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  • December

    USACE Updates Sea-Level Change Guidance

    Observed sea-level trends (NOAA), Coastal Vulnerability Index (USGS), USACE Projects, and Port

  • CHL uses High-Res Acoustical Camera to See Scour at Navigation Infrastructure

    ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), at the request of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District, utilized the ERDC acoustical camera system, equipment developed under the Navigation Systems Research Program, to inspect scouring below the lock at Lock and Dam 25 on the Mississippi River near Winfield, Mo.

  • ERDC Supports TACOM on Enhanced Rapid Airfield Construction Capability

    ERDC researchers from the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory's (GSL) Airfields and Pavements Branch (APB) are joining engineers and acquisition specialists from U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command (TACOM) in specifying acquisition systems for the Enhanced Rapid Airfield Construction Capability (ERACC) program.

  • GSL technical staff provides pre-deployment training to Pacific Ocean Division

    Technical staff members with ERDC's Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) and also with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) Reachback Operations Center (UROC), recently traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii, to provide pre-deployment training to 565th and 62nd FEST-A teams with the USACE Pacific Ocean Division.

  • USACE leverages drought to perform lake maintenance

    Water levels at Tulsa District lakes were the lowest in years as the result of an extreme drought. The drought had many negative impacts on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local communities, but USACE took advantage of the low water to perform routine necessary maintenance on facilities that are usually underwater.