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  • April

    SACS Focus Areas

    Army Corps Partners with Southern States to Understand Coastal Risks

    By Jackie PennoyerA four-year federal study led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has brought
  • Lyle Peterson, civil engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, drags a chain across one of the bridges at the Big Bend Dam near Fort Thompson, S.D. Chaining allows bridge inspectors to determine whether or not there are any underlying problems beneath the surface of the bridge which require repairs to keep the bridge safe and operational.

    Chaining ensures Corps’ bridges not weakest link

    For more than 25 years, the sound of rattling chains has pierced the air whenever Lyle Peterson crossed one of the bridges spanning the Missouri River at one the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Omaha District’s six mainstem dams.
  • Repairing the South Jetty

    Repairing the South Jetty

    When something hasn’t needed repair in more than 130 years, you know it was built strong.The
  • Inspecting New Staircases

    Inspecting New Staircases

    Chris Wood, structural engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District, performed inspections on the newly built staircases on the gate house structures at Atwood and Piedmont Lakes April 2.
  • Work continues to convert the Westchester County Center into an alternate care facility that will be home to 100 acute-COVID19 patients. Work is expected to be complete on April 19.

    USACE Alternate Care Facility Mission Continues at the Westchester County Center

    White Plains-- On any given weekend you’ll find the Westchester County Center buzzing with excitement. From basketball tournaments, to live shows, to public meetings, the convention center was a local melting pot of events, people, and cultures. Now the convention center has a new mission, to serve as an alternate care facility. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, is making it just that. A little over three weeks ago a Mission Assignment Task Order (MATO) was assigned to the New York District by FEMA in order to build alternate care facilities in the wake of the worldwide COVID19 crisis. USACE was deployed under a National activation to provide initial planning and engineering support (Emergency Support Function 3 – Public Works & Engineering) Nationwide to address possible medical facility shortages in the U.S. One FEMA MA was issued to USACE Headquarters for a Fusion Cell for disaster response planning.