Articles Tagged with ''U.S. Army Corps of Engineers''

Water

Olmsted Locks and Dam Team Nears End of Long Voyage

After 24 years of construction, intensive diving operations are helping to bring Olmsted Locks and Dam to the finish line

Jeff Yoders

Tom Ichniowski

February 15, 2017

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When Michael Braden took over as U.S Army Corps of Engineers’ divisions chief for the Olmsted Locks and Dam in 2013, job No. 1 was getting the $3.1-billion project back on schedule.

Pam Radtke Russell

February 7, 2017

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Agency has reversed a Dec. 4 decision requiring an environmental impact statement for the pipeline.

Scaled-Down Virginia Project Clears Environmental Hurdle

October 5, 2016

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A scaled-down version of the U.S. Route 460 bypass project in Virginia has been approved for construction by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Pam Hunter McFarland

August 24, 2016

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A three-judge panel from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a bid by several states, led by Georgia, to have their challenge to the Obama administration’s June 2015 Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule heard by the court.

Corps Signs 20-Year Facility Repair Pact Worth $1.2 Billion

July 6, 2016

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has signed an agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority; the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association, which represents regional utilities; and the U.S. Southeastern Power Administration, a federal hydropower marketing agency, to provide $1.2 billion over 20 years for the repair of hydropower facilities.

Debra K. Rubin

Johanna Knapschaefer

June 8, 2016

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URS exec takes CEO role at American Bridge; former Mace executive now is a VP at McKinsey.

Tim Newcomb

May 18, 2016

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A 34-page U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision has stopped movement on a proposed coal export terminal at Cherry Point in northwestern Washington.

Pam Hunter McFarland

April 6, 2016

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As construction industry groups await a Supreme Court ruling in a narrowly focused Clean Water Act case, they also are seeking clues as to how the justices may view a much more important matter that has not yet come before them—an expected frontal challenge to a wide-ranging U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Army Corps of Engineers regulation governing federal jurisdiction over the “waters of the United States.”

Infrastructure Investment Pushed As Front-Burner Election Issue

Debra K. Rubin

March 16, 2016

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Aiming to boost infrastructure investment as a bigger economic priority in U.S. policy for the next administration, a new coalition is pushing to gain support of its “Blueprint 2025” initiative in Congress and with key presidential contenders.

Roundup

Northwest Roundup: Cutting-Edge Water Filtration Project Award, Construction Costs on the Rise, Alaska’s $138-Million Museum, and More

John Guzzon

March 4, 2016

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According to the city of Spokane, Wash., the $125 million upgrade to the Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility will create the most effective phosphate removal process of its kind in the U.S.

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