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  • USACE Galveston District to begin maintenance work at Colorado River Locks; advises of temporary lock closures

    MATAGORDA, Texas (Feb. 14, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will begin maintenance repair work at the Colorado River Locks in Matagorda, Texas, to include installation of an impressed current cathodic protection system on the eight sector gates to extend the life of the navigation structures.

  • USACE Galveston selects deputy district engineer for programs and project management

    GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 6, 2014) –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District announced the selection of Dr. Edmond Russo Jr., as its new deputy district engineer for programs and project management – the highest attainable civilian position in the district.

  • Spotlight on USACE Galveston District’s Dwayne Johnson

    GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 1, 2014) – A career that allows Dwayne Johnson to get close to nature and keeps him on his toes was exactly what he got when he accepted a position as a biologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District 22 years ago.

  • Public Comment: Environmental Assessment for decommissioning and disposal of the MH-1A STURGIS Barge

    BALTIMORE (Jan. 24, 2014) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District conducted an Environmental Assessment to evaluate potential ecological, cultural, water, public health and safety and waste management effects associated with the proposed decommissioning and disposal of the MH-1A STURGIS, a former nuclear reactor barge. The Environmental Assessment determined there would be no significant environmental impact as a result of this proposed action.

  • USACE Galveston District begins repair work at Addicks and Barker dams; stresses public safety

    HOUSTON (Jan. 17, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District began repair work to the Addicks and Barker dams as part of interim risk reduction measures devised to further reduce risks associated with the existing structures while a permanent design solution is selected to replace the water control outlet structures in 2015.

  • Craft awarded SAME RVP Medal

    HOUSTON (Jan. 16, 2014) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Civil Engineer Franchelle Craft was recognized with the Society of American Military Engineers’ Regional Vice President’s Medal yesterday during the Houston-Galveston Post’s Public Agency of the Year Banquet for her outstanding service to the society.

  • Notice to mariners - Bayport Flare and Houston Ship Channel

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 6, 2013) – Mariners are advised to be aware of an increase in waterborne hazards in the Bayport Flare and Houston Ship Channel, as a result of maintenance dredging work scheduled to begin this month and continue through October 2014.

  • District awards $5 million contract to dredge GIWW

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 4, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $5,180,000 to RLB Contracting Inc., to perform maintenance dredging within the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, specifically from Corpus Christi Bay to Port Isabel, Texas.

  • District awards $8 million contract to dredge Corpus Christi Ship Channel

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 3, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $8,054,750 to Orion Marine Inc., to perform maintenance dredging within the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, specifically from the inner basin (lower bay) to Beacon 82 (upper bay) and the La Quinta Junction and channel, in Nueces County, Texas.

  • District partners with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to complete $30 million complex in Corpus Christi, Texas

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 3, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District partnered with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to complete the $30,063,931 design-build U.S. Customs and Border Protection Facility in Corpus Christi, Texas, and will celebrate this milestone with the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector and Office of Field Operations during an open house ceremony Dec. 5.

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