Army Corps of Engineers

(left to right) Vince Guthrie, Directorate of Public Works utility program manager; Cambrey Torres, USACE Omaha District project engineer; and Hal Alguire, director of Public Works for Fort Carson, discuss the LEED features of Fort Carson's new Wilderness Road Complex July 21, 2011. Photo by Susan C.Galentine, Fort Carson, Colo.

Army Corps Helps Drive “Green” Successes at Fort Carson

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Omaha District is working with the Department of the Army and the Department of Public Works at Fort Carson, Colo., to quietly turn …

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Power House 1 at the Bonneville Lock and Dam on the Columbia River, which flows between Washington and Oregon. The dam was built and is managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo

Hydropower: USACE Manages the Nation’s Liquid Assets

While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proudly traces its history back to Col. Richard Gridley’s appointment as Gen. George Washington’s first engineer on June 16, 1775, its work …

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The AGC's ENFIRE system expedites reconnaissance, construction, and inventory management efforts by using digital tools that are integrated into a common platform. This enables interoperability with C2 systems, providing commanders with a more comprehensive common operating picture. USACE photo

U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC) – Recent Milestones Delivering situational awareness, supporting the warfighter

The U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC), the Army’s Knowledge Center for Geospatial Expertise, achieved several exciting milestones in 2010. The creation of a directorate to process and distribute high-resolution, high-accuracy …

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The new Lake Shelbyville, Ill., 16,000-square-foot, two-story Project Office and Visitor Center, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, includes a high-quality exhibit hall; grand lobby and outdoor deck; observation areas that provide the public with a unique state-of-the-art experience at the lake; an auditorium; library; and outdoor classroom that can be reserved for public meetings, educational activities, or other events. The facility was completed under a design-build contract through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and designed to meet LEED® Silver certification criteria. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo, St. Louis District

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Funds Enable USACE to Construct, Improve

When President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 into law on Feb. 17, 2009, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) began …

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Kurt Heckendorf, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District area subengineer in Fargo, N.D., monitors the levee April 9 during the spring 2011 flood fight as the Red River of the North began to recede in Fargo. USACE photo by Patrick Moes

Levee Safety Program Improves Flood Risk Reduction Infrastructure

In 2011, major flooding along the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Souris, and other rivers thoroughly tested U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) water management and flood risk reduction systems. Beyond the …

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Many key facilities can be seen here, including build-to-lease senior leaders' quarters under construction and three family housing towers and six barracks that were recently completed. Utilities infrastructure projects are currently under way. This site will also hold an elementary and high school, on which construction recently began. Photo by Patrick Bray

USACE Transforms USAG Humphreys in Korea Consolidating and relocating for troops and families

The Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United States have maintained a bilateral alliance for more than 60 years. Born out of the Korean War, the ROK-U.S. Alliance grew stronger, …

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X-FLEX is an adhesive tape, similar to peel-and-stick wallpaper, that can shield people from wall fragments during a blast. It can be applied to interior walls quickly and easily. Here an ERDC technician applies one-quarter-scale X-FLEX to a one-quarter-scale brick wall for a blast test. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Overview Making the world safer and better

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) research and development organization, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), is developing technologies that are making the world safer and …

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Satellite image of the world's largest natural dam located in the mountains of Tajikistan. Experts warn that if the dam was to fail, it would potentially be the worst natural disaster in human history affecting millions of people. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo

USACE Trains Former Warsaw Pact Nations in Disaster Response

On Feb. 18, 1911, an earthquake 7.4 in magnitude violently jarred Tajikistan in Central Asia, triggering a massive rockslide into the Murgab River valley. The rockslide completely obstructed the flow …

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U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson and Maj. Gen. Merdith "Bo" Temple, acting commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), are briefed June 9, 2011, on the operation of the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway by USACE's Memphis District chief of operations, Russell Davis. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo

The Great Flood: Corps of Engineers Saved Lives and Property Along the Mississippi River

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Melting runoff from mountains of snow combined with rainfall 10 times greater than average spread throughout a 200,000-square-mile area within the Mississippi River’s watershed and produced the Great Flood of …

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Workers from Chesapeake Geosystems, Inc., use a grout mixer. The grout produced will be pumped into a geothermal well site. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Ryan Scanlan

USACE Extols Benefits of Harnessing Ground Source Energy

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You don’t have to coax Dan Sirkis into talking about geothermal energy.

The chief of the Geo-Environmental Section in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Philadelphia District extols the …

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