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  • September

    Mobile District Commander Col. James DeLapp speaks at the annual Alabama Water Resources Conference held in Orange Beach, Ala., Sept. 7. DeLapp gave a presentation on the Mobile District and key water resource projects within the state of Alabama.

    Mobile District commander speaks at Alabama Water Resources Conference

    Mobile District Commander Col. James DeLapp was the key speaker Sept. 7 at the annual Alabama Water Resources Conference, or AWRC, in Orange Beach, Ala. DeLapp gave a presentation on the Mobile District and key water resource projects within the state of Alabama.
  • South Atlantic Division Commander Brig. Gen. Diana Holland and district officials received a briefing on Mobile District Deployable Tactical Operation System, or DTOS, capabilities by Terrell Bosarge, DTOS national team leader, not pictured. From left are: Eric North, district training officer; Col. James DeLapp, district commander; and Brig. Gen. Diana Holland, division commander. (Photo by John Barker)

    New division commander visits Mobile District

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division Commander Brig. Gen. Diana Holland spoke at a conference and toured Mobile District, Aug. 31, while visiting the Mobile District headquarters. It was Holland’s first visit to Mobile since taking command, July 18.

  • 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.
  • Coastal Engineer Richard Allen an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler into the Apalachicola River to the broadcast system which provides data communication to the Corps of Engineers into the Apalachicola River near Wewahitchka, Florida for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. The data provides feedback to basin managers to make informed decisions within the basin and provides a record of data for environmental compliance. (Photo by Frank Sanchez III)

    Data vital in monitoring ACF Basin's ecosystem

    Wewahitchka, FL. – The city of Wewahitchka, Fla., is named after the Seminole Indian name meaning "water eyes” and is the location where U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District’s coastal engineer Richard Allen is working with nature’s elements. Allen is monitoring how the bodies of water flowing through the Florida panhandle are impacting the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint (ACF) Basin and the surrounding communities.
  • Col. James DeLapp, Mobile District commander, and Lt. Col. Frankie Flowers, deputy district engineer for Latin America, traveled to Brazil, to assist the government in waterway development and management. Pictured here, DeLapp and Flowers meet with Brazil’s National Water Agency, or ANA. The ANA is legally responsible for implementing the National Water Resources Management System, created in 2000 to ensure the sustainable use of rivers and lakes.

    Mobile District officials travel to Brazil to discuss waterway development

    Two representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, visited cities in Brazil to discuss waterway development and management as well as the possibility of future partnerships, Aug. 7-11.
  • John Williams, division chief, Integration & Operations Division at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base, Fl., presents Toni Ortiz, project manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, with a Munitions Directorate coin, Aug. 4. Ortiz received the coin for her outstanding support in overseeing more than $95 million in various construction projects for the Air Force Research Laboratory.

    Mobile District project manager recognized for outstanding support to Air Force Research Laboratory

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Project Manager Toni Ortiz was recently recognized by Division Chief John Williams, Integration & Operations Division of the Air Force Research Laboratory for providing exceptional support and creative solutions during several large-scale construction projects at Eglin Air Force Base, Fl.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, will be hosting an eclipse-viewing program at Carters Lake in Murray County, Ga., Aug. 21. Northbank Park, located within Carters Lake recreation area, will offer an unobstructed view of the eclipse over the lake.

    Carters Lake offers eclipse viewing program

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, will be hosting an eclipse-viewing program at Carters Lake in Murray County, Ga., Aug. 21. Northbank Park, located within Carters Lake recreation area, will offer an unobstructed view of the eclipse over the lake.
  • A Mobile District contractor works to renovate a dorm room, part of $9.7 million project to upgrade two old Army barracks on the former Ft. McClellan grounds.

    Corps completes $19.1 million for training, dorm upgrades at Center for Domestic Preparedness

    The Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, is in the midst of $19.1 million in upgrades at the FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness, or CDP, in Anniston, Ala. The projects include creating a state-of-the-art training facility and renovating old Army barracks into fresh dormitories.

  • July

    Ken Cooper, Mobile District site superintendent, left, gives an update on the Northport levee project to Mike Armstrong, a Mobile District construction representative. Mobile District is in the midst of relocating the Northport, Ala., levee, after a crack was discovered.

    Northport levee repair on track for August completion

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, is in the midst of repairing the Northport, Ala., levee, to address a crack that was first discovered in 2010. The project is nearing completion and is expected to be finished on schedule in late August.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, will soon complete existing-condition modeling to determine the viability of widening and deepening Mobile Harbor to new dimensions.

    Mobile District to consider channel improvements in $7.8 million Mobile Harbor study

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, will soon complete existing condition modeling as part of a study to determine the viability of widening and/or deepening Mobile Harbor to new dimensions.
  • Sixteen grazing goats, known as the “Chew Crew,” are in charge of trimming the treacherous terrain above Buford Dam, a site run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.

    ‘Chew Crew’ at dam cut landscaping costs for Corps

    Sixteen grazing goats, known as the “Chew Crew,” are in charge of trimming the treacherous terrain above Buford Dam, a site run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
  • Representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District, Nashville District, Memphis District, and Vicksburg District signed a Memorandum of Agreement, June 28, to implement Standard Local Operating Procedures for Endangered Species (SLOPES) covering 44 species statewide in Mississippi.

    SLOPES agreement improves consultation process for USACE permits in Mississippi

    In an effort to improve consultation under the Endangered Species Act for the state of Mississippi, representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Fish and Wildlife Service) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps of Engineers) Mobile District, Vicksburg District, Memphis District, and Nashville District signed a Memorandum of Agreement to implement Standard Local Operating Procedures for Endangered Species (SLOPES) on June 28. The SLOPES agreement includes 44 Federally-listed threatened and endangered species in the state of Mississippi. Four Corps of Engineers districts possessing regulatory authority in the state entered into the agreement with Fish and Wildlife Service making the implementation of this document the largest of its scope for the entire Corps of Engineers.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Senior Cost Engineer Michael L. Keating has earned the national-level Corps “Cost Engineer of the Year” award.

    Mobile District’s Keating earns ‘Cost Engineer of the Year’ award

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Senior Cost Engineer Michael L. Keating has earned the national-level Corps “Cost Engineer of the Year” award.
  • A technician uses the new paint booth area which was built during building 409’s $9.5 million modernization. The administration area and break room were renovated; and a new break room and safety suit storage area were created.

    Mobile District’s $9.5 million modernization keeps Army’s combat vehicles moving

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, recently completed a $9.5 million modernization project which will keep the Army’s combat vehicles moving at Anniston Army Depot, in Anniston, Ala.
  • Contractors pressure test pipe at Anniston Army Depot, or ANAD. In 2014, ANAD and the Corps developed a master plan to overhaul the utilities there. The initial project was the Water Line Distribution Repair project that replaced 8-inch water line at a cost of more than $1 million. The project’s duration was 400 days. The next overhaul project was the Industrial Area Water and Sanitary Sewer project that replaced a significant amount of 8-inch water line and 8-inch gravity sewer.

    Mobile District modernizes Army Depot’s infrastructure for tomorrow’s mission

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, is partnering with the Anniston Army Depot, or ANAD, in a four-year modernization, overhauling the depot’s utility system and preparing it for tomorrow’s mission.

  • 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).
  • Environmental Engineer Andrew Patch poses for a photo, June 28, with a Certificate in Water Reclamation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering. Patch is the first person in the 168-year history of the university to receive the certificate. (Photo by Matthew Adams, USACE Mobile Public Affairs)

    USACE Engineer first to receive UW-Madison Certificate in Water Reclamation

    Andrew Patch, an environmental engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, has accomplished an historic feat by becoming the first person to receive a Certificate in Water Reclamation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • 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.