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  • USACE Galveston District implements energy efficient measures to reduce costs

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 5, 2014) – While all new permanent facilities constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District require Leadership in Energy & Environment Design (LEED) Silver certification standards to be incorporated into design plans, existing buildings do not – which often creates challenges in meeting sustainability and energy efficient goals for those districts that maintain aging infrastructure such as the Galveston District’s Jadwin Building.

  • USACE Galveston District Spotlight on Mathilda Montgomery

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 1 2014) – In order to gain access to Col. Richard Pannell, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, you first have to make it through Mathilda Montgomery. An executive assistant to the commander for the last three years, her ever cheerful personality is the first contact most visitors make before meeting with the district’s senior official.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $2.6 million contract to dredge channel to Victoria

    GALVESTON, Texas (July 31, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $2,664,500 to Orion Marine Group for maintenance dredging of the channel to Victoria in Calhoun County, Texas.

  • PUBLIC MEETING: Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Reconnaissance Study

    GALVESTON, Texas (July 30, 2014) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District is seeking representatives from federal, state and local governments and agencies, Indian tribes, non-governmental organizations, academia, business and industry and individuals interested in participating in public workshops for the purpose of gathering ideas for addressing coastal storm risk management and ecosystem restoration in the coastal Texas region. This outreach effort is being conducted in conjunction with the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Reconnaissance Study. We are interested in identifying available information and data that may be useful for this study.

  • USACE Chief Lt. Gen. Bostick visits region

    HOUSTON, Texas (July 24, 2014) – The 53rd U.S. Army Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, met with key stakeholders from the Port of Houston Authority (POHA) and Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) to discuss Corps projects in the Galveston District during his July 23 visit to the region.

  • USACE Galveston District awards small business contract for geotechnical services

    GALVESTON, Texas (July 23, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, awarded a small business contract in the amount of $106,871.81 to Quaternary Resources Investigations LLC for core drilling, soil sampling and laboratory testing at Freeport Harbor’s Dredging Placement Area One.

  • USACE Galveston District urges safety over July 4th holiday; flexes lock, floodgate schedule

    GALVESTON, Texas (July 2, 2014) – As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District prepares for a busy 4th of July (a holiday known for drinking and boating and deadly accidents), the district urges the public to put safety first and become water aware when participating in water-related recreational activities.

  • USACE Galveston District Spotlight on Bernice Taylor

    GALVESTON, Texas (July 2, 2014) – “On time and under budget” is the statement Project Scheduler Bernice Taylor is proud to make about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District operations and maintenance projects she coordinates along the Texas coast.

  • District partners with HSPS to promote safety on the water during 4th of July

    GALVESTON, Texas (June 24, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District partnered with the Houston Sail and Power Squadron (a unit of the United States Power Squadrons) to provide recreational boaters with free vessel safety examinations July 4-5 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Trinity River Island Recreation Area (also known as the Wallisville Lake Project Boat Ramp) in Wallisville, Texas.

  • PRSA Houston recognizes USACE Galveston District with six Excalibur Awards; Awarded Grand Excalibur Award

    GALVESTON, Texas (June 20, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District was recognized with six awards at the Public Relations Society of America Houston Chapter’s 2014 Excalibur Awards Gala in Houston last night.

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