Revetment operations are primarily the preparation for, and placement of
articulated concrete mattress (ACM) from the water's edge, out to design limits in
conjunction with stone paving, from water's edge to top bank; which stabilizes the river
bank and maintains the proper navigation channel alignment. This operation is
normally done from mid-July through mid-November (during low water) and involves men and
equipment from Cairo, IL to below New Orleans, LA on the Mississippi River and along the
Atchafalaya River. The Memphis District provides for clearing of the banks, grading
of the banks, ACM loading from the mat casting fields, and a portion of motor vessel
towing of the barges is ACM.
Vicksburg
District places the ACM and private contractors provide the stone placement which is
called "upper bank paving."
