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  • USACE Galveston District awards $2.6 million contract to dredge Matagorda and Freeport Entrance Channel

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 27, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract to Weeks Marine Inc., in the amount of $2,635,000 for maintenance dredging of the Matagorda Ship Channel Entrance Channel and Freeport Harbor Entrance Channel.

  • USACE Galveston District collaborates with educational institution to enhance opportunities for minorities

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 15, 2012) – What do you get when you partner the world’s largest public engineering design and construction management agency with one the top university’s engineering technology programs in Texas? – An invaluable relationship between the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District and Prairie View A&M University, committed to working together to enhance opportunities for minority students throughout the Corps.

  • USACE Galveston District monitors Addicks and Barker dams and reservoirs

    HOUSTON (July 13, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, is closely monitoring the Addicks and Barker dams and reservoirs in West Houston as part of stage one of an extended watch that calls for an increased surveillance of the flood risk management structures.

  • Enjoy your holiday, play it safe and return home alive

    GALVESTON, Texas (July 3, 2012) - Drowning is the nation’s second leading cause of accidental death. Statistics show that 90 percent of those who drown at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lakes and rivers may have survived if they had worn life jackets. Here are some safety tips from the USACE Galveston District to help you have a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July holiday.

  • USACE Galveston District boat operators hone their seamanship skills

    GALVESTON, Texas (June 29, 2012) - Keeping waterways open for the safe navigation of vessels is no

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

    GALVESTON, Texas (June 15, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a task order to Sol Engineering LLC, an 8(a) small business, in the amount of $239,380.19 for environmental services to include a study comprised of collection and chemical analyses of water and sediment samples from the federally-maintained Brazos Island Harbor, Entrance Channel and Brazos Island Harbor, Brownsville Channel.

  • USACE Galveston District’s EEO Manager Earns 2012 Diversity Outreach Award

    GALVESTON, Texas (June 15, 2012) – Equal Employment Opportunity Manager Dr. Rose Caballero, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, was named the Department of the Army’s 2012 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Roy Wilkins Renown Service Award recipient.

  • USACE Galveston District celebrates Corps’ 237th birthday; names Employee, Engineer and Supervisor of the Year

    GALVESTON, Texas (June 7, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District celebrated the Corps’ 237th birthday with an awards ceremony, June 7, to recognize an Employee, Engineer and Supervisor of the Year, as well as to honor staff for their contributions to the community, state and nation.

  • USACE Galveston District launches new website

    GALVESTON, Texas (May 31, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District launched its new website (www.swg.usace.army.mil) offering visitors quick and easy access to essential information about the district’s missions. The site is number eight of 58 USACE sites to be migrated this year to a cloud-based system, enabling the Corps to create a consistent look and feel and provide viewers with technologically enhanced capabilities.

  • Wallisville Locks back in operation to control salt water intrusion from Trinity Bay

    WALLISVILLE, Texas (May 24, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Wallisville Lake Project staff closed the salt water barrier navigation lock this morning to impede salinity intrusion on the Trinity River. The Corps will open the lock every hour on the hour from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily if needed to allow recreational boaters to move up and down the river.

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