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  • September

    Winner of the wierdest find in the “Git that Garbage” contest where volunteers show off their unique trash finds and enter to compete for prizes was a Blow-up Can of Pork & Beans. The cleanup event was held September 22 at NP Dodge Park in Omaha, Neb.

    Omaha District supports Missouri River Relief cleanup event

    For the fourth time, volunteers from around the Omaha and Council Bluffs area came together to support the organization, Missouri River Relief and help clean up the banks of the Missouri River. On Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, more than 200 volunteers collected massive amounts of junk that had been washed down the river after last year's flooding.

  • July

    Beneath the layers of dirt

    Crews are deploying a multiple electrode resistivity unit – MER, for short – to create a map of changes in the soil beneath as part of the geotechnical investigations process developed for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to improve knowledge of the conditions for levee foundations as well as the construction of the levees themselves.

  • June

    The 4th Infantry Division’s 4th Brigade and Battalion Headquarters on Wilderness Road received the first U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum certification for Fort Carson, Colo. in April 2012.

    Fort Carson achieves 1st platinum building certification

    A milestone in building construction was reached at Fort Carson in April when the 4th Infantry Division’s 4th Brigade and Battalion Headquarters on Wilderness Road received the first U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum certification for the installation.

  • May

    Deputy Commander and Cheif of Staff, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District

    New deputy commander reports to Omaha District

    Lt. Col. Mark Martinez assumed the role of Deputy District Commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District on May 1.

  • January

    Stratmoor Hills Elementary School students have a new bridge to walk across on their way to and from school. The B Street pedestrian bridge, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project part and parcel of the Fort Carson railyard expansion, opened for student business January 20, 2012

    New B Street pedestrian bridge provides safer passage for students

    The B Street pedestrian bridge at Fort Carson, Colo., a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project part and parcel of the Fort Carson railyard expansion, opened for students of Stratmoor Hills Elementary School Jan. 20, 2012. The $12.5 million expansion project began in October 2010.

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