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    Workers use a boom concrete pump truck to place concrete around the metal shell of a Cut & Cover tank at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Each layer of concrete is allowed to set before additional concrete is placed, until the entire tank is protected by concrete. (Photo by Clay Bolton)

    Special Projects Branch hits 10-year milestone

    In many organizations, there are some tasks and projects that just don’t seem to fit into an easily defined category. This was also the case for the Corps of Engineers Omaha District in 2009. The District had projects that needed to be completed, but didn’t quite fit the mold of the programs they were assigned to. The solution to that issue to the stand up the Special Projects Branch. It was a new concept when the first eight-person team was assembled to take on these outliers, which totaled more than $140 million that first year. Since then, the branch has grown to 52 people and nearly $600 million worth of work annually.
  • Flood fighting efforts are taken Sept. 22 to protect completed repair efforts from rising high water along the L-575 Missouri River Levee System where initial breach repairs were being made.

    Winter doesn't put freeze on flood repairs

    When the unprecedented and historical flooding started in the Missouri and Platte River basins in March 2019, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Omaha District responded immediately. Within hours, the District, led by the Readiness Branch, was developing plans and sending materials out to fight the flood and provide assistance to communities within harm’s way.

News from around USACE

$1.6 million renovations underway for USAG Humphreys Command Group
6/9/2025
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Far East District’s (USACE FED) Project 520595, which is the renovations of the first and third floor to accommodate the USAG Humphreys Command Group, the Plans,...
The Legacy of America's Engineers in the Middle East
6/9/2025
Legacy is not about what is built. It is about what endures. For 250 years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has shaped the nation’s strength through engineering. Every district, division, and mission...
Chicago Districts Rasheed Muhammad Selected for ERDC University
6/9/2025
Rasheed Muhammad, a CAD/BIM manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago District, has been selected as one of five USACE participants for the 2025 session of the U.S. Army Engineer...
Contract Award | Memphis District awards $8.4M contract for landing barge, a significant step towards completing stringout overhaul
6/9/2025
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District awarded an $8.4 million firm-fixed-price contract to Conrad Shipyard LLC, of Morgan City, Louisiana, for the purchase of a steel-hulled deck barge,...
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