4 Feb 2015

Spotlight on USACE Galveston District’s Leslie Olson

GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 4, 2015) – With six months on the job as a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District supervisory civil engineer in the Engineering and Construction Division (Southern Area Office), Leslie Olson has her hands full, juggling the design of maintenance dredging projects in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Brazos Island Harbor and the Matagorda ship channels.

29 Jan 2015

USACE Galveston District to remove vegetation at Addicks and Barker

GALVESTON, Texas (Jan. 29, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will begin to remove woody vegetation from within 50 feet of the inside and outside toes of both of the Addicks and Barker dams, located near the intersection of I-10 and State Highway 6 in Houston.

14 Jan 2015

Spotlight on USACE Galveston District’s David B. Boothby Jr.

GALVESTON, Texas (Jan. 14, 2015) – Dredging the Texas coast to keep navigation channels open for commerce and recreation often goes unnoticed, with many citizens not aware this vital process is taking place out in the Gulf of Mexico on a recurring basis.