Fri March 05, 2010
Army Errors Push Reno-Sparks Flood Plan Back Again
RENO, Nev. (AP) An ongoing effort to step up flood protection in the Reno-Sparks area is turning into a bit of a disaster itself. City officials said errors that were made while rushing through a flood plan for the Truckee River will delay congressional approval by another year....
Mon November 09, 2009
U.S. Army Again Chooses Mack Trucks
Mack Trucks Inc. has received three additional delivery orders for Mack Vision Elite model tractors from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command. The orders are part of a three-year $28.5 million contract for 152 heavy-duty tractors and trailers, as well as spare parts....
Fri June 19, 2009
JLG Awarded $76.9M Contract to Rebuild Forklifts for U.S. Army
JLG Industries Inc. has received an order from the United States Army to rebuild 500 all terrain lifter army system (ATLAS) telehandlers and 300 other rough terrain forklifts. Valued at $76.9 million, this contract has a final delivery date of April 2014....
Tue June 09, 2009
Army Begins $77.5M Expansion at Warren Facility
WARREN, Mich. (AP) The U.S. Army has begun a $77.5 million expansion at its Tank-automotive and Armaments Command complex (TACOM) in Warren. The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press reported a groundbreaking was held May 18 on the project....
Wed June 03, 2009
Army Corps to Spend $192M in Oregon, Washington
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) The Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend $192.5 million in economic stimulus money for repairs and construction in Oregon and Washington state. The Oregonian reports the 266 projects include restoration of three key tribal fishing grounds, repairing dams in the Columbia River system and improving lakes and coastal harbors....
Cain Burdeau - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri March 06, 2009
Army Corps of Engineers’s Hurricane Barrier Project’s Cost Rises to $1.3 Billion
NEW ORLEANS (AP) The Army Corps of Engineers said it will cost approximately $1.3 billion, or nearly twice as much as first thought, to build major barriers against hurricanes on the eastern flank of New Orleans....
Fri January 23, 2009
Case Delivers 50 Armored Backhoe Loaders to U.S. Army
Case Construction Equipment has produced the first 50 Case armored backhoe loaders (BHLs) for the U.S. Army as part of a five-year contract awarded to Case for a total of 626 Case backhoe loaders. Manufactured at the Case plant in Burlington, Iowa, these 50 units were deployed in October to Southwest Asia to support military efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq....
Cain Burdeau - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed November 26, 2008
Army Corps Looks at Repairing Wetlands
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Fifty years after digging the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet (MRGO) shipping passage and destroying vast wetland areas, the Army Corps of Engineers has begun to look at repairing the damage the channel caused in the swampy landscape southeast of New Orleans....
Fri November 21, 2008
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Proposes $62.4M MRGO Project
NEW ORLEANS (AP) The Army Corps of Engineers wants to spend $62.4 million on wetland restoration and shoreline protection along Lake Borgne and the soon-to-be-closed Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet. The proposal, part of a draft environmental impact statement, is seen as a first step in a larger effort to shore up the more vulnerable eastern stretches of the New Orleans area....
James A. Merolla - Fri November 14, 2008
By Land, By Sea New England’s Army Corps of Engineers Manages Territory
This Army covers almost as much territory as the actual U.S. military. The many, many missions of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, include flood damage reduction, emergency preparedness and response to natural disasters and national emergencies, environmental remediation and restoration....
