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  • March

    Nashville District Park Rangers attended the 2023 Park Ranger Workshop at the Wilson County Schools Admin and Training Complex in Lebanon, Tennessee, March 7-9, 2023. (Photo by: Misty Cunningham)

    Park Ranger Workshop prepares Corps Rangers for upcoming recreation season

    LEBANON, Tenn. (March 15, 2023)— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District held this year’s Nashville District Park Ranger Workshop March 7 – 9 at the Wilson County Schools Admin and Training Complex in Lebanon to plan for the 2023 recreation season.

  • Center's installation support directorate reorganizes

    The directorate provides execution of more than 30 programs encompassing the technical, engineering, contracting and program management requirements of a variety of mission areas.
  • Concrete waterway has lots of water rushing over it with hills and a building in the background.

    USACE announces high-flow release from Warm Springs Dam at Lake Sonoma

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District (USACE) is projected to begin a series of high-flow releases from Warm Springs Dam at Lake Sonoma starting mid-morning Wednesday, March 15, in response to reservoir levels and improving downstream conditions on the Russian River. An increase in releases at Coyote Valley Dam at Lake Mendocino is also expected to occur Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning.
  • Carlos Reis, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s Value Engineering program manager, has overseen VE workshops at Huntsville Center aiming to stretch precious taxpayer resources.

    Value Engineering program ensures Center’s functionality

    Reis managed seven VE workshops for Huntsville Center in 2022, six for the Installation Support and Programs Management Directorate’s Facilities Division and one for the Ordnance and Explosives Directorate.
  • This photo shows dozens of concrete pillars placed in one of the excavation sites on the property. These form the framework for the stormwater collection tank.

    Stormwater management key to successful construction

    Thousands of things must be considered and planned for in the construction of a complex facility like a new hospital and the multiple support facilities they require. Of course, many of the decisions involved are essential to guaranteeing the new facility can provide the best quality care for patients – ensuring their health for years to come. One consideration that may not come to mind to the average person for such a facility is how to preserve the environment underneath and around the new construction. This includes the construction of a rainwater drainage system so as not to disrupt the way water moves after large amounts of rainwater accumulate from storms.