Maintenance workers at the Hartwell Power Plant perform
Maintenance workers at the Hartwell Power Plant perform repairs on Unit 5 during a scheduled biennial inspection in June 2016. The team improves operational efficiency by rehabilitating deficient generators in-... More
Illustrious career keeps growing and growing
A capture of Aaron Wahus, park operations manager at J. Strom Thurmond Project, capturing the sunrise while assigned as Thurmond's chief ranger of recreation in 2005. The photo was taken at the first morning la... More
John Verrett, a Savannah Corps sonic drill rig operator,
John Verrett, a Savannah Corps sonic drill rig operator, uses the Corps’ only TerraSonic drill rig during groundwater investigations near Fort Jackson, S.C., Jan. 26. Verrett and his team operate traverse the n... More
Soldiers from the 10th Brigade Engineer Battalion at
Soldiers from the 10th Brigade Engineer Battalion at Fort Stewart gather before Thurmond Dam near Augusta, Ga., during a tour of operations March 3. The tour was part of a two-day leadership development program... More
An aerial shot (merged from two photos) of the Cockspur
An aerial shot (merged from two photos) of the Cockspur Island Lighthouse taken March 30, 2016 at high tide.
Dredging continues on the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project
The dredge Padre Island of Great Lakes Doc & Dredge Company, works to deepen the outer channel of the Savannah harbor as part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) on March 30, 2016. The harbor deepen... More
Work continues on the dissolved oxygen injection system for the Savann...
A worker with CDM Constructors uses a torch to cut a section of a steel coffer dam pile. CDM Constructors is the prime contractor for the dissolved oxygen injection system, an environmental mitigation feature o... More
Metro Savannah-area teachers join marine archaeologists,
Metro Savannah-area teachers join marine archaeologists, Civil War re-enactors and other specialists to learn how to integrate science, technology, engineer and math (STEM) lessons from the recovery of the iron... More
A photo of the newly-constructed Unmanned Aerial Systems
A photo of the newly-constructed Unmanned Aerial Systems hangar constructed at Camp Mackall near Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The facility, built by Caddell Construction, won the state and national-level Associa... More
Mark Hiscox, a student in Auburn University's Construction
Mark Hiscox, a student in Auburn University's Construction Management Program and contracting specialist at the Savannah District, displays contracting and construction tools of the trade at district headquarte... More
The graph shows the Savannah River’s average daily
The graph shows the Savannah River’s average daily flow near Augusta before and after dams were introduced.
Operator Trainee Les Rice poses before Thurmond Dam's
Operator Trainee Les Rice poses before Thurmond Dam's spillway gates July 6. Rice is a 4th-year operator trainee in the Savannah District's Operator Training Program. The competitive program accepts only an eli... More
Members of a temporary emergency power planning and
Members of a temporary emergency power planning and response team chart locations of life-saving facilities during a regional power mission exercise conducted July 20 at the FEMA Distribution Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Top contracting officer wins prestigious USACE award
Jennifer Murphy-Mason, a Savannah District contracting officer, wins the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2015 Procurement Contracting Officer of the Year for major contributions to two features of the Savannah Har... More
An aerial overview of green, water-filled saltwater
An aerial overview of green, water-filled saltwater marshes captured during Undersecretary of the Army Patrick Murphy's visit to the Savannah District Aug. 11, 2016.
Major Savannah Harbor deepening mitigation feature progresses
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- A panoramic view into the cofferdam at the down river dissolved oxygen injection system construction site, Aug. 17, 2016. Workers are pouring concrete for the foundation this week. Work began o... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District staff
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District staff participate in a celebration of the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary at Fort Pulaski National Monument near Savannah, Georgia Aug. 25, 2016. The ce... More
Workers construct a specialized water drainage system
Workers construct a specialized water drainage system completely around a new raw water storage impoundment in Effingham County, Georgia. The drainage system ensures the integrity of the berm surrounding and fo... More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District Equal Employment Opportunity office hosted EEO staff from across the South Atlantic Division for a three-day regional training event held Sept. 13-15. The gro... More
Savannah District water manager updates Lake Hartwell Association
Stan Simpson, a hydrologist and a senior water manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, discusses the current status of the Savannah River Basin and how it affects Lake Hartwell at the a... More
Fuel Island at Hunter Army Airfield pictured Sept.
Fuel Island at Hunter Army Airfield pictured Sept. 27, 2016 during a final inspection. The site now hosts the 21st century standard for fuel systems after about $13 million in infrastructure improvements and co... More
SHEP mitigation projects trucking along
The graphic depicts ongoing construction of mitigation features for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project.
Barry Hodges, a chemical engineer at the U.S. Army
Barry Hodges, a chemical engineer at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Savannah, is a project lead on cleaning contaminated land at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Hodges and a team of Army scientist... More
USACE Chief of Engineers tracks Savannah Harbor Expansion Project
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Todd Semonites discusses progress of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project with Savannah District Construction Project Manager Robert Player during a vis... More
Patrick Hager, a Savannah District structural engineer,
Patrick Hager, a Savannah District structural engineer, inspects an impacted culvert on Fort Bragg in North Carolina Oct. 14, 2016. The structure located downstream of a water crossing, was inaccessible due to ... More
Savannah District teams up to keep commerce flowing
Debris is tangled around a navigation aid near Thunderbolt.
Spider barge and two scow vessels
A spider barge and two scow vessels sit idle in the Savannah River’s South Channel near Fort Pulaski, Nov. 1, while the Dredge Illinois works on the other side of Cockspur Island.
An artist's rendering of the fish bypass at the New
An artist's rendering of the fish bypass at the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam. Image courtesy of Blair Remy Architects.
Workers unload four Speece cones delivered Dec. 14,
Workers unload four Speece cones delivered Dec. 14, 2016, to an Army Corps of Engineers site along the Savannah River. The Speece cones, each about 22 feet tall when installed, will dissolve pure oxygen into wa... More
SHEP storage impoundment construction
The picture displays construction progress on the Raw Water Storage Impoundment, as part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, which currently sits at 53 percent completion. Progress shows the impoundment b... More
John Verrett (right), a drill rig operator and his
John Verrett (right), a drill rig operator and his assistant Lemon Moses (left) bag soil samples during groundwater investigations near Fort Jackson, S.C., Jan. 26. Soil was extracted using the TerraSonic drill... More
Maj. Jason Winkelmann, 542nd Forward Engineer Support
Maj. Jason Winkelmann, 542nd Forward Engineer Support Team - Advanced commander, briefs Soldiers of the 10th Brigade Engineer Battalion at Hunter Army Airfield March 4. Winkelmann shared contrasting insight on ... More
An Archer Western official answers a question from
An Archer Western official answers a question from a Diamond Elementary School first-grader at the construction site of the new school May 3. Thirteen contest winners of Archer Western Contractor’s poster conte... More
Metro Savannah-area teachers join marine archaeologists,
Metro Savannah-area teachers join marine archaeologists, Civil War re-enactors and other specialists to learn how to integrate science, technology, engineer and math (STEM) lessons from the recovery of the iron... More
Inside the newly-constructed Unmanned Aerial Systems
Inside the newly-constructed Unmanned Aerial Systems hangar constructed at Camp Mackall near Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The facility, built by Caddell Construction, won the state and national-level Associated ... More
An endangered wood stork comes in for a landing at
An endangered wood stork comes in for a landing at Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina. (Eric Horan/USFWS)
Operator Trainee Les Rice checks the integrity of line
Operator Trainee Les Rice checks the integrity of line relays inside a control center at Thurmond Dam July 6. Rice sends a carrier current signal down the line and waits for a response from the receiving protec... More
A temporary emergency power team tracks critical facilities
A temporary emergency power team tracks critical facilities awaiting assessments during a regional power mission exercise conducted July 20 at the Federal Emergency Management Agency Distribution Center in Atla... More
Burnt coils inside unit 4 at the Hartwell Power Plant
Burnt coils inside unit 4 at the Hartwell Power Plant were discovered during a scheduled biennial outage that began in May 2016. Layers of damaged coils were removed, stripped of insulation, re-soldered, and re... More
An aerial shot of Cockspur Island located near Tybee
An aerial shot of Cockspur Island located near Tybee Island Beach, Georgia. The photos was captured Aug. 11, 2016 during Undersecretary of the Army Patrick Murphy's visit to the Savannah District. In April 2016... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District staff
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District staff participate in a celebration of the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary at Fort Pulaski National Monument near Savannah, Georgia Aug. 25, 2016. The ce... More
A panoramic view, formed from multiple photos, depicts
A panoramic view, formed from multiple photos, depicts the site of a new raw water storage impoundment under construction in Effingham County, Georgia. The water impoundment will hold enough raw water to replac... More
Renita McNeill, an equal employment officer at the
Renita McNeill, an equal employment officer at the Wilmington District (right), discusses topics with Suellen Yates, an equal employment officer at the Savannah District (left), at a regional equal employment o... More
Fuel Island at Hunter Army Airfield pictured Sept.
Fuel Island at Hunter Army Airfield pictured Sept. 27, 2016 during a final inspection. The site now hosts the 21st century standard for fuel systems after about $13 million in infrastructure improvements and co... More
Patrick Hager, a Savannah District structural engineer,
Patrick Hager, a Savannah District structural engineer, stands above a water crossing during infrastructure assessments conducted at Fort Bragg in North Carolina Oct. 14, 2016. The water crossing consists of th... More
Engineers and dive team members prepare to inspect
Engineers and dive team members prepare to inspect the New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam in Augusta, Nov. 15. Team members will use the results of the inspection to aid in the preparation of plans and specification... More
the Savannah River. The Speece cones, each about 22
the Savannah River. The Speece cones, each about 22 feet tall when installed, will dissolve pure oxygen into water extracted from the river, then push the water back into the river. The process will replace dis... More
Meghan Riehl, a Savannah Corps geologist, inspects
Meghan Riehl, a Savannah Corps geologist, inspects soil samples during groundwater investigations near Fort Jackson, S.C., Jan. 26. Soil was extracted using the TerraSonic drill rig - a piece of high-tech machi... More
Capt. Jennifer Bellamy, a branch chief in Savannah
Capt. Jennifer Bellamy, a branch chief in Savannah Corps' Construction Division, briefs Soldiers of the 10th Brigade Engineer Battalion on fuel island upgrades at Hunter Army Airfield March 4. The briefing was ... More
Thirteen contest winners of Archer Western Contractor’s
Thirteen contest winners of Archer Western Contractor’s poster contest toured the site of the new Diamond Elementary School currently under construction at Fort Stewart, Georgia May 3. Diamond students from kin... More
Metro Savannah-area teachers join marine archaeologists,
Metro Savannah-area teachers join marine archaeologists, Civil War re-enactors and other specialists to learn how to integrate science, technology, engineer and math (STEM) lessons from the recovery of the iron... More
An aircraft runway at Camp Mackall leads to its newest
An aircraft runway at Camp Mackall leads to its newest resident, an Unmanned Aerial Systems hangar, constructed to house the UAS MQ-1C Gray Eagle. The facility, built by Caddell Construction, won the state and ... More
Operator Trainee Les Rice explains generator capabilities
Operator Trainee Les Rice explains generator capabilities inside Thurmond Dam's power house July 6. The dam houses seven generator units rated at 54 million watts each. One unit can power roughly 54,000 homes c... More
Participants of a temporary emergency power planning
Participants of a temporary emergency power planning and response team check systems on a generator awaiting installation during a regional power mission exercise conducted July 20 at the Federal Emergency Mana... More
An aerial view of Fort Pulaski located near Savannah,
An aerial view of Fort Pulaski located near Savannah, Georgia taken Aug. 11, 2016. Undersecretary of the Army Patrick Murphy received an aerial helicopter tour over the Savannah Harbor to get updates of the dis... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District staff
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District staff participate in a celebration of the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary at Fort Pulaski National Monument near Savannah, Georgia Aug. 25, 2016. The ce... More
One of 40,000 dump trucks unloads at the Raw Water
One of 40,000 dump trucks unloads at the Raw Water Storage Impoundment site, which is approximately 30 percent complete. The impoundment is part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project managers and
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project managers and construction representatives, Hawthorne Services, Inc. staff, and installation safety representatives and maintenance contractors perform a final inspection of ... More
An environmental investigation site at Redstone Arsenal
An environmental investigation site at Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama that will undergo environmental remediation through a method called electrical resistance heating, a value-based cleanup method t... More
Patrick Hager, a Savannah District structural engineer,
Patrick Hager, a Savannah District structural engineer, inspects a water crossing that failed due to flooding on Fort Bragg in North Carolina Oct. 13, 2016. Flooding and wind damage brought on by the late seaso... More
Workers unload four Speece cones delivered Dec. 14,
Workers unload four Speece cones delivered Dec. 14, 2016, to an Army Corps of Engineers site along the Savannah River. The Speece cones, each about 22 feet tall when installed, will dissolve pure oxygen into w... More
An aerial view of the new Diamond Elementary School
An aerial view of the new Diamond Elementary School currently under construction at Fort Stewart in Georgia March 21. Archer Western is the prime construction contractor for the project. The $40 million facilit... More
Educators from schools in Chatham, Effingham and Bryan
Educators from schools in Chatham, Effingham and Bryan Counties in Georgia participate in a Teachers Institute hosted by Georgia Tech Univerity in Savannah. The institute provided teachers in a variety of disci... More
A backhoe loader fills a toe drain with coarse sand
A backhoe loader fills a toe drain with coarse sand as two workers from Thalle Construction level the fill material on Sept. 8, 2016. The sand is fine enough to maintain the integrity of the ditch but coarse en... More
Educators from schools in Chatham, Effingham and Bryan
Educators from schools in Chatham, Effingham and Bryan Counties in Georgia participate in a Teachers Institute hosted by Georgia Tech Univerity in Savannah. The institute provided teachers in a variety of disci... More