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  • February

    two women place small houses inside a terrain model while a man describes the model to them

    Nashville District honors professionals during National Engineers Week

    Employees and service members from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District gathered to celebrate National Engineers Week on February 18, 2025 with a recognition of newly certified professionals across the district and an engineering open house to showcase the district’s portfolio of technical skills.

  • December

    Bob Hooe, Design Branch, Architectural Section Engineering Technician, demonstrates how the Project Design Team is using VR technology to meet their goals.

    Innovation for the future:Louisville District engineering design section embraces collaboration and new technologies

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District and the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center are collaborating to innovate the early stages of design development for new military construction projects, specifically the design for the FY26 Ft. Campbell unaccompanied enlisted personnel housing barracks.“The FY26 Ft. Campbell UEPH

  • November

    Graphic for Pittsburgh District's 2024 Year in Review.

    Pittsburgh District Year in Review: 2024

    Col. Nicholas Melin, commander of the Pittsburgh District, and Brian Trzaska, Pittsburgh District's senior civilian, reflect on the district's accomplishments in fiscal year 2024 – none of which would be possible without our employees’ commitment to innovation and delivering solutions to our nation’s toughest challenges.

  • September

    The road rehabilitation project is one of the first partnership opportunities for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District to provide services to the Allegheny National Forest. The project includes repaving roughly 14 miles of scenic roadway near the Kinzua Dam and the Allegheny Reservoir. Funding for the project came from the Great American Outdoors Act of 2020. The act established a new funding stream to address infrastructure and facility maintenance for federal land-management agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service.

    Army Corps partners with Allegheny National Forest for largest road repair funded by Great Outdoors Act

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working to rehabilitate and repave roadway along the Longhouse National Scenic Drive in the Allegheny National Forest in Kane, Pennsylvania.
  • Transporting commodities on the waterways is four times less expensive than by truck and 33 percent cheaper than by rail. Between 15 million and 20 million tons of cargo travel on the upper Ohio River each year, including mainly coal, but also coke, petroleum products, raw and finished steel, and aggregates.

    Chipping away old concrete to preserve Montgomery Dam piers for the future

    With the Ohio River's navigation system at stake, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District is restoring the aging Montgomery Dam piers, which are vital for supporting commercial barge traffic.
  • U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Board of Directors take a close up look at a hydropower turbine shaft at the Barkley Dam hydropower facility in Grand Rivers, Ky. during a visit on Sept. 23, 2024. The visit aimed to explore opportunities for innovation and collaboration between ERDC and USACE Nashville District at key projects. (USACE Photo by Michael Davis)

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Board of Directors visits Nashville District projects

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Board of Directors visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District on Sept. 16 to tour key projects, including the Kentucky Lock Addition construction project and the Barkley Power Plant and Dam. The visit aimed to explore opportunities for innovation and collaboration.

  • August

    U.S. Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps Cadets speak Aug. 2, 2024, with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Supervisory Engineer Eric Pagoria about the recent dewatering effort that occurred at Old Hickory Lake Lock in Old Hickory Tennessee. The ROTC cadets, which are a part of “The Cadet Learning Training Program,” visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District to better understand the purpose and goals of the Corps of Engineers. (USACE Photo by Braden Simmons)

    Cadets visit Nashville for engineering, construction, operations insight

    NASHVILLE Tenn. (Aug. 9, 2024) -- People come visit Nashville from all over. They come for any number of reasons, to see a sports game, to celebrate an event or even to hear some country music. But in the case of four engineering cadets with the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, they are in Nashville to see the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and to get insight of engineering, construction, and operations missions the district supports in the Cumberland River and Tennessee River basins and an area of operations encompassing parts of seven states.

  • July

    Engineering Division co-op students had the opportunity to learn more about the division through a presentation and a hike through Joe Creason Park in Louisville, Kentucky July 17, 2024.

    Co-ops learn in the field while building relationships

     Engineering Division co-op students had the opportunity to learn more about the division through a presentation and a hike through Joe Creason Park in Louisville, Kentucky, July 17, 2024.All the students who took part in the day’s activities were originally recruited by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District's Engineering Division
  • Fifty-eight high school students participating in the 2024 Governor's Scholars Program and their instructors participate in a field trip to McAlpine Locks and Dam in Louisville, Kentucky, July 3, 2024.

    Louisville District hosts 2024 Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District hosted 58 high school students participating in the 2024 Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program and their instructors, at McAlpine Locks and Dam in Louisville, Kentucky, July 3. Scholars in engineering-focused areas came from two of the three current GSP campuses- Morehead State University and

  • June

    Incoming high school seniors attending the University of Kentucky Department of Civil Engineering’s Summer Engineering Exploration Kamp (SEEK) visit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District’s McAlpine Locks and Dam in Louisville, Kentucky, June 18, 2024.

    Louisville District supports inaugural year of University of Kentucky’s Summer Engineering Exploration Kamp

    This summer, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District, supported the University of Kentucky’s Summer Engineering Exploration Kamp (SEEK) both at local USACE project sites, and in the civil engineering labs on campus in Lexington, Kentucky. The highly competitive program, in its inaugural year, consisted of two-cohorts of 20 rising high