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  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District and Harris County Flood Control District mark milestone

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 17, 2014) – The Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) marked an important milestone today, joining its federal partner – the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District – in signing key agreements for major flood damage reduction projects in the White Oak and Hunting Bayou watersheds.

  • USACE Galveston District awards contract options for Matagorda Ship Channel dredging

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 11, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, awarded three contract options in the amount of $4.3 million to Orion Marine Construction Inc. for dredging of additional reaches of the Matagorda Ship Channel in Matagorda and Calhoun counties, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District hosts Levee Safety Workshop

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 8, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District hosted more than 150 professionals during the Levee Safety Community of Practice Workshop Dec. 1-4 to discuss the program’s progress and how the risk framework has developed; review changes to policy and guidance documents; provide updates to partners and to facilitate an open forum to discuss program successes and challenges.

  • USACE Galveston District spotlight on Diane Kovacevich

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 1, 2014) – For the last five months, Diane Kovacevich has filled the role of a management analysis officer, processing personnel actions for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Resource Management Office, maintaining integrated manning documents and submitting reports – all new tasks that she readily accepted in her 40th year of service to help fill a gap in her office, proving that it’s never too late to learn something new regardless which stage people are at in their careers.

  • USACE Galveston District donates $16,855 to CFC

    GALVESTON, Texas (Nov. 25, 2014) – This year was not any different than the last when it came to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District employees opening their wallets to support the annual Combined Federal Campaign.

  • USACE Galveston begins dredge work at Freeport Harbor, to dredge Corpus Christi Ship Channel

    GALVESTON, Texas (Nov. 21, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District began urgent maintenance dredging today at the Freeport Harbor using the government-owned trailing suction hopper dredge WHEELER.

  • USACE Galveston District awards contract to dredge Port of Port Arthur docks

    GALVESTON, Texas (Nov. 19, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded the option to the Port Arthur Canal and Junction maintenance dredging contract in the amount of $508,200 to Manson Construction Co., for dredging of the docks at the Port of Port Arthur.

  • 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.

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