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  • August

    Mobile District Commander Col. James DeLapp speaks to ROTC cadets during a recent visit to the Auburn University campus. DeLapp visited three Alabama universities last week to reignite relationships with both faculty members and students.

    Mobile District commander reignites relationships with local universities

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Commander Col. James DeLapp visited three Alabama universities last week to reignite relationships with faculty members and students. DeLapp met with, among others, the department heads of the University of Alabama, Auburn University and Tuskegee University.

  • June

    The Corps Motor Vessel Lawson was brought in to set spillway stop logs so the gate travel stops could be set and calibrated. Outdoor lighting on the spillway and the high mast were also replaced with LED lighting. The lighting has been replaced at five of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee River Basin’s six locks, resulting in a reduction in power usage of 15-30 percent annually at each lock and dam.

    Upgrades at Holt Dam increase safety, cut costs

    Recent upgrades by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, at Holt Dam, near Tuscaloosa, Ala., will mean increased safety for workers and a reduction in repair costs. The spillway gates will also be more reliable.
  • Sitting atop the U.S. Coast Guard navigation range in Mobile Bay, Coastal Engineer Richard Allen connects newly-installed gauges to the broadcast system which provides data communication to the Corps of Engineers. The gauges measure water level, wave height, turbidity, salinity and suspended sediment concentration.

    Data gathering critical in assessing environmental impact on proposed Mobile Harbor project

    Mobile District coastal engineers and engineering technicians regularly get up before dawn and head out to the middle of Mobile Bay, but not for any type of ritualistic recreation activity. Their mission is to service gauges that are part of a data collection effort in the bay and delta for the Mobile Harbor General Reevaluation Report (GRR).
  • Operations Division employees take the 30-hour course which provided an overview of OSHA general industry standards, while incorporating Corps-specific requirements with the overall goal of creating a safe work environment for contractor and Corps employees.

    In-house safety course saves Mobile District nearly $30,000

    The U.S. Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, trained 18 Operations Division employees in a week-long, in-house general industry safety course in Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 12-16, saving the district nearly $30,000, while also focusing on Corps-specific topics.

  • May

    Col. James Delapp, Mobile District commander, speaks to local stakeholders May 25 during the annual Hurricane/Industry Day, held at the Alabama International Trade Center. Hurricane season officially begins June 1.

    Emergency Management hosts Industry Day to kick off hurricane season

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, talked hurricane preparedness May 25 to kick off the June 1 start of hurricane season, hosting the annual Hurricane/Industry Day, held at the Alabama International Trade Center. The Corps, Coast Guard, NOAA, Alabama State Port Authority and other stakeholder partners have met annually since 2004, the year Hurricane Ivan swept across the Gulf of Mexico, causing billions of dollars in damage to Alabama, Florida and other Southeastern states.