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  • USACE Galveston District awards $21.2 million contract to dredge Houston Ship Channel

    GALVESTON, Texas (Nov. 27, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $21,253,000 to Weeks Marine, Inc. for maintenance dredging of the Bayport Flare and Houston Ship Channel.

  • USACE Galveston District donates $23,805.06 to CFC

    GALVESTON, Texas (Nov. 22, 2013) – For decades the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District employees have been opening their hearts and wallets to support the annual Combined Federal Campaign, raising $23,805.06 this year to support those less fortunate.

  • District partners with Galveston Park Board to launch Sand Management Cost Shared Study

    GALVESTON, Texas (Nov. 21, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District partnered with the Galveston Park Board of Trustees to launch the implementation of the Sand Management Cost Shared Study today. The district and the Galveston Park Board of Trustees pursued a sand management cost-shared study following the establishment of a partnership last year to develop a science-based sand management strategy that could potentially prevent erosion of the island’s shoreline and reduce the long-term cost of beach maintenance.

  • USACE Galveston District awards small business contract for routine testing of dredged material

    GALVESTON, Texas (Nov. 13, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, awarded a contract to Sol Engineering LLC, an 8(a) small business, in the amount of $49,220.82 for environmental services to include chemical and grain size analyses of water and sediment samples from the federally-maintained Houston Ship Channel.

  • Craft recognized as BEYA STEM Science Spectrum Trailblazer

    GALVESTON, Texas (Nov. 7, 2013) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Civil Engineer Franchelle Craft was selected as a Science Spectrum Trailblazer Award recipient by the 28th Black Engineer of the Year Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Global Competitiveness Conference, an honor bestowed upon minority men and women who actively create new paths for others in science, research, technology and development.

  • USACE Galveston District awards contract for geotechnical services at dredging placement area

    GALVESTON, Texas (Oct. 31, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, awarded a contract in the amount of $178,798.11 to Quaternary Resource Investigations LLC for routine soil sampling and laboratory testing at the Alexander Island Dredge Material Placement Area adjacent to the Houston Ship Channel.

  • USACE Galveston District partners with USCG to save time and money

    GALVESTON, Texas (Oct. 23, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District partnered with the U.S. Coast Guard to provide maintenance dredging, construction oversight, environmental coordination and hydrographic surveying services for nine USCG stations located along the Texas coast, increasing navigation safety while saving taxpayers thousands of dollars annually.

  • Regulatory Office Reopened Oct. 16 (following announcment of closure Oct. 15)

    GALVESTON, Texas (Oct. 15, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District announced today that it will close its Regulatory Branch Office due to the absence of available federal funding. Regulatory staff will be unable to evaluate individual permit applications, pre-construction notifications (PCNs) for nationwide permits (NWP) or regional general permit authorizations, or requests for jurisdictional determinations until after current year funding is received and the office reopens.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $974,950 small business contract for mooring buoys

    GALVESTON, Texas (Oct. 7, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount $974,950 to Marine Fenders International Inc., (a small business contractor), for 50 mooring buoys, which will be installed along the Texas section of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $1.1 million small business contract

    GALVESTON, Texas (Oct. 7, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount $1,172,000 to Inland Construction & Engineering Inc.,(a certified small disadvantaged business and HUBZone contractor), to install impressed current cathodic protection systems at the Colorado River Locks in Matagorda, Texas.

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