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  • 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.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $2.6 million small business contract for repair work at Spilman Island Placement Area

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 6, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a small business contract in the amount of $2,655,000 to RLB Contracting Inc, for replacement of the drop-outlet structures at Spilman Island Placement Area.

  • USACE Galveston District partners with Bay City High School to promote water safety

    BAY CITY, Texas (Aug. 5, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, together with Bay City High School Art Teacher Sharon Landgrebe and her students, coordinated a project to create signs to alert the public about the need to wear life jackets when they are in, on or around water.

  • Spotlight on USACE Galveston District’s Capt. Robert M. Burnham

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 3, 2015) – Each Soldier in the U.S. Army plays a role in maintaining the nation’s security. For Army Capt. Robert M. Burnham, the economic strength of the nation remains secure, as he fulfills his role as an operations manager in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Navigation Branch, managing dredging-related operations and maintenance projects along the Texas coast.

  • USACE Galveston awards $6.2 million contract for shoreline stabilization along Houston Ship Channel

    GALVESTON, Texas (July 30, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, awarded a contract in the amount of $6,227,786 to Bertucci Contracting Company LLC, for shoreline stabilization along the Houston Ship Channel’s Mid Bay Placement Area and Placement Area 15 in Chambers County, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $1.8 million contract for placement area dewatering

    GALVESTON, Texas (July 23, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a small business contract in the amount of $1,857,410, to Affolter Contracting Company Inc., for dewatering of the Mid Bay Dredged Material Placement Area in Chambers County, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District to perform emergency dredging of GIWW at Caney Creek, Brazos River Floodgates

    GALVESTON, Texas (July 17, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, will perform emergency maintenance dredging of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) at Caney Creek and the Brazos River Floodgates in Brazoria and Matagorda counties, Texas, beginning July 21, 2015.

  • Army Corps of Engineers now accepting water resources project proposals

    GALVESTON, Texas (July 16, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now accepting proposals from local and regional stakeholders for completed feasibility reports, proposed feasibility studies, and proposed modifications to authorized projects or studies to be conducted in partnership with the Corps.

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