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    Maintenance Mechanic Keith Chaney conducts a safety inspection of the W.H. Harsha Dam on March 6, 2015. Reading the piezometers is necessary after heavy rain and snowfall.

    Castle Award a ‘dream come true’ for Chaney

    Keith Chaney, chief of maintenance at William H. Harsha Lake, Batavia, Ohio, is the 2016 recipient of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Operations and Maintenance Castle Award. The Castle Award recognizes employees who work in support of the operations and maintenance of civil works infrastructure while demonstrating Army values, Corps vision, as well as command mission.

  • Louisville District's dive deflector is USACE innovation of the year

    The project team for the Five Wicket Self-Supporting Dive Deflector was recently honored as a recipient of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Innovation of the Year Award.
  • Following the successful set-down of a navigable pass shell, tremie concrete is poured through the lift frame legs to tie the foundation pilings and shell together, thus making it a permanent feature on the river bottom. The tremie mix is specially designed to withstand the underwater environment encountered on the bottom of the Ohio river while maintaining a consistent flow and strength.

    Work surges ahead at Olmsted during low water season

    The stars have aligned for the Army Corps of Engineers Olmsted Locks and Dam project on the lower Ohio River at Olmsted, Illinois. The project team has leveraged optimal low water river conditions, mixed batches upon batches of concrete to make shells, and has activated all its workforce during the busiest year of construction. Funding has propelled the project forward.
  • Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, poses with past and present members of the Nashville District Repair Fleet during a ceremony recognizing their service at Old Hickory Dam in Old Hickory, Tenn., Aug. 15, 2016. He also presented them with certificates of achievement in recognition of their service to the fleet as it reorganizes into a regional light repair fleet.

    Nashville District recognizes fleet achievements ahead of reorganization

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 18, 2016) – The repair fleet in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, a mainstay of the Twin Rivers since the 1800s when crews first began opening the region’s waterways to navigation onboard canoes, flatboats and keelboats, is marking the end of an era as people and resources are reorganized into a regional light fleet Oct. 1, 2016.
  • Brian Prediger, right, director of engineering, U.S. Army Medical Command, Health Facilitiy Planning Agency/G9, Falls Church, Virginia, presents Mark Batchelor, program manager, Medical Projects Support Services Program, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Aug. 16, 2016. It is the first time a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee has received the award.

    Support to Medical Command results in award for Huntsville program manager

    In a room full of his co-workers, one U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Command, Huntsville, program manager received recognition for his support to the U.S. Army Medical Command in the form of the R.B. Maynor Award. This is the first time a USACE employee has received this annual award.