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AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2018 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Sierra Technical Services, Inc. (STS) has announced the completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the 5th Generation Aerial Target (5GAT), the company said. [...]

The Columbia River has the greatest flow into the Pacific Ocean of any river in North America. With a great flow rate, however, comes a great rate of shoaling. This, [...]

Leidos was awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, St. Louis District, to provide hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste, or HTRW, investigations and environmental [...]

Tetra Tech reported the Company was selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District for a multiple-award contract valued at $150 million. Under this five-year, indefinite delivery, [...]

Siemens has signed the U.S. Army's first energy savings performance contract at a government-owned, contractor-operated facility. According to a media release, under this $11.8 million contract with the U.S. Army [...]

NEW buildings are sprouting up at Army installations across the country. As they do, a challenge lies in what to do with the materials from the old buildings that are […]

Editor's Note: Photo Science Inc. was recognized as a winner of an Honor Award at the national Engineering Excellence Awards competition held by the American council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) [...]

The US Army Corps of Engineers has benefitted from partnering with contractors on its construction projects. Partnering is beneficial to contractors, vendors, designers and owners because it minimizes exposure to litigation and claims. The successful application of the concept, however, requires empowered participants to solve problems once they occur, conduct periodic evaluations, implement dispute resolution mechanisms and use workshops to hammer out common goals on safety, scheduling, payment and other issues.

FOR companies anticipating a flood of reconstruction work resulting from seven months of Iraqi occupation, the period since liberation has forced the adoption of more sober views. In particular, there [...]

US forces turned to the Afghanistan Engineer District (ARD), US Army Corps of Engineers, to design and construct permanent facilities as power projection platforms for the Afghan National Army (ANA) following the fall of the Taliban in 2001 and faced with establishing a reformed ANA to secure and stabilize the country. The infrastructure available for the ANA was either destroyed in combat or in such a state of disrepair that it was essentially useless.

For many years to come, September 11, 2001, will be commemorated as a day of national mourning. No American citizen will forget how he or she was affected or the […]

Charlotte County, Florida and Punta Gorda were heavily devastated due to Hurricane Charlie on August 13, 2004. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to create several styles of emergency housing by preparing 200 damaged home sites for temporary trailers and is building 14 temporary travel-trailer group sites with above ground utilities for 1,104 units.

The missile defense construction schedule is on track, and in some cases ahead of schedule, and should be done by the February 2004 deadline set by President George Bush. The […]

The United States Army Corps of Engineers is offering contracts for work to restore the Iraq petroleum industry.

Experience and expertise are important on all construction projects, especially when safely and successfully pushing the limits of an emerging technology. Michels Corporation combined the two by using the Direct [...]

-- 1. Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh Province. Lakeshore received a task order under an Air Force contract to design one of three Afghan National Army and recruitment centers there, and hired Select [...]

The Quincy Town Brook Tunnel project makes history with innovative thin-wall precast pipe About two years ago, North Brookfield, Mass.-based Chase Precast Corp. and a joint venture, Kajima-Marra/Majestic (KMM, headquartered [...]

The US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) utiliizes different approaches to their waste cleanup operations. The Corps employs a sole contractor for all stages of a cleanup mission under the Total Environmental Restoration Contract. The NAVFAC divides its work firstly under the Comprehensive Action Long-Term Navy contracts and later phases under the Remedial Action Contracts, employing different contractors for each stage.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has contracted with Overland Park, Kan.-based Black & Veatch to design the McCook Reservoir Main Tunnel, part of Chicago's Deep Tunnel water [...]

A ceremonial groundbreaking is scheduled in two weeks and formal construction could begin by month's end on a new $40.3 million Ground Systems Power and Energy Laboratory for the U.S. [...]

Suppliers may get tax credit to consolidate in Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon is drawing up a plan to offer a new state tax credit to auto suppliers that consolidate [...]

Staff Healtheon, Inc. has just begun repairs on five Plaquemines Parish non-federal storm water pump stations. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $1.65-million contract to modify the stations [...]

THE reconstruction of Kuwait is not the mammoth task that was once expected. Outside the oil sector, the pace of awards and volume of work have been modest compared with [...]

Staff The USACE Albuquerque District has awarded ECC a $23-million task order under their MATOC contract under the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection Program. The project will [...]

By Tom Hale Wolf Creek Dam Barrier Wall The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, says a $341.4-million contract has been awarded to Treviicos Soletanche JV for installation of [...]

Guided by a computerized surveying system mounted on a barge, an Illinois contractor is blasting rock underwater and following up with excavation tools that include a massive 460,000-lb. Liebherr backhoe [...]

Staff Portland- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, recently identified its dredging projects for 2007. One major project is the Columbia River Consolidated Material Removal project, which was [...]

By Larry Trojak Rubloff Excavation finesses its way through challenging development Many people harbor the misconception that all development projects are alike -- that is, simply level it, clear it [...]