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  • September

    Cost engineers produce budget estimates and Independent Government Estimates (IGEs) for construction projects. Budget estimates support funding requests: IGEs support construction contract award, which includes contract modification. ‘Independent’ signifies freedom from influence.

    Adam Tallman Wins 2025 USACE Cost Engineer of the Year For Civil Works

    Adam Tallman, a Galveston District certified professional engineer, has been named the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Cost Engineer of the Year 2025 for Civil Works. The Cost Engineer of the Year Civil Works Award recognizes one individual each year for their contributions to the cost engineering profession in the last three fiscal years preceding the award.

  • August

    GALVESTON, Texas (September 20, 2008)—A boat is seen washed up on shore in front of a home on the coast of Galveston after Hurricane Ike made landfall September 13, 2008 as a category 2 hurricane with wind speeds of around 110 MPH. causing massive flooding and wind damage. (Photo by USACE Galveston District)

    Protecting the Texas Coast

    The Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study is currently the largest civil works feasibility study in USACE and in the United States with plans of coastal protection spanning across 76 miles of Texas coastline. The plan calls for coastal storm resiliency measures to include surge gates, vertical lift gates, ring barrier, height extension of the seawall as well as beach and dune measures. Over the course of the study, over 600 storms were modeled and analyzed by a state-of-the art Coastal Storm Modeling Suite.