Projects

A mobile trailer platform with extended stabilizer legs and an attached communications mast parked near a white pickup truck along a riverbank.

Mobile Telemetry: How ERDC Deploys AIS Radar Trailers to Secure Critical Inland Waterways

At A Glance Deployable Telemetry: ERDC utilizes rapidly deployable, trailer-mounted radio systems to expand Automatic Identification System (AIS) coverage across inland rivers. Virtual Navigation Aids: Mobile units broadcast Virtual Aids to Navigation (VATONs) directly to commercial vessels to mark sudden […]

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Six 3D-printed, dome-shaped artificial oyster reef structures with holes sit on a wooden deck, showing varying clay textures and oyster spat attachments.

Bio-Inspired Engineering: USACE Transforms Dredged Sediment into 3D-Printed Oyster Reefs

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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USACE Louisville District Breaks Ground on Modernized Wright-Patterson AFB Lodging

At A Glance Project Scope: Groundbreaking on a modernized five-story visiting quarters and four temporary lodging facilities at Wright-Patterson AFB. Strategic Objective: Consolidating scattered lodging operations, reducing legacy maintenance budgets, and removing degraded installation infrastructure. Structural Engineering: Five-story quarters feature

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Bipartisan Momentum: Industry Stakeholders Rally Behind WRDA 2026 Water Infrastructure Reforms

At A Glance Legislative Milestone: The bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026 (H.R. 9497) successfully moved to committee markup. Structural Oversight: Introduces Section 101, establishing a specialized Office of Inland Navigation Construction Management to reduce project cost and

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USACE, Dutch, and French Officials Celebrate Century of Poplar Island Ecosystem Partnership

At A Glance Restoration Footprint: Engineering 1,715 total acres of tidal wetlands and diverse upland habitats using beneficial reuse material. Dredge Material Source: Repurposing millions of cubic yards of sediment excavated from critical Chesapeake Bay commercial navigation channels. International Accord:

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