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  • USACE Galveston District’s Employee Spotlight on Rob Thomas

    GALVESTON, Texas (March 2, 2017) – Rob Thomas’ fascination with the coast began at 17 years of age when he earned his PADI open water scuba diving certification. Eventually, his love of the water led him to pursue a career in coastal protection and restoration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District.

  • USACE Galveston District to host Stakeholder Partnering Forum

    GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 13, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will host a one-day Stakeholder Partnering Forum Feb. 22, 2017, from 10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., to address USACE policy, programs, authorities and business process developments. James Dalton, USACE director of Civil Works, will provide the keynote address.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $5.3 million small business contract for Houston Ship Channel dredging

    GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 7, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a small business contract in the amount of $5,343,380 to Crosby Dredging LLC to conduct maintenance dredging at the Houston Ship Channel between Sims Bayou and the Turning Basin in Harris County, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District’s Employee Spotlight on Scott Daniell

    GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 2, 2017) – Scott (Billie) Daniell has spent most of his life doing what he loves, repairing, maintaining and operating machinery. His interest in mechanics began at an early age, when he became a vehicle mechanic, but he never stopped dreaming of working on other types of mechanical equipment. When he turned 26, he enlisted in the United States Navy at Fort Worth, Texas as an aviation machines mate and began his journey that would ultimately lead him to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District.

  • USACE Galveston District to host Matagorda Ship Channel Feasibility Study Public Scoping Meeting

    GALVESTON, Texas (Jan. 5, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District and the Calhoun Port Authority will host a public scoping meeting Jan. 24, 2017 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Bauer Civic Center, 2300 Highway 35 North, Port Lavaca, Texas, 77979.

  • USACE Galveston District’s Employee Spotlight on Sarah Futrell

    GALVESTON, Texas (Jan. 5, 2017) – Born and raised in the state of Kentucky, where attending the Derby every year is a ritual, Sarah Futrell decided to make her first out-of-state move when she was offered the position as a safety and occupational health specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District. It was a significant change from growing up in the countryside to residing along the Texas Coast, but Futrell was ready to leave her comfort zone for a more challenging opportunity.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeks public comment on Proposed Rule for Use of USACE Reservoir Projects for Domestic, Municipal and Industrial Water Supply

    Washington (December 16, 2016) - The Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), today released and is seeking comment on a proposed rule to update and clarify its policies governing the use of USACE reservoir projects for domestic, municipal and industrial water supply pursuant to Section 6 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, 33 U.S.C. § 708 (Section 6), and the Water Supply Act of 1958, 43 U.S.C. § 390b (WSA).

  • USACE Galveston District awards $1.2 million task order for Matagorda Ship Channel, entrance channel, rapid response dredging for unanticipated shoaling

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 14, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a task order for the Multiple Award Task Order Contract Rapid Response contract in the amount of $1,190,520 to Manson Construction Co., for the dredging of the Matagorda Ship Channel, entrance channel, in Matagorda County, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District recruits and retains diverse workforce

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 2, 2016) – Achieving diversity in the workplace is one goal most employers work toward but often find challenging to accomplish. In an effort to create a workplace that is reflective of the communities in which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District serves, staff works to partner with local institutions that offer engineering programs in hopes its students will consider a career with the Corps following graduation.

  • USACE Galveston District’s Employee Spotlight on Clark Bartee

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 1, 2016) – Pursuing a career in law seemed like a natural course for Clark Bartee, the son of a college pre-law advisor and university professor, but it took a chance encounter for him to realize this was a path he was destined to pursue.

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