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  • USACE Galveston District awards $5.3 million small business contract for Houston Ship Channel dredging

    GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 7, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a small business contract in the amount of $5,343,380 to Crosby Dredging LLC to conduct maintenance dredging at the Houston Ship Channel between Sims Bayou and the Turning Basin in Harris County, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District’s Employee Spotlight on Scott Daniell

    GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 2, 2017) – Scott (Billie) Daniell has spent most of his life doing what he loves, repairing, maintaining and operating machinery. His interest in mechanics began at an early age, when he became a vehicle mechanic, but he never stopped dreaming of working on other types of mechanical equipment. When he turned 26, he enlisted in the United States Navy at Fort Worth, Texas as an aviation machines mate and began his journey that would ultimately lead him to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District.

  • USACE Galveston District to host Matagorda Ship Channel Feasibility Study Public Scoping Meeting

    GALVESTON, Texas (Jan. 5, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District and the Calhoun Port Authority will host a public scoping meeting Jan. 24, 2017 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Bauer Civic Center, 2300 Highway 35 North, Port Lavaca, Texas, 77979.

  • USACE Galveston District’s Employee Spotlight on Sarah Futrell

    GALVESTON, Texas (Jan. 5, 2017) – Born and raised in the state of Kentucky, where attending the Derby every year is a ritual, Sarah Futrell decided to make her first out-of-state move when she was offered the position as a safety and occupational health specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District. It was a significant change from growing up in the countryside to residing along the Texas Coast, but Futrell was ready to leave her comfort zone for a more challenging opportunity.

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