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Assistant Director John Rogner and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Senior Advisor Bill Bolen.

    Going Green: protecting our Great Lakes from the invasive Asian carp

    The Corps of Engineers, along with its partners in the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee,