31 Mar 2026

Generators will ensure continuous care at Louisville VA Medical Center

Hospitals and medical centers need the ability to provide care 24 hours a day, seven days a week, no matter the status of utilities in the surrounding area. The new Louisville VA Medical Center is being built with this in mind. That is why the Central Utility Plant on the hospital property is essential in ensuring veterans will be able to continue to receive care in the event of any local emergency situations that may disrupt power to the medical center. Along with boilers and chillers, the Central Utility Plant will house several generators that can be used if local power is not available.

26 Mar 2026

Building Infrastructure Not Paperwork: Montgomery Locks and Dam batch plant lab gets certified

Let’s start with some basics, concrete versus cement. The two terms are often used interchangeably, but they shouldn’t be – and they are definitely NOT the same thing. Cement is a powder made from limestone and clay, used as a binder. Concrete is a mixture of cement, water, sand, and aggregates such as gravel, forming a strong construction material. In short, cement is a key ingredient in concrete. Concrete is a key ingredient in the construction of a new lock chamber at Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River.

11 Feb 2026

New Fort Campbell child development center modernizes care for Army families

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, recently completed a comprehensive renovation of the Child Development Center at Fort Campbell. This facility, known as “CDC 3071,” with a contract cost of $13.6 million, provides a modernized, safe and state-of-the-art environment for the youngest members of the Fort Campbell community.

10 Feb 2026

USACE Pittsburgh District Receives National Award for Montgomery Lock Project Delivery

Enduring infrastructure is not built in a day – nor is it built by one person. It is built by a team that shares purpose, expertise, and trust, all working together towards a higher ambition.

25 Nov 2025

Rebuilding Resilience: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Restores Flood Protection Project in Pittsburgh’s West End

When torrential rains hit Pittsburgh’s West End in 2018, the Saw Mill Run surged with more force than the neighborhood had seen in years. Within eight hours, more than four inches of rain funneled down the steep watershed into a narrow urban channel. The storm did not just test the system – it critically damaged portions of the Saw Mill Run local flood-protection project, a 4,717-foot channel built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District (USACE) in 2000 to defend thousands of residents and commuters just across the river from downtown Pittsburgh.

15 Sep 2025

Rare historic footage surfaces of 1961 Wheeler Lock collapse

ROGERSVILLE, Ala. (Sept. 15, 2025) – A forgotten piece of motion picture history recently surfaced from a retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operations manager for the Tennessee River. Jim Davis, who served in the Nashville District from 1968 to 2014, discovered an old Kodachrome movie in his family’s possession containing unseen footage of the wall collapse at Wheeler Lock in 1961.

12 Sep 2025

USACE completes Fort Campbell Middle School for 2025-26 school year

A brand-new chapter in education began this August as more than 700 students walked into the newly constructed Fort Campbell Middle School for the first time. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District delivered the 167,000-square-foot facility prior to the first day of the school year, giving students in grades five through seven a modern, flexible, and inspiring environment in which to learn.

5 Aug 2025

USACE, Village of Matteson Break Ground on Water Main Improvement Project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02), and the Village of Matteson broke ground Tuesday on the Matteson Water Main Improvement Project.

18 Jun 2025

Groundbreaking Work Moves Forward at Montgomery Locks and Dam

Big machines and bigger innovations are hard at work upgrading one of the smallest locks on the Ohio River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Pittsburgh District is going big — literally — at Montgomery Locks and Dam, where one of the region’s most ambitious infrastructure projects is underway: building a new primary lock chamber in place of one roughly half its size.

21 Apr 2025

Millions in federal aid help shoreline facilities adjust to changing river levels

Dozens of shoreline facilities along the Monongahela River have been receiving millions of dollars in federal aid to adjust to river level changes.