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    Capt. Frederick E. Prime: Born in Italy on Sept. 24, 1829, Prime graduated at the top of the West Point Class of 1850. He spent his pre-war career building fortifications along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Elevated to captain at the outbreak of hostilities, Prime was wounded and captured in the Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky, on Dec. 5, 1861. Following his exchange in the spring of 1862, he was assigned as chief engineer on Grant’s staff.

    The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 09: The Union’s Dark Winter

    IntroductionEngineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg
  • Dennis Hughes and Todd Newman were part of a team that briefed Maj. Gen. Michael Wehr, Mississippi Valley Division, Commanding General, in the Deployable Tactical Operations System (DTOS) during his most recent on-site visit. The DTOS is located at the staging yard for Mobile Home Units that are being placed in support of flood recovery in Baton Rouge, LA.

    Supporting Louisiana Flood Recovery

    Dennis Hughes and Todd Newman were part of a team that briefed Maj. Gen. Michael Wehr, Mississippi Valley Division, Commanding General, in the Deployable Tactical Operations System (DTOS) during his most recent on-site visit. The DTOS is located at the staging yard for Mobile Home Units that are being placed in support of flood recovery in Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Art/Graphic: Innovation Alley

    2016 Innovation Alley: Solving Problems

    The Innovation Alley concept has been developed to improve ERDC employee engagement, better support
  • Thad Tuggle from the Huntington District’s Water Resources Engineering Section deployed the EcoMapper Automated Underwater Vehicle to collect dissolved oxygen levels above and below the R.C. Byrd Lock and Dam. High dissolved oxygen levels can have a negative impact on aquatic life. The EcoMapper uses GPS and acoustic Doppler to track its location while measuring a full suite of water quality parameters at multiple depths through the water column.

    Automated Underwater Vehicle

    Thad Tuggle from the Huntington District’s Water Resources Engineering Section deployed the EcoMapper Automated Underwater Vehicle to collect dissolved oxygen levels above and below the R.C. Byrd Lock and Dam. High dissolved oxygen levels can have a negative impact on aquatic life. The EcoMapper uses GPS and acoustic Doppler to track its location while measuring a full suite of water quality parameters at multiple depths through the water column.
  • Aerial photo of the 12-building Department of Veteran Affairs replacement medical center under construction in Aurora, Colorado. The entire facility has been under U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' contract to Kiewit-Turner since November 2015. The project is on target for contract completion by January 2018.

    Aurora, CO VA Health Center project nears 80 percent completion; focusing on the task at hand

    It has been nearly a year since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District awarded a $570 million fixed price-incentive contract to Kiewit-Turner, A Joint Venture, to continue construction of the Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. The notice to proceed was issued a few days later on Nov. 2. The project is being constructed in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Veterans Affairs with Kiewit-Turner as the primary contractor. In mid-June, the project, 12 buildings includes 2 inpatient buildings, 2 clinic buildings, a diagnostic and treatment center, a research building, concourse, and energy center totaling 1.2 million square feet, and 3 garages for staff and visitor parking totaling 2,242 spaces, was nearly 55 percent complete.