At A Glance Small Business First Dredging Strategy: USACE Philadelphia District awarded over $18 million in small business set-asides across three maintenance dredging projects in the Delaware Valley. Right-Sizing Equipment Profiles: Market research identified that modular, portable dredges excel in […]
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At A Glance CRREL Environmental Quality Award: Drs. Adrian Doran and Kyle Dunn of ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) earned the national USACE Environmental Quality Award. Program Support Scope: Recognized for research conducted under the Wetlands Regulatory
At A Glance Loyalhanna Dam Gantry Crane Rehabilitation: USACE Pittsburgh District is executing a comprehensive overhaul of two 64-ton wartime gantry cranes at Loyalhanna Lake in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Preserving $658 Million in Flood Mitigation: The 1942 infrastructure controls five
At A Glance Redstone Arsenal Permanent Ordnance Destruction System: USACE Huntsville Center is delivering Redstone Arsenal’s first permanent Prototype Recovered Ordnance Destruction System (PRODS) to accelerate environmental cleanup. High-Throughput Operational Performance: Speeds munitions disposal by an estimated 75% over legacy
At A Glance Mandatory Engineering Standard: Policy memo by ASA Civil Works Adam Telle elevates ERDC’s U.S. Army Watercraft and Ship Simulator from an optional tool to a mandatory design requirement for USACE navigation projects. World-Class Hydrodynamic Testing: Facility at
At A Glance Major Contract Award: USACE Nashville District awarded a $33.76 million emergency cleanup contract to DRC Emergency Services on July 24, 2026. Interagency Governance: Executed via an Economy Act agreement with the USDA Forest Service to clear Hurricane
At A Glance Location & Threat: Mendenhall River basin, Juneau, Alaska—preparing for annual Suicide Basin glacial outburst floods (jökulhlaups). Primary Contractor: Sealaska (Alaska Native Regional Corporation) executing accelerated civil civil works and bank armoring. Engineering Scope: High-density riprap installation, riverbank
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At A Glance Validating Authorities: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and Arcadis U.S., Inc. Destruction Rate: 99.9993% Destruction and Removal Efficiency (DRE) across 42 PFAS compounds in concentrated Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF). Effluent Compliance: Liquid output met
At A Glance Additive Manufacturing Shift: Transforming fine-grained dredged sediment harvested from navigation channels into structural, 3D-printed marine habitat domes. Target Deployment: Deployed in Mobile Bay to combat severe shoreline erosion, storm impacts, and local oyster habitat degradation. CDF Capacity
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At A Glance Historic Accord: Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and USACE LA District Commander Col. Andrew Baker execute a $3 million feasibility agreement at Window Rock. Target Hydrology: Formulating flood risk reduction plans for the Birdsprings community along the
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