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USACE Galveston District awards $3.6 million contract to dredge Freeport Harbor channel

Isidro Reyna — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:01:19 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (May 17, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract in the amount of $3,600,200 to Mike Hooks Inc., for maintenance dredging of the Freeport inside channel and turning basins in Brazoria County, Texas.

USACE Galveston District wins 2013 Hermes Creative Gold Award

Sandra Arnold — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:10:39 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (May 7, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District was recognized with a Gold Award from the 2013 Hermes Creative Awards competition for its Corps Cares: Congressional Report.

USACE Galveston District awards $8.9 million contract to dredge Houston Ship Channel

Sandra Arnold — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (May 6, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract to Orion Marine Construction Inc., in the amount of $8,927,250 for maintenance dredging of the Houston Ship Channel.

USACE Galveston District completes $39.9 million U.S. Border Patrol Station in Kingsville, Texas

Sandra Arnold — Fri, 03 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (May 3, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District completed the $39.9 million design-build U.S. Border Patrol Station project in Kingsville, Texas, and will celebrate this milestone with the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector during a grand opening ceremony May 8, 2013.

USACE Galveston District’s public affairs team earns communication award

Sandra Arnold — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:29:00 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (May 2, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Sandra Arnold, APR+M, chief of the Public Affairs Office, and Deputy Public Affairs Chief Isidro Reyna, APR, were recognized with a first place USACE 2012 Locke L. Mouton Award for excellence in the category of Command Information. The award honors public affairs practitioners for superior achievement and promotes outstanding efforts in public affairs activities.

Irigoyen named “Communicator of the Year” for STEM Program efforts

Sandra Arnold — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:54:41 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (May 1, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Eduardo Irigoyen, construction manager in the USACE Galveston District, was recognized as the USACE Ronald J. Ruffennach Communicator of the Year. The award recognizes a member of the USACE outside of the public affairs career field for his/her outstanding contributions in communicating the USACE missions and programs.

USACE Galveston District summer water safety campaign in full swing

Isidro Reyna — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:12:00 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (May 1, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Water Safety Team is gearing up to “strike out drowning” this summer as part of an aggressive community outreach and public information campaign to educate those who use its recreational facilities, to enhance the commitment of community leaders and stakeholders in executing its mission of promoting public safety and to reduce water-related public fatalities along the Texas coast.

USACE Galveston District awards $3.75 million small business contract for breakwater construction at Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

Isidro Reyna — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:59:03 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (April 26, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a small business contract to Apollo Environmental Strategies Inc., in the amount of $3,750,050 to construct a rock containment perimeter at the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) adjacent to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Calhoun County, Texas.

USACE Galveston District completes maintenance dredging of Houston Ship Channel barge lanes

Isidro Reyna — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (April 22, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District completed maintenance dredging of the Houston Ship Channel barge lanes between Bayport and Morgan’s Point to relieve a critical navigation hazard caused by shoaling in the busy waterway.

President's Fiscal 2014 Budget for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works released

Sandra Arnold — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:49:00 GMT

Washington (April 10, 2013) - The President’s Budget for fiscal 2014 (FY14) includes $4.826 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which is offset in part by a proposal to cancel $100 million in unobligated carryover of funding appropriated prior to fiscal year 2013.

USACE Galveston District awards small business contract for security guard booth replacement

Isidro Reyna — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:37:00 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (April 9, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, awarded a small business contract to First Liner Technologies Inc., in the amount of $79,554 for replacement of the existing security guard booth at the district’s headquarters building.

USACE Galveston District’s Simon DeSoto earns recognition for water safety PSAs

Isidro Reyna — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:29:00 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (April 5, 2013) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Simon DeSoto, Colorado River lockmaster, earned second and third place awards for his radio water safety public service announcements during the 17th International Boating & Water Safety Summit in San Antonio, Texas.

USACE Galveston District adjusts operations at Brazos River Floodgates, Colorado River Locks

Sandra Arnold — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:24:00 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (April 1, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will adjust operations at the Colorado River Locks and Brazos River Floodgates beginning today to limit gate swings from opening on demand to opening every hour on the hour for recreational vessels only. Commercial vessels, emergency access and law enforcement will not be affected by these operational changes.

April Pools Day: USACE Galveston, Safe Kids Greater Houston launch summer water safety campaign in partnership with Telemundo

Isidro Reyna — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:21:27 GMT

HOUSTON (April 1, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, together with Safe Kids Greater Houston, kicked off the summer 2013 water safety season and announced a newly-formed partnership with Spanish-language media outlet Telemundo at its 8th annual April Pools Day media event at the Houston Swim Club April 1.

USACE Galveston District Public Affairs Office earns 2 Ware Awards

Isidro Reyna — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:13:00 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (March 19, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Public Affairs Office earned two Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware Public Affairs Awards, placing first in the community relations individual achievement category and second in the community relations program category of the 2012 Army-wide journalism competition program.

What is the district’s role in maintaining the GIWW?

Sandra Arnold — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:32:00 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (March 6, 2013) - What is the district’s role in maintaining the GIWW?Q. What is the GIWW? A. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway is a 1,300-mile-long, manmade canal that runs along the Gulf of Mexico coastline from Texas’ southernmost tip at Brownsville to St. Marks, Fla., linking all of the Gulf Coast ports and enabling the state to handle more than 50 percent of the waterway's traffic. The Texas portion extends for approximately 423 miles from Sabine River to Port Isabel, Texas, and serves as a critical link between the deep draft and shallow draft ports while providing an interstate link for commodities transported in and out of the state.

USACE Galveston District awards task order contract for mooring buoy installation and repair along Texas coast

Isidro Reyna — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:29:00 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (March 1, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a task order contract in the amount of $260,792.34 to J.M. Davidson Inc., for mooring buoy installation and repair work at the Port Arthur, Bolivar, Pelican Island and Chocolate Bayou mooring areas along the Texas coast.

USACE Galveston District awards three task order contracts for geotechnical services at dredging placement area sites

Sandra Arnold — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:18:00 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 28, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded the following three task order contracts in the combined amount of $300,666.78 to Quaternary Resource Investigations LLC to investigate soil conditions for future levee construction at dredged material placement sites along the Texas coast.

USACE Galveston District awards task order contract for mooring buoy installation and repair at GIWW

Isidro Reyna — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 26, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a task order contract in the amount of $70,047 to J.M. Davidson Inc., for mooring buoy installation and repair work at the Brazos River Floodgates along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) in Freeport, Texas.

USACE Galveston District hosts LSU students

Isidro Reyna — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:21:00 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 22, 2013) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Regional Environmental Specialist Janelle Stokes couldn’t have been more pleased when she learned she would be presenting an overview of the district’s beneficial use program to a group of visiting Louisiana State University students who are just as interested in dirt as she is, and on their way to becoming the next leaders in the field of landscape architecture.