South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

South Pacific Division News

April

8 Apr 2020
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers building 19 Alternate Care Sites in 10 States
April 8, 2020 update: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers building 19 alternate care sites in 10 states.
8 Apr 2020
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center prototypes makeshift hospital rooms
The Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite has made headlines for his plans to construct makeshift hospital rooms across the country as the Nation prepares for an onslaught of COVID-19 patients. Recently, Semonite called on the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Develeopment Center in Vicksburg to ask for help in accomplishing that mission.
6 Apr 2020
Corps awards $61.4 million border barrier contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Border District awarded a $61.4 million contract modification April 3 to SLS Company, Ltd., of Galveston, Texas, for approximately 2.4 miles of barrier construction along the U.S. southern border near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, in the El Paso, Texas, U.S. Border Patrol sector.

26 Aug 2019
2008-00816-MB Rosemont Copper Project
Click on the heading "2008-00816-MB Rosemont Copper Project" (above) for further information.
14 Jun 2019
Update to the National Wetland Plant List (NWPL) for 2018 in the Federal Register
10 June 2019 - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as part of an interagency effort with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service, announces the draft biennial update to the National Wetland Plant List (NWPL) for 2018 in the Federal Register.

NWPL-2018_FR NOTICE.PDF

8 Apr 2020
DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Supports the Fight Against COVID-19
From modeling the movement of how droplets travel through an aircraft to conducting virtual screenings of vaccine possibilities, the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program has a powerful weapon in the fight against COVID-19—supercomputers.
7 Apr 2020
USACE awards construction contract for additional hospital space in Porterville, California
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a construction contract Sunday to Herman Construction Group, Inc. of Escondido, California, to retrofit the Porterville Developmental Center in Tulare County for an alternate care site in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
6 Apr 2020
Corps operates Sepulveda Dam during rain storms
Sepulveda Dam is the western-most of the Corps of Engineers’ dams operated by the Los Angeles District in the Los Angeles County Drainage Area flood control system. The purpose of the project is to collect flood runoff from the uncontrolled drainage areas upstream, store it temporarily and release it into the Los Angeles River at a rate that does not exceed the downstream channel capacity.