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  • USACE Galveston District makes navigation data available online

    GALVESTON, Texas (Nov. 14, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will soon finish uploading deep-draft navigation channel data on its hydrographic surveys webpage (http://www.swg.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation.aspx) and will begin posting the same data for shallow-draft channels it maintains along the Texas coast early next year.

  • District uses LiDAR for topography and dredge material capacity along Texas coast

    GALVESTON, Texas (Nov. 10, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will begin implementing mobile Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) survey data technology along the Texas coast in November to survey dredging placement areas, assist with hydrographic surveys and collect data that will help analyze beach erosion.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $264,000 contract to SOL Engineering Service LLC

    GALVESTON, Texas (Nov. 4, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $264,711.33 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 Houston Ship Channel Mid Bay Segment.

  • Corps of Engineers to provide Addicks and Barker Dam Safety Program update

    HOUSTON (Oct. 20, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will hold a public meeting Oct. 29, 2014, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Bear Creek Community Center, 16001 Clay Road, Houston, TX 77084, to update area residents and business owners about the Addicks and Barker Dam Safety Program and the 2015 Addicks and Barker construction plans.

  • USACE Galveston District Spotlight on Kenneth Wilson

    GALVESTON, Texas (Oct. 1 2014) – It’s been nearly a year since Kenneth Wilson accepted a position as a construction representative/ quality assurance evaluator with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District and though it hasn’t been long enough to see a flood risk management project through to completion, it has afforded him enough time to develop lasting partnerships to help deliver quality flood risk management oversight to Houston residents.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $3.5 million contract to dredge Texas City Channel

    GALVESTON, Texas (Sept. 10, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $3,583,500 to Orion Marine Construction Inc., for the maintenance dredging of the Texas City Channel in Galveston County, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $5.5 million contract to dredge GIWW, Channel to Harlingen

    GALVESTON, Texas (Sept. 4, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $5,523,585 to Orion Marine Construction Inc., for the maintenance dredging of the Channel to Harlingen and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) in Willacy and Cameron counties, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $5.7 million contract to dredge Matagorda Ship Channel; material used to enhance bird habitat

    GALVESTON, Texas (Sept. 3, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $5,774,000 to Orion Marine Construction Inc., for the maintenance dredging of the Matagorda Ship Channel in Matagorda and Calhoun counties, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District stresses water safety during this Labor Day weekend

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 29, 2014) – The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District joins its partners: Safe Kids Greater Houston, Telemundo, Schlitterbahn Galveston Island Waterpark and Bass Pro Shops, in encouraging safe water recreation activities over the Labor Day weekend.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $251,997 small business task order for buoy repairs

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 25, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a task order in the amount $251,997 to J.M. Davidson Inc., (a small business contractor), for buoy repair, replacement and maintenance at the Brazos River Floodgates and the Colorado River Locks.

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