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Corps safety team helps contractor at Fort Detrick earn safety award

10/18/2012
The Corps of Engineers contractor (Manhattan/Torcon Joint Venture) building the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick has earned a key project safety award from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. They received a plaque recognizing their achievement at a ceremony at the installation Community Center on Sept. 18.

STEM programs connect students with District employees

10/18/2012
After attending the "Easy as Pi" event sponsored by the Baltimore Post of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) last spring, some students are better equipped with what they need to do to excel in a specific field.

Army Corps and Partners Celebrate ‘Estuary Day’

10/16/2012
Hundreds of area school students celebrate the 10th annual Estuary Day Oct. 12 in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

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Army Engineers complete assessments of critical public facilities in NJ

12/4/2012
Through several mission assignments from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, USACE was able to work with state and local governments to provide preliminary technical assessments and technical assistance to critical public facilities damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

USACE advises local authorities on debris removal best practices

11/29/2012
Because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has extensive experience removing debris following natural disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and local and state authorities turned to USACE for assistance. FEMA assigned USACE a debris management technical assistance mission in New Jersey Nov. 6. USACE placed debris subject matter experts – consultants – in eight New Jersey counties who worked with FEMA, state, county and local authorities to assess the quantities and types of debris and recommend courses of action for its removal.

Last Corps generators installed in New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy being returned to storage

11/29/2012
As of Nov. 28, 90 generators had been de-installed and returned to the staging area on Naval Engineering Station No. 547 in Lakehurst, N.J., where they are being serviced and prepared for return to storage in FEMA distribution centers to await the next disaster. The remaining 12 generators may remain at installation sites for another 60 days or until no longer needed. The goal is to have all generators not needed returned to storage by Dec. 3.

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An aerial view of the vent shaft on Governors Island, NY, Nov. 5, shows one of three sites where dewatering operations are taking place on the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, where 86 million gallons of water are being removed for the state of New York through FEMA by a joint operation by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and others. As of Nov. 6 pumping operations are complete at 7 of 14 critical locations in NY as determined by local officials.
To date, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has more than 38 FEMA Mission Assignments exceeding $134 million. Providing temporary emergency power to the nine buildings at the Redfern Housing Complex,in Far Rockaway, N.Y., as well as roughly 50 other buildings in six complexes throughout Far Rockaway, is one of those mission assignments. Some of the buildings, like four of the nine in the Redfern complex, must have water pumped out of the basements before power can be restored.
LEBANON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Ashley Kosmal (left), a Baltimore District project engineer, and Joe Hollshwander, a Baltimore District resident engineer, monitors a debris removal crew as they cut away fallen trees from power lines in preparation for power crews to begin to restore power to the area in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)
Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, U.S. Army Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographs the Corps
A generator is staged at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 3, before it departs to an area affected by Hurricane Sandy. USACE is working through FEMA to get needed supplies such as emergency power generators to areas throughout New York and New Jersey. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick Bloodgood)
NEW YORK -- A contractor hooks up an outflow line from a second pump dewatering the Hugh Carey Tunnel also known as the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. The Corps is has been tasked by FEMA to dewater the impacted infrastructure in the City (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)
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