29 Jun 2016

USACE Galveston District awards $6.1 million contract for dredging GIWW, Channel to Victoria

GALVESTON, Texas (June 29, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $6,147,750 to Goodloe Marine Inc., for pipeline dredging of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), Texas, Channel to Victoria.

21 Jun 2016

USACE Galveston District awards $4.6 million contract for GIWW, Galveston Causeway underwater demolition and debris removal

GALVESTON, Texas (June 21, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $4,650,000 to RLB Contracting Inc., for underwater demolition and debris removal from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) and Galveston Causeway.

10 Jun 2016

USACE Galveston District awards $235,923 contract for environmental services

GALVESTON, Texas (June 10, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $235,923.81 to SOL Engineering Services LLC, a small business, for environmental services to include the collection and analyses of water and sediment samples from the federally-maintained Matagorda Ship Channel entrance channel.

9 Jun 2016

USACE Galveston District celebrates Corps’ and Army’s 241th birthdays; names Employee, Engineer, Regulator and Supervisor of the Year

GALVESTON, Texas (June 9, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District celebrated the U.S. Army’s and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 241th birthdays with an awards ceremony to induct a USACE Galveston District retiree into the Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees, Engineer, Regulator, Supervisor, Innovator and STEM Volunteer of the Year as well as to honor staff for their contributions to the community, state and nation.

1 Jun 2016

USACE Galveston District’s Employee Spotlight on Capt. Haley Mercer

GALVESTON, Texas (June 1, 2016) – Army Capt. Haley Mercer is no stranger to the structure that both the military and government offer. With both parents employed by the Central Intelligence Agency, she says she was influenced from an early age to take a similar path.

5 May 2016

USACE Galveston District notification of Texas City floodwall damage

GALVESTON, Texas (May 5, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District conducted a routine inspection of the Texas City and Vicinity Hurricane Flood Protection Project in February 2016 and identified damage to a small section of the Texas City floodwall.

2 May 2016

USACE Galveston District Spotlight on Paulette Higgins

GALVESTON, Texas (May 2, 2016) - For Corpus Christi Resident Office Project Assistant Paulette Higgins, coming to work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District meant an opportunity to launch a new career.

20 Apr 2016

Corps to accept duck blind applications May 1-June 30, 2016

WALLISVILLE, Texas (April 20, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Wallisville Lake Project Office’s Waterfowl Management Program will accept seasonal duck blind applications May 1- June 30, 2016, for the upcoming 2016-17 waterfowl hunting season. Applicants must apply for the duck blind drawing using the Wallisville Lake Waterfowl Management Program website to complete the 2016-17 duck blind drawing application.

19 Apr 2016

District to hold Houston Ship Channel Expansion Channel Improvement Project public scoping meeting

GALVESTON, Texas (April 19, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will host two public scoping meetings May 17 and 19, 2016, to inform the public about the proposed study to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Houston Ship Channel 45-Foot Expansion Channel Improvement Project (HSC ECIP) in Harris and Galveston counties, Texas, which will study the feasibility of improvements to the HSC.

18 Apr 2016

USACE Galveston District to host Industry Day for small business contractors

GALVESTON, Texas (April 18, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, will host an Industry Day for small business government contractors May 4, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the district’s headquarters building located at 2000 Fort Point Road, Galveston, Texas 77550. This event will be held in conjunction with National Small Business Week, May 1-7, 2016.