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    ERDC’s Contributions Recognized by SAME Sustainability Citation

    ERDC recently received the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) 2011 Education & Outreach Sustainability Award Honorable Mention citation for education and outreach in federally mandated fossil fuel reductions and renewable energy integration through its team efforts with Bioengineering Group, University of Virginia and Arizona State University.
  • WIESBADEN, Germany — Col. D. Peter Helmlinger (from left), commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District; Col. David Carstens, U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden commander; Col. Bruce Crawford, commander of the 5th Signal Command; 5th Signal Command Sgt. Maj. Gerald Tyce; Wolfgang Schnitzer of the Hessen Construction Management Agency; and Bertram Giesinger with the Wolff-Mueller construction firm break ground on the new Information Processing Center on Wiesbaden's Clay Kaserne, June 28, 2012.

    New Information Processing Center to consolidate information assets in Europe

    German and American officials broke ground for the next stage in transformation on Wiesbaden's Clay Kaserne June 28, 2012.
  • WALLISVILLE, Texas — Dennis Lanigan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Floating Plant Manager (standing), is one of three instructors in charge of conducting the USACE Safety Office Boat Training Course. Two training sessions were held in June to certify or recertify 34 operators.

    USACE Galveston District boat operators hone their seamanship skills

    To ensure operators incorporate safety while working to provide a safe environment for mariners, they must complete a refresher course designed to hone seamanship skills as part of the USACE Galveston District's renewed commitment to water safety.

  • Swimmer rescue prompts water safety message for the holiday

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 2, 2012) – Three U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Park Rangers are to thank for the rescue of a group of swimmers at J. Percy Priest Lake on Tuesday July 26, 2012.

  • Beneath the layers of dirt

    Crews are deploying a multiple electrode resistivity unit – MER, for short – to create a map of changes in the soil beneath as part of the geotechnical investigations process developed for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to improve knowledge of the conditions for levee foundations as well as the construction of the levees themselves.