Department of Veterans Affairs - Wed September 01, 2021
VA, USACE Announce Contract for New $840M Louisville Medical Center
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Louisville District, will build a new 104 bed, full-service hospital in Louisville, Ky. An $840 million contract was awarded to Walsh-Turner Joint Venture II headquartered in Chicago, Ill., on Aug....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu July 08, 2021
Crews Begin Important Dredging Project at Charleston Harbor
One hundred and fifty years is worthy of a celebration, and the Charleston District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) probably couldn't have planned a more fitting tribute than the display put on for the Charleston Harbor Post 45 project....
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Tue June 22, 2021
USACE's New Soo Lock 2021 Construction Under Way
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New Lock at the Soo project is on schedule as construction resumed on phase one and is initiated on phase two. Trade West Construction Inc. and joint venture Kokosing-Alberici began moving equipment to the site in April....
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District - Tue May 25, 2021
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Breaks Ground on Iowa's Ditch 6 Levee Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, in conjunction with the city of Hamburg, Iowa, conducted a groundbreaking ceremony May 5 to kickoff construction to rehabilitate the Hamburg Ditch 6 levee....
Lane Construction Corporation - Tue May 25, 2021
Lane Construction Wins $258M KC Flood Protection Project
On May 12, Lane Construction Corporation, the United States subsidiary of Webuild Group, announced it has been awarded the Kansas City Levees Flood Risk Management Project. The $258 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract will reduce the risk of a levee breach or overtopping and subsequent major flood damage within the heart of Kansas City's industrial and commercial districts, reducing the flood risk to more than 27,000 residents and employees and more than $10 billion in infrastructure, including one of the largest networks of United States Class I rail yards in the nation....
Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 29, 2021
One-of-a-Kind Vessel Vital to Fix Mississippi River Erosion
The lower Mississippi River is a habitual wanderer. With its water flowing into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of between 200,000 and 700,000 cu. ft. per second, the powerful river constantly erodes its banks....
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Wed April 28, 2021
USACE's Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Moves Forward
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $67 million contract to Industrial Builders Incorporated of West Fargo, N.D., to complete the Interstate 29 grade raise portion of the Fargo, N.D....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 14, 2021
BLEX Conducts Major Earth Work Operations in Missouri
JE Dunn Construction Company broke ground last June for the $295,974,160 design-build replacement of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Kansas City district) Fort Leonard Wood Hospital, an initiative expected to be delivered in fall 2024....
WilmingtonBiz - Thu April 01, 2021
NC Ports Works to Proceed on Wilmington Harbor Navigational Project
A big project to deepen the Port of Wilmington's navigational channel is closer to environmental studies now that North Carolina Ports has agreed to fund part of that work. NC Ports Executive Director Brian Clark on March 29 signed a "Letter of Intent" to cover the ports' share of costs for studies on its Wilmington Harbor Navigation Improvement Project with the U.S....
Bay Journal - Tue March 16, 2021
After Delays, Restoration to Resume on Maryland's Tred Avon Oyster Reefs
Work is set to resume by early April on the protracted restoration of oyster reefs in Maryland's Tred Avon River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)'s Baltimore District announced that it has awarded a $3.8 million contract to a Florida company to construct 34 acres of reefs in the river....
