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  • 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
  • Construction continues on the Central Utility Plant on the site of the Louisville VA Medical Center June 5, 2024.

    Central Utility Plant will ensure non-stop care at Louisville VA Medical Center

    Medical facilities must be prepared to maintain operations through any and all circumstances, and the Louisville VA Medical Center being constructed in Louisville, Kentucky, is no exception. To ensure this, the facility will have a dedicated Central Utility Plant on site to provide a variety of support to the surrounding structures.“The Central
  • 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

  • May

    U.S. Air Force Col. Joseph Contino, 914th Air Refueling Wing commander, drives his staff vehicle through a ribbon at the new main gate facility on Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station May 29, 2024.

    Louisville District turns over new facilities at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District delivered a state-of-the-art main gate facility to the 914th Air Refueling Wing and the greater Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station community during a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 29, 2024.The $10.6 million project included a new vehicle inspection facility, gate house, overwatch facility, and
  • George Minges, Louisville District Emergency Operations chief, demonstrates the placements and correct use of barriers during flood fight training, May 29, 2024, in Covington, Ky.

    Louisville District Levee Safety and Emergency Management bring flood fight to municipalities

    As part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, Congress enacted Title IX, entitled the National Levee Safety Program, which provides authorities for various activities led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. As part of this program, USACE was authorized to create and maintain the National Levee
  • The 2024 Ohio River Basin Inspection Tour brings Ohio River Basin stakeholders together to identify challenges and opportunities within the basin, raise awareness of organizational initiatives, and to strengthen the network of ORB stakeholders. As part of ORBIT, participants received a tour of McAlpine Locks and Dam in Louisville, Ky., May 22, 2024.

    USACE brings together partners to discuss challenges, opportunities within Ohio River Basin

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is spearheading efforts to ensure the Ohio River Basin remains a vibrant source of life and navigation for future generations.  This week, USACE Great Lakes and Ohio River Division hosted the 2024 Ohio River Basin Inspection Tour, also known as ORBIT, May 21-22, 2024, at the Muhammad Ali Center in downtown
  • Chris Carl, a navigation project assistant at Cannelton Locks and Dam, poses for a photo with one of the pieces of art she created with recycled materials.

    Cannelton employee uses recycled materials as inspiration for art

    Chris Carl has had an interest in art for as long as she can remember. What began with something as simple as coloring with crayons as a child has grown and transformed over the years into a love of creating artwork by using almost anything she comes across.That love of creating things has led to her recently placing second in the adult category of
  • Louisville District Commander Col. L. Reyn Mann (right), participants from the base, elected leaders, as well as children participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for a new child development center which will be located on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, May 13, 2024, in Dayton, Ohio.

    As one project finishes at Wright-Patterson AFB, another project begins

    Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and National Air and Space Intelligence Center celebrated the completion of the Intelligence Production Complex III, May 13, 2024, in Dayton, Ohio. The $143 million, 255,000-square-foot-facility, which broke ground, Nov. 5, 2020, is the largest
  • Louisville District and contract employees gathered for the kickoff of Safety Week on the site of the Louisville VA Medical Center May 6, 2024. Lt. Col. Guillermo Guandique, Louisville District deputy commander, opened the week of activities by speaking to the assembled group by sharing his thanks for the work that has been completed and for the work that is still to come.

    Safety week observed at Louisville VA Medical Center project

    Contractors and Louisville District Veterans Affairs Division employees observed Construction Safety Week, May 6-10, by participating in daily safety-related events like presentations and demonstrations of safety equipment on the site of the Louisville VA Medical Center.Louisville District Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Guillermo Guandique kicked off