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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division serves as USACE’s tip of the spear in one of the most dynamic construction environments in the world, STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS, BUILDING CAPACITY, and ENHANCING SECURITY for our nation, allies, and partners. 

We SAFELY deliver agile, responsive, and innovative, design, construction, engineering and contingency solutions in support of U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command and other global partners to advance national security interests.

  • December

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District achieved the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold rating on the 354th Operations Support Squadron’s F-35A weapons intelligence facility at Eielson Air Force Base.

    Army engineers promote sustainable construction practices on Last Frontier

    Each year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District constructs projects for the military valued in the millions of dollars to support readiness, training and quality-of-life initiatives for service members in the Far North. For each of these endeavors, the agency works to meet sustainability goals by ensuring the construction practices and new facilities are as energy efficient as possible.
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    How water management works, all day, every day

    A football coach manages players. A restaurant manager oversees cooks, waiters and general staff. An air traffic controller manages planes coming and going through the sky. But who manages the nation’s waters?
  • USACE test underwater speakers for invasive species multi-deterrent system at Brandon Road Lock and Dam

    USACE test underwater speakers for invasive species multi-deterrent system at Brandon Road Lock and Dam

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District biologists assisted U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center researchers with testing interactions between the electrical barrier near Romeoville, Illinois, and underwater acoustic deterrent transducers, or speakers, to assist with the design and specifications for an invasive species multi-deterrent system at Brandon Road Lock and Dam.
  • On The Move

    On the Move

    The Bradshaw Town Hall in McDowell County, WV, is on the move. The structure was elevated approximately 4 feet over a four-day period in November (wrapping up on Nov. 17) as part of the floodproofing program on the Nonstructural Flood Control Project, Section 202 Program.
  • Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, 55th Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, poses for a photograph with (from left) Colleen O’Keefe, Huntsville Center Contracting chief, Rebecca Goodsell, Huntsville Center Office of Small Business Programs chief, and Ken Bryant and Erica White, Huntsville Center contracting officers at the Society of American Military Engineer's Federal Small Business Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

    Huntsville Center recognized for small business inclusion

    The Center won in four U.S Army Corps of Engineers’ small business categories top dollar awards for Fiscal 2021.