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  • Mooring points: Small projects yield big rewards in rural Alaska

    Pipes and chains sticking out of the ground are hardly a flashy engineering feat, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District is frugally designing and quickly delivering mooring points to some of Alaska’s most rural communities located on the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. Since its inception, the project offers strong potential for major transportation, environmental and economic benefits.

  • Debris Management Planning Underway in Bangladesh

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), with its debris mission experience under Emergency Support Function #3 of the U.S. National Response Framework, is sharing its experience and lessons-learned to assist Bangladesh with the development of a draft plan to manage post-disaster debris recovery.

  • Col. Green takes command of the Far East District

    Col. Bryan Green relieved Col. Donald E. Degidio, Jr., as commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District, July 11 on U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan, Republic of Korea.

  • Corps deepens vital navigational channel

    Fuel shortages and empty store shelves are a potential reality Alaskans will not have to face thanks to the work of 45 crewmembers aboard the Essayons, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-owned and operated hopper dredge.

  • Alaska District welcomes home engineer detachment

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District welcomed the 62nd Engineer Detachment home June 26 during a ceremony at the district headquarters building. The team was deployed September 2012 through June 2013 at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

  • "Red Zone" meeting process accelerates project completion

    Construction faces many challenges in the final stage and is more susceptible to potential delays as there is less flexibility in the construction schedule once the Beneficial Occupancy Date (BOD) is established. Therefore, the District implements strategies from the Corps’ construction staff, contractors, and associated stakeholders, to score.