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    Washington's Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s Jackson Avenue Barracks are a garden-style one-plus-one design, which encourages residents to interact with one another. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, architects won the 2008 Chief of Engineers Design and Environmental Honor and USACE Design Team of the Year awards for the concept.

    Barracks design improves Soldier quality of life

    Architects from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, considered more than bricks and
  • Lillian Almodovar speaks with Admiral Ernesto Duran Gonzalez, General Director, General Maritime Directorate, Colombia (left) and Chris Edwards, AECOM, PIANC USA (center).

    PIANC USA Leadership Navigates Training for New Colombia Chapter

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA - February 7, 2013.  USACE IWR’s Lillian Almodovar, member of the U.S. Section
  • KINGMAN, Ariz. - At the public meeting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District held Feb. 5 regarding the upcoming Time Critical Removal Action at sites in the former Kingman Ground-to-Ground Gunnery Range Fran Firouzi (left), project manager, and Susan Hill, realty specialist, speak with Jim Dennis (right) and another member of the local community. Firouzi, Hill and other members of the USACE team were among the representatives from the Corps' project team available to the public to discuss the soil removal activities of hazardous material associated with the TCRA.

    LA District hosts public meeting in Kingman

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted a public meeting Feb. 5 regarding the upcoming Time Critical Removal Action at sites in the former Kingman Ground-to-Ground Gunnery Range. The purpose of the meeting was to make representatives from the Corps of Engineers available to the public to discuss the soil removal activities of hazardous material associated with the clean up in a portion of the Chaparral Mesa II and New Kingman subdivisions located near the intersection of East Thompson Avenue and Rose Drive.
  • Steam rises from the Mississippi River around the Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District's Pokegama Dam during the winter. The dam and recreation area are located near Grand Rapids, Minn.

    Headwaters reservoirs: Streams, dreams and navigation

    The late 1800s were challenging times for people living in the Midwest. Flour millers in the
  • One of the speakers at the Gregory Canyon landfill public hearing held Jan. 31 at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido expresses his opinion on the issues the Corps should consider while determining whether or not to issue an environmental permit that will allow work on the landfill to proceed.

    Public provides comments on Gregory Canyon landfill permit application

    ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- Nearly 400 people attended a public hearing Jan. 31 at the California Center for the Arts here on a permit application for the proposed Gregory Canyon landfill near Pala, providing scientific data, historical information and personal perspective, both for and against the controversial project.