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  • USACE Galveston District awards small business contract for shoreline protection at Pelican Island Placement Area

    GALVESTON, Texas (Sept. 22, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $2,123,000 to RLB Contracting Inc, a small business, for placement of rip rap and articulating concrete block in order to minimize erosion of the existing Pelican Island Placement Area containment dikes in Galveston County, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District awards small business contract for chemical screening of dredged material

    GALVESTON, Texas (Sept. 22, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $78,437.34 to SOL Engineering Service LLC, a small business, for environmental services to include the collection and analyses of water and sediment samples from the federally-maintained Gulf Intracoastal Waterway’s Channel to Victoria Middle Reach.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $3.1 million contract for bank stabilization

    GALVESTON, Texas (Sept. 17, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract in the amount of $3,192,752 to Southern Contracting LLC for bank stabilization in Jefferson County, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District awards small business environmental services contract

    GALVESTON, Texas (Sept. 11, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $254,707.25 to SOL Engineering Service LLC, a small business, for environmental services to include the collection and analyses of water and sediment samples from the federally-maintained Freeport, entrance and jetty channels.

  • Spotlight on USACE Galveston District's Andrew Weber

    GALVESTON, Texas (Sept. 1, 2015) – Often spending his summers in the Texas hill country, building makeshift dams and playing in creeks in his younger years, Andrew Weber’s fascination with moving water hasn’t changed. As a civil engineer, specializing in geotechnical engineering, his work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District allows him to continue studying water and the impact it has on soil properties to prevent against loss of life and property for thousands of Houstonians.

  • Army Corps of Engineers awards $71.9 million contract to rehabilitate Addicks and Barker Dams

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 31, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract in the amount of $71,902,340 to Granite Construction Company for construction of new outlet structures at the Addicks and Barker Dams in west Houston.

  • USACE Galveston District to host 92nd Coastal Engineering Research Board meeting

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 24, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, will host the 92nd Coastal Engineering Research Board (CERB) meeting Sept. 1-3, 2015, at the district’s headquarters building in Galveston, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District to host second Stakeholder Partnering Forum

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 24, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will meet with non-federal sponsors, customers and agency partners to collaborate on best practices regarding programs ranging from ecosystem restoration to flood risk management, maintaining and improving Texas coastal navigation systems, and regulatory oversight of U.S. waters during the district’s second Stakeholder Partnering Forum on Aug. 27, 2015, at its headquarters building in Galveston.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $4.1 million contract for placement area repair work

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 13, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, awarded a contract in the amount of $4,148,160 to Midwest Construction Company, for construction repairs of Shoal Point Placement Area 3, 4 and 5.

  • Galveston District to host Texas coast strategic partnering meeting

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 7, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will host a charette with coastal storm risk management subject matter experts from across the nation to discuss the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Study state-federal shared visioning and partnering opportunities at the USACE Galveston District headquarters Aug. 10-12, 2015.

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