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Contractors working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District install a 23-foot-tall concrete shaft enclosure weighing approximately 120,000 pounds as part of the guard wall at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, Nov. 16, 2023.

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  • September

    C.J. Mahan work crews place 148 cubic yards of tremie concrete Sept. 20, 2023, from a pump truck into a tremie pipe for placement into the shaft on the bottom of the Tennessee River for the first of 14 shafts for the upstream approach wall piers. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Upstream Approach Wall construction is an integral part of the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Matthew Curvin)

    Chickamauga’s upstream approach wall piers get solid start

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Sept. 27, 2023) – The Upstream Approach Walls for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project got a solid start when work crews placed 148 cubic yards of tremie concrete Sept. 20 into the drilled shaft on the bottom of the Tennessee River.

  • May

    Shimmick Crane Operator Patrick Harrison lifted the last concrete form from monolith L13 to mark the official completion of the first of 36 monoliths. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and its contractor, Shimmick, held a topping-off ceremony May 22, 2023, at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project reaches monolithic milestone

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (May 23, 2023) – Construction of a new navigation lock on the Tennessee River reached a monolithic milestone yesterday as crews and officials held a topping-off ceremony to mark the completion of the first concrete monolith.

  • April

    On April 4th and 5th, 2023, leaders and teammates from across the Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division visited Chattanooga, TN to attend the Senior Leaders Conference.

    2023 LRD Senior Leaders Conference Re-cap

    On April 4th and 5th, 2023, leaders and teammates from across the Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division visited Chattanooga, TN to attend the Senior Leaders Conference.

  • March

    Lt. Col. Joseph Sahl, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, leads a group of stakeholders on a tour of Kentucky Lock and the Kentucky Lock Addition Project March 22, 2023, on the Tennessee River in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. He is having a conversation with Cmdr. Jennifer Andrew, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah, as the group walked on the coffer dam and future downstream approach wall during the tour. A vessel and barges approach the downstream active lock on the left of the photo and construction of the new lock chamber can be seen on the right of the photo. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Roundtables serve stakeholders mega project update

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 24, 2023) – Nashville District leaders, engineers and project managers hosted stakeholder roundtables this week to provide updates and an opportunity to visit the district’s two mega construction projects.
  • Lock Operator Kenneth Hammock monitors a recreational sailboat as it moves barges into Chickamauga Lock March 2, 2023. He works to safeguard navigators at the active lock on the Tennessee River, which is very close to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District construction project to build a new 600-foot-long by 110-foot-wide lock. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Lock operators work super safely near mega construction projects

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 8, 2023) – Operators at navigation locks could easily wear capes for the super work they do to ensure the safety of the public, not to mention employees that maintain these projects in the Cumberland and Tennessee River systems. At Kentucky Lock in Grand Rivers, Kentucky, and Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tennessee, ongoing mega construction projects to build larger new locks pose additional hazards for these vigilant protectors of people and resources.

  • September

    Kyle Phillips stands in front of Chickamauga Lock smiling and wearing all appropriate safety equipment.

    Nashville District names Phillips Employee of the Month for July 2022

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 29, 2022) – Kyle Phillips, civil engineer in the Engineering & Construction Division’s Construction Branch at Chickamauga Lock Resident Office, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for July 2022. He is recognized primarily for his dedication to mentoring new staff and Quality Control personnel to keep activity at Chickamauga Lock moving forward.
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