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  • August

    Pittsburgh District’s Josh Kaufman, chief of contracting, was recognized as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Responder of the Year, Aug. 1.

    Have Contract Needs? LRP Will Succeed!

    And, the winner is… Pittsburgh District’s Josh Kaufman, chief of contracting, was recognized as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Responder of the Year, Aug. 1.
  • Pfenning, Mike photo

    IWR Welcomes Dr. Pfenning as New Deputy Director

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  The Institute for Water Resources (IWR) welcomes the new Director of the
  • Camp Walker, South Korea housing project which earned the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Far East District, a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council and enhanced commissioning due to its sustainable design and development.

    USACE FED project earns LEED Gold Certification

    CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea – Through design and development the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • GALVESTON, Texas (September 20, 2008)—A boat is seen washed up on shore in front of a home on the coast of Galveston after Hurricane Ike made landfall September 13, 2008 as a category 2 hurricane with wind speeds of around 110 MPH. causing massive flooding and wind damage. (Photo by USACE Galveston District)

    Protecting the Texas Coast

    The Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study is currently the largest civil works feasibility study in USACE and in the United States with plans of coastal protection spanning across 76 miles of Texas coastline. The plan calls for coastal storm resiliency measures to include surge gates, vertical lift gates, ring barrier, height extension of the seawall as well as beach and dune measures. Over the course of the study, over 600 storms were modeled and analyzed by a state-of-the art Coastal Storm Modeling Suite.
  • McFall finds collaboration success with Army Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program

    McFall finds collaboration success with Army Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program

    VICKSBURG, Miss. (July 29, 2019) -- When Dr. Brian McFall saw the email titled “Engineer and