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  • July

    Construction continues on the North Parking Garage on the site of the Louisville VA Medical Center July 12, 2023.

    Louisville VA project to include two parking garages

    Louisville, Ky. – One major difference the new Louisville VA Medical Center will boast over the current Robley Rex VA Medical Center is the addition of two parking garage structures compared to surface lot parking for patients. It’s hoped that these parking garages will be a welcomed addition for patients as they will not only provide more parking but provide shorter distances to the medical center.

  • June

    Brandon Whitley, civil site engineer with the Civil Design Branch in Nashville, Tennessee, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for April 2023. He is seen here June 13, 2023, looking at site designs at his desk for the detention structure project in Cleveland, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Critical design achievement keeps flood risk management project on track

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 13, 2023) – Civil Engineer Brandon Whitley recently made a critical design update that resulted in keeping the Mouse Creek Flood Risk Management Project on track in Cleveland, Tennessee. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recognized his achievement by selecting him as employee of the month for April 2023.
  • An artist rendering of the $65.9 million Forage Animal Production Research Unit that will be constructed in Lexington, Kentucky.

    USACE Louisville District, USDA and University of Kentucky break ground on new research facility

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District celebrated the groundbreaking of a $65.9 million Forage Animal Production Research Unit with the United States Department of Agriculture and University of Kentucky, May 23, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky.
  • Michael Wilkinson, safety specialist at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for March 2023. He is seen here June 2, 2023, inside a new lock chamber under construction. (USACE Photo by Amanda O’Neill)

    Wilkinson lauded as safety champion at Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (June 2, 2023) – Michael Wilkinson is a safety specialist and quiet professional focused on teaching and ensuring the contractor makes things safe for about 500 construction workers at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project.

  • 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.
  • The official party takes part in a groundbreaking ceremony May 11, 2023, for the K-25 Viewing Platform in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Officials break ground on K-25 Viewing Platform

    OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (May 11, 2023) – Officials broke ground today on a building that will provide a historic lookout over the footprint where the K-25 Building once stood and the Oak Ridge Diffusion Plant produced uranium during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. Dignitaries welcomed guests, made speeches, and shoveled dirt to officially kick off construction of the K-25 Viewing Platform at East Tennessee Technology Park.

  • April

    U.S. Army Col. Jared Bordwell, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) chief of staff, U.S. Army Col. Larry R. Dean, 406th Army Field Support Brigade commander, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Dwayne M. Terry, Army Field Support Battalion-Campbell commander and Mark Bean, Installation Maintenance Division chief perform the ceremonial ribbon cutting at a ceremony marking the completion of the Army Field Support Battalion Maintenance Complex

    USACE completes maintenance complex for Army Field Support Battalion at Fort Campbell

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered a 117,034 square-foot maintenance complex to the Army Field Support Battalion during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, March 15, 2023. The project, with a programmed amount of $44.7 million, consisted of the construction of four general purpose maintenance facilities that includes an allied shop building, engine auto shop, production control building and a paint booth building. The project also included 42,110 square feet of concrete parking.

  • March

    Tara O’Leary, who is now the Deputy Chief of the Veterans Affairs Division and Louisville VAMC project manager, attends a management meeting on the site of the Louisville VA Medical Center March 21, 2023.

    Former co-op student now leads District’s current largest project

    Louisville, Ky. – With hard work and perseverance, anything is possible, just ask Tara O’Leary. Little did she know that when she started working for the Louisville District in 1996 that she would one day be leading the team on one of its mega-projects. O’Leary, who is now the Deputy Chief of the Veterans Affairs Division and Louisville VAMC project manager, started her journey with the district as a co-op student while attending the University of Louisville to study engineering.
  • This photo shows dozens of concrete pillars placed in one of the excavation sites on the property. These form the framework for the stormwater collection tank.

    Stormwater management key to successful construction

    Thousands of things must be considered and planned for in the construction of a complex facility like a new hospital and the multiple support facilities they require. Of course, many of the decisions involved are essential to guaranteeing the new facility can provide the best quality care for patients – ensuring their health for years to come. One consideration that may not come to mind to the average person for such a facility is how to preserve the environment underneath and around the new construction. This includes the construction of a rainwater drainage system so as not to disrupt the way water moves after large amounts of rainwater accumulate from storms.
  • USACE completes, turns over new maintenance hangar at Grissom Air Reserve Base

    USACE completes, turns over new maintenance hangar at Grissom Air Reserve Base

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District successfully managed the completion of a new maintenance hangar at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Indiana.The Grissom Maintenance Hangar 437 project achieved substantial completion March 8, 2023, and was made available for owner use the following day, March 9. The $13 million project provides the