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  • February

    Installation Restoration Program plays vital role in Soldier training

    The Army’s Installation Restoration Program is designed to address contamination from past activities and restore Army lands to useable conditions. The Louisville District’s IRP primarily supports the U.S. Army Environmental Command by investigating and remediating sites at active installations. According to USAEC, the Installation Restoration

  • Louisville District leadership holds annual open house

    The Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District held an open house Jan. 31 at the Marriott Hotel, downtown Louisville.The event included presentations by district leaders followed by an open networking session where attendees could talk individually to the district’s contracting officials and senior staff. Louisville District Deputy Commander Lt.

  • District employee receives crucial fire protection license

    After years of dedication, Louisville District Mechanical Engineer Vu Nguyen recently received his Fire Protection Professional Engineer license in December 2018, after passing an intense 8-hour exam with 80 questions.Nguyen spent years practicing for the exam, took numerous training courses and spent many months studying for the exam, which has a

  • District employee receives crucial fire protection license

    After years of dedication, Louisville District Mechanical Engineer Vu Nguyen recently received his Fire Protection Professional Engineer license in December 2018, after passing an intense 8-hour exam with 80 questions.Nguyen spent years practicing for the exam, took numerous training courses and spent many months studying for the exam, which has a

  • USACE’s first female brigadier general talks leadership with district staff

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ first female general officer, retired Brig. Gen. Margaret Burcham spoke at a professional development session for leaders, where she talked authority, communication, effectiveness, influence, rapport, skill and values with the Louisville District staff Jan. 29 in the Mazzoli Federal Building.This engagement allowed

  • January

    CE-SOHMS: moving safety from a checklist to a culture

    The Corps of Engineers Safety and Occupational Health Management System, known as CE-SOHMS, is a Corps-wide program focusing on employee safety that Louisville District is working to incorporate into each employee’s everyday work processes.  John Bock, chief, engineering division, serves as the CE-SOHMS champion. His role includes facilitating

  • Summer may be over but the job isn’t for our park rangers

    Often thought of as the face of the Corps of Engineers, park rangers interact with the public quite a bit. Known for hosting summertime events and maintaining the parks, the ranger’s responsibilities don’t stop when winter arrives. The summer months are a high demand time for Corps’ rangers; they stay busy ensuring the safety of the park visitors,

  • VA, USACE partner to break ground on clinic at Fort Knox

    History was made Dec. 11, 2018, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District proudly partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to break ground on the new VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic at Fort Knox, Kentucky—the first stand-alone VA clinic to be located on a Department of Defense Installation.The $10.7 million project,

  • December

    Craig Carrington (Left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Planning Branch’s chief of Plan Formulation, points out site specifics Dec. 18, 2018 of where Ellington Dry Dam will be located near Ellington Agricultural Center in Nashville, Tenn., while meeting with Stephen G. Durrett (wearing tie), programs director, professional engineer and member of Senior Executive Service with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Director shows interest in Nashville’s Sevenmile Creek project

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 18, 2018) – The programs director for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division visited Music City today to put eyes on the future site of a detention structure on Sevenmile Creek that will provide flood-risk-reduction benefits for the area.

  • November

    Siphoning operations were conducted as part of the Boardman River Dams Ecosystem Restoration Project in Traverse City, Michigan during summer 2017, allowing the river to flow through the siphons while the new river channel is dug out.

    Restoring the Boardman

    By Emily Schaefer, public affairs specialistConstruction teams have been actively engaged and moving dirt since 2017 to remove two dams on the Boardman River in Traverse City, Michigan.    The Boardman River Ecosystem Restoration Project is one of the most comprehensive dam removal and restoration projects in Michigan’s history and one of the