19 Aug 2024

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District’s floating plant provides breakwater stability to the shores of Lake Michigan

37, 000 tons of stone is being placed on the Milwaukee Harbor south breakwater over a five month period by the Lake Michigan Floating Plant assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District (USACE). Funding this year allowed the project to grow from its usual 5,000-10,000 tons per year.The floating plant conducts stone placement at

11 Jul 2022

Deputy chief of construction and engineering to retire after 41 years

After dedicating 41 years to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Deputy Chief of the Construction and Engineering Division Jeffrey Fritz is deciding to retire. His four decades of service certainly made an impact – so much so that his colleagues described him as a “walking Wikipedia on all things Corps of Engineers.”