News: Around our Diverse Asia-Pacific Region

  • Corps of Engineers, Community Clean-up Fort DeRussy on National Public Lands Day

    More than 60 volunteers scoured Fort DeRussy in Waikiki, picking up trash and installing storm drain markers as part of National Public Lands Day, Sept. 29. The Corps of Engineers’ Regional Visitor Center (RVC) coordinated the event which was supported by Corps employees, Iolani School’s Brownie Troop 276 and Punahou Junior ROTC cadets.
  • Honolulu District Awards $316.1 Million in FY12 Contracts in Hawaii, Pacific Region

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District recently completed a very successful Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) during which 506 contract actions were awarded totaling $316,128,089.00. Total awards for FY12 during the fiscal year-end (Sept. 2012) totaled $91,137,008.00 from 129 contract actions.
  • Honolulu District Awards Construction Contract for Repair of Palau Compact Road

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District awarded a $4,895,900.00, firm fixed price construction contract, September 30, to Trade West Construction Inc. of Mesquite, Nevada to repair sections of the Palau Compact Road.
  • Corps conducts ceremony for soldier-civilian unit deploying to Afghanistan

    After a year of preparation and training, the 62nd Engineer Detachment is headed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. “This team stands ready to tackle the toughest problems that can be thrown at them,” said Capt. Corey Warren, detachment commander, during the unit’s deployment ceremony Sept. 26 at the headquarters for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
  • Corps of Engineers, Wolfhounds and Garrison Perform Site Blessing for Renovation of Quad D at Schofield Barracks

    Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii and contractor NAN Inc. performed a site blessing for the renovation of Quad D at Schofield Barracks Sept. 14. Quad D houses the famous 27th Infantry Regiment - “The Wolfhounds.”
  • Corps of Engineers issues permit for Southern Rail Extension

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today issued a Department of the Army permit to the Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) to construct the Port MacKenzie Rail Extension project. The permit, issued under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, authorizes the railroad to permanently fill 95.8 acres of wetlands to construct a new rail line approximately 35.8 miles long. The new rail line will connect into the existing main rail line just south of Houston, Alaska, and end at Port MacKenzie. The existing main line runs from Seward through Anchorage to Fairbanks.