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  • WCI releases new HDR study on improving USACE delivery of inland navigation projects

    WCI releases new HDR study on improving USACE delivery of inland navigation projects The Waterways Council Inc. (WCI) has released a study by HDR Inc. entitled “Recommendations for Improving the Delivery of Inland Waterway Capital Projects.” With an accompanyng infographic it examines why costs for U.S. inland waterways capital projects (locks and dams) escalate, timelines…

  • Corps lowers Dardanelle pool to repair damaged lock gate

    Corps lowers Dardanelle pool to repair damaged lock gate The Little Rock (Ark.) Engineer District has begun lowering the Dardanelle pool on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) to elevation 336 feet to support repairs to a damaged miter gate at Dardanelle Lock and Dam. The drawdown began November 26 and will take about…

  • GLDD books dredging work orders worth $134 million

    GLDD books dredging work orders worth $134 million America’s largest provider of dredging services, Houston-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD) reports that it has received seven work awards totaling over $130 million. In all cases the client is the America’s largest user of dedging services, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The…

  • Massive wall beams moved to Chickamauga Lock

    Massive wall beams moved to Chickamauga Lock After more than a decade in storage, 120-foot-long concrete wall beams—each weighing more than 463 tons—are finally on the move. On Friday, August 29, the Nashville Engineer District began transporting the first of 12 upstream approach wall beams by barge from Watts Bar Dam to the Chickamauga Lock…

  • Old Hickory Lock closure scheduled for this week

    Old Hickory Lock closure scheduled for this week The Nashville Engineer District recently announced that Old Hickory Lock at Cumberland River Mile 216.2, approximately 11.5 miles northeast of Nashville, will be closed to all navigation traffic, including recreational vessels, from Wednesday, August 27, through Thursday, August 28, for scheduled maintenance and repairs. Following a detailed…

  • New Orleans District welcomes new commander

    New Orleans District welcomes new commander The New Orleans Engineer District commander Col. Cullen Jones handed the reins to Col. Scotty Autin during a formal change of command ceremony at the district’s headquarters late last week. A native of Houma, La., Autin now serves as the 66th commander in the district’s more than 200 years…

  • Morrow takes command of Memphis Engineer District

    Morrow takes command of Memphis Engineer District With Mississippi Valley Division Commander and Mississippi River Commission President Maj. Gen. Kimberly A. Peeples presiding, incoming commander, Col. John L. Morrow, assumed command of the Corps’ Memphis Engineer District, from outgoing commander, Col. Brian D. Sawser, during a change of command ceremony at the Crosstown Concourse Theater in Memphis, Tenn., July…

  • Conrad Shipyard wins $8.4M USACE deck barge contract

    Conrad Shipyard wins $8.4M USACE deck barge contract Conrad Shipyard LLC, Morgan City, Louisiana, has been awarded an $8,418,100 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of a steel-hulled deck barge. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. According to the Pentagon announcement of the deck barge contract, work will be performed in Memphis, Tennessee. Estimated…

  • Corps preps for construction of new lock chamber at L&D 25

    Corps preps for construction of new lock chamber at L&D 25 The St. Louis Engineer District’s Rivers Project Office will close the Winfield (Mo.) Recreation Area to allow for contractor equipment and material staging associated with two active construction projects at Lock and Dam 25, including construction of a new 1,200-foot lock chamber. The two…

  • Ingram towboat marks unofficial start to 2025 navigation season

    Ingram towboat marks unofficial start to 2025 navigation season The St. Paul Engineer District announced March 20 that the first tow of the 2025 navigation season arrived in St. Paul, Minn. The M/V Neil N. Diehl, an Ingram Barge towboat, locked through Lock and Dam 2, in Hastings, Minn., March 19, with nine barges. Reaching…

  • Rising water at Carrollton Gage prompts inspections

    Rising water at Carrollton Gage prompts inspections The Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans, La., has risen above 11 feet, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, to activate Phase I flood fight procedures.  Closely coordinating efforts with the local levee authorities, the New Orleans District will begin patrolling…

  • PNWA pushes back against DOGE cuts to critical USACE employees

    PNWA pushes back against DOGE cuts to critical USACE employees The Pacific Northwest Waterways Association (PNWA) has written the Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington State congressional delegations expressing its “strong opposition to federal employee cuts being implemented by the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ (DOGE). Specifically, the intention to fire thousands of U.S. Army Corps of…

  • Nashville Engineer District reflects on 2024 achievements

    Nashville Engineer District reflects on 2024 achievements The Nashville Engineer District recently announced total figures for district operations in 2024, as well as last year’s notable achievements across the district. These accomplishments reflect the Nashville Engineer District’s diverse operations, spanning critical areas such as navigation, recreation, permitting, hydropower, water management, construction, and more. Each achievement…

  • Documents related to IHNC Lock replacement released

    Documents related to IHNC Lock replacement released The New Orleans Engineer District released draft mitigation plans and design updates this month related to the ongoing Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock replacement general reevaluation report. The draft documents released address: the Community Impact Mitigation Plan (Community Opportunities Plan of Action), Transportation Mitigation Plan, and Design…

  • VIDEO: Silver Ships delivers USACE survey catamaran

    VIDEO: Silver Ships delivers USACE survey catamaran Theodore, Ala.-headquartered Silver Ships has completed the construction and delivery of a 35-foot hydrographic survey catamaran to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Detroit District. The advanced vessel is specifically designed to support hydrographic surveying operations critical to USACE’s mission of maintaining navigable waterways and ensuring infrastructure…

  • Pittsburgh Engineer District awards contract for new lock chamber at Montgomery Locks and Dam

    Pittsburgh Engineer District awards contract for new lock chamber at Montgomery Locks and Dam The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District reports that it has awarded a nearly $770 million contract to construct a new 110-foot by 600-foot lock chamber at Montgomery Locks and Dam in Monaca, Pa. The district awarded the construction contract…

  • Manson awarded $188.8M USACE dredging contract

    Manson awarded $188.8M USACE dredging contract Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Wash., has been awarded an $18,815,000 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Work will be performed in Ventura, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 1, 2026. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Ventura, California, with an…

  • Corps awards Superior Marine $30M towboat contract

    Corps awards Superior Marine $30M towboat contract The Philadelphia Engineer District has awarded Superior Marine Ways Inc., South Point, Ohio, a $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to construct, test and deliver towboats. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in South Point, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of July 1,…