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Every bullet, grenade, artillery shell and explosive used at Fort Carson will pass through new blast-proof facilities designed to contain live ammunition.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan calls for a 12-ft elevation storm surge wall to ring the Charleston Peninsula.

Generating the best possible models of storm surge, flooding and coastal conditions has been a major goal of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.

Federal, state and local officials broke ground July 26 on a levee project along the western shores of Lake Pontchartrain. It's designed to provide hurricane and storm protection to a three-parish area where 60,000 people have little to no defenses in place.

Corps Chicago District Commander Col. Aaron Reisinger and Walsh Construction Project Manger Tom Caplis detail how convention center will transform into an alternate care facility in days, including upgrade of Hall B mechanical system to produce negative air pressure for care of contagious patients.

As the Army Corps of Engineers planned and built alternate care facilities in Chicago's McCormick Place and Detroit's TCF Center, its public health strategy shifted to using convention centers for COVID-19 patients without severe symptoms rather than just for non-COVID-19 patients to take the strain off hospitals.

Joint venture will design 26.7-mile-long coastal system near Galveston in a two-year effort, with construction to finish by 2026.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is facing the challenges of a changing climates, the demands of river commerce in a changing economy and the needs of the other agencies it acts as a developer for simultaneously.

New pumps and gates are part of the project that will complete the city of New Orleans’ $14.6 billion hurricane-defense system.