Military Construction
The Fort Worth District manages one of the
largest military construction programs in the
Corps and supports customers with design and
construction projects at 17 active Army and Air Force
installations in Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana.
The district also assists Army and Air Force
Reserve customers in Louisiana and Texas, provides
operation and maintenance support to installations
in three states, and leases facilities for military
recruiting commands.
The Lackland AFB Fiscal Year 2000, 2001 and 2002 dorm
projects are design-build projects with Spaw Glass Contractors. The
construction cost is $17.5 million. The buildings have
been turned over to the Air Force and will house permanent party airmen.
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The Fort Hood FY06 Tactical Equipment Shop VI is an in-house Fort Worth District design,
constructed by M.W. Builders of Texas, with a current construction cost of $20 million.
The 77,440 square foot shop provides for 21,000 square feet of vehicle maintenance area,
17,000 square feet of warehouse area, 8,500 square feet of small item repair area,
6,000 square feet of administrative area, 2,000 square feet of welding repair area,
and 700 square feet of wash bay area, as well as 16 acres of concrete hardstand for
training, maintenance, and storage units. Supporting facilities for the new shop include
utilities, contained parking area for fuel trucks, POV parking spaces, access drives,
sidewalks, and lighting. This project is currently expected to be turned over to 13th
Corps Support Command by April 2008. All facilities were designed to current Force
Protection standards.
Three projects totaling approximately $51 million were awarded in March
2005 at England Air Park, Alexandria, LA. They include the Arrival/Departure
Airfield Control Group Facility (aka Passenger Processing
Facility) and Fixed Wing Aircraft Parking and Hazardous Cargo Loading
Aprons. These projects will significantly enhance Fort Polk’s deployment
and power projection capabilities in support of Army Transformation
and the Global War on Terror. The Fixed Wing Aircraft Parking and
Hazardous Cargo Loading Aprons were completed in November 2006
while the Passenger Processing Facility is scheduled to be completed
in June 2007.
Regulatory Information
The Corps of Engineers Regulatory Program is
implemented under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
for two-thirds of the State of Texas, including
three very large, fast-growing metropolitan areas –
Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Austin – and
some of the fastest growing cities in the nation. The Program:
protects functions of the aquatic environment
while rendering fair and reasonable decisions in as
efficient a manner as possible.
regulates activities occurring in a wide range
of aquatic resources in a geographic area where
the average rainfall ranges from approximately 10
inches per year to 65 inches per year.
works regularly and effectively with numerous
Federal agencies, such as the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service; state agencies, such as the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department, and Texas
Department of Transportation; and regional and
local agencies, such as the North Central Texas
Council of Governments and the Lower Colorado
River Authority.
regularly conducts outreach programs to
educate the public about the elements of the Corps
Regulatory Program.
streamlines regulatory actions in areas
determined to be national priorities, including
national security, energy, transportation and stream
and wetland restoration.
handles permit applications for a large number
of high profile projects in the areas of residential,
commercial, and industrial development,
energy production (primarily oil, gas and lignite),
transportation (including very large projects
associated with the TransTexas Project), and water
supply development, including large proposed
reservoir projects such as Lake Columbia.
approves and oversees the operation of 10
mitigation banks located in north, east and central
Texas.
handles a large number of permit actions
(completed 955 permit actions in FY 2006).