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    Corps of Engineers to hold public meeting for 2013 Indiana Harbor dredging start

    Indiana Harbor Dredging Contractors Kokosing Construction Co. and O’Brien & Gere and the U.S. Army
  • A New York City transit worker inspects an access point to a flooded subway being pumped out Army Corps of Engineer workers in lower Manhattan, Nov. 3, 2012.

    Picking up after Hurricane Sandy

    WASHINGTON-- The Army Corps of Engineers is still involved in relief efforts following Hurricane Sandy, which slammed into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Oct. 29. The Corps' latest efforts are being fueled with $5.35 billion from the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, signed into law Jan. 29.
  • PHOENIX – Sallie McGuire, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Arizona Regulatory Branch chief, speaks with a group of employees at the District’s Arizona/Nevada Area Office Mar. 27 about the District’s mentoring program. Among the goals of the program are allowing employees the opportunity to develop deeper professional relationships and enhancing both the mentor’s and associate’s leadership and interpersonal skills.

    Arizona/Nevada Area Office hosts Mentoring Program meeting

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District held a meeting at the District’s Arizona/Nevada Area Office Mar. 27 to discuss the District’s mentoring program. Among the many other goals of the program are allowing employees the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of what is needed to succeed and advance in the Corps and enhancing both the mentor’s and associate’s leadership and interpersonal skills.
  • U.S. Army Spec. Dave Balisican stands in front of the $38 million Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility project site at Schofield Barracks where he worked with District project engineers and managers as part of the a quality assurance team.

    Wounded Warriors Gain Hands-On Experience with Army Corps of Engineers

    FORT SHAFTER, HI - The Honolulu District has developed working relationships with two Wounded Warrior units: the Warrior Transition Battalion based at Schofield Barracks and the Marine Wounded Warrior Detachment based at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe.
  • Wearing all of the proper safety gear, hard hats, safety glasses, safety vests, gloves, and steel toe boots, the employees of the Pantex Resident Office receive the 2012 Eagle Eye Construction Safety Program Award for Construction Office of the Year, March 8, 2013 at the High Explosives Pressing Facility construction site, Pantex Plant, Texas.

    Fort Worth contractor receives award for safety record at Pantex

    The Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers named the High Explosives Pressing Facility (HEPF), Pantex, Plant, Texas as the top safety construction project for 2012 and winner of the Eagle Eye Construction Safety Program Award. The Eagle Eye winners are the Kiewit Builders Group of Fort Worth, Texas, for Contractor of the Year, the USACE Pantex Resident Office for Construction Office of the Year, and Donnie Lankford, Tulsa District, Pantex Resident Office, for Construction Representative of the Year.