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  • February

    A crane and other construction equipment sit atop the temporary pier built to construct the westernmost segment of the border fence that separates Mexico and the United States. The pier enabled the contractor to overcome obstacles unique to working in a surf zone.

    Surf fence overcomes unforeseen obstacles

    IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. – On a temporary pier 15 feet above the Pacific Ocean, the worker guides a piling toward the template that will hold it in place for the crane to pound it into the water below.

  • USACE Supports Local Mathletes

    Mathletes from area middle schools gathered Feb. 4 to compete in a local MATHCOUNTS event.
  • LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Mark Pestrella, Los Angeles County Public Works Deputy Director, Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, and Col. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles district commander (left to right), ceremonially turn dirt Feb. 22 for the start of the $7 million Tujunga Wash Ecosystem Restoration project that will extend greening along the sides of a 3/4-mile stretch of concrete channel in the San Fernando Valley that carries runoff from Hansen Dam to the Los Angeles River.

    Corps and LA County break ground for Tujunga Wash restoration

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and Los Angeles County officials broke ground on a project designed to restore degraded habitat in the San Fernando Valley.
  • FORT CARSON, Colo. — The data collected from "green roof" will help determine the best use of plants and grasses in Colorado's semi-arid climate.

    Sustainable makeover: 1950s barracks renovation targets LEED certification

    The cost to transform the 1950s barracks building was about $5.1 million; the tab for a new building constructed to the same specifications would have been about $20 million.

  • USACE Galveston District's recycled computers modernize local schools

    GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 24, 2012) - Tucked away in a small corner on the first floor of the USACE Galveston District’s Jadwin Building lies a graveyard of sorts – a technology graveyard, comprised of gently used computer equipment waiting to be recycled for future use at local schools as part of a federal program that allows for the transfer of excess computer equipment to classrooms across the nation.