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  • April

    This project is a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for seepage projects throughout the Memphis District. Typical construction task orders may include seepage berm construction, relief well construction, and all associated tasks with each of these construction processes as designated in each contract. The work on each task order will consist of furnishing all plant, labor, and materials for the work to be performed.

    Contract Award | Seepage Multiple Award Task Order Contract

    This project is a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for seepage projects throughout the Memphis District. Typical construction task orders may include seepage berm construction, relief well construction, and all associated tasks with each of these construction processes as designated in each contract. The work on each task order will consist of furnishing all plant, labor, and materials for the work to be performed.

  • September

    The Memphis District and members of the Memphis Light, Gas, and Water (MLGW) team came together last Friday to celebrate the signing of a Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement (FCSA) for the MLGW Transmission Tower 1613 feasibility study. From protecting electrical, gas, and water infrastructure to bank stabilization, the Corps has partnered with MLGW to provide technical expertise and construction oversight for numerous sites across Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee.

    MLGW, Memphis District signing ceremony celebrates continued partnership, damage-prevention planning

    The Memphis District and members of the Memphis Light, Gas, and Water (MLGW) team came together last

  • August

    IN THE PHOTO (to the right),Biologist Josh Koontz, Cost Engineer Max Gomez-Pedro, Design Engineer Chase Kesner, and Geotechnical Engineer Ben Tatum visit a potential borrow site with Bill Sheppard of Yazoo Mississippi Delta Board. (This was not the final borrow site.) Circled in red is poison ivy. The other two photos (to the left) are of the project area, specifically four miles of the Yazoo-Delta Levee System 21 – Segment 26. The $1.8 million job will construct three earthen berms to reduce seepage under the levee when river levels are high. (USACE Courtesy Photos)

    $1.8M contract awarded, add’ l protection for agriculture, communities

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District recently awarded a construction contract for a Seepage Remediation Project in Coahoma County, Sherard, Mississippi. The project will be accomplished in partnership with the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board of Mississippi and will address four miles of the Yazoo-Delta Levee system’s System 21 – Segment 26.

  • July

    IN THE PHOTO, Contractors work to rehabilitate existing relief wells in Crittenden County, Arkansas. To carry out relief well restoration, a contract for $741,423 was awarded to SYTE Corp., with a notice to proceed date of Sept. 22, 2021. The contract was administered by the Memphis District’s Wynne Area Office, and the project was declared substantially complete May 21, 2022. (Courtesy photo)

    Relief wells rehabbed, MR&T efficacy ensured

    A Memphis District Project Delivery Team recently completed work to rehabilitate 84 existing relief wells in Crittenden County, Arkansas. “Relief wells significantly reduce the likelihood of a levee breach during high water events,” Project Manager Mark Mazzone said. “Projects like this maintain and rehabilitate relief wells, and directly impact relief well performance and levee protection.”
  • IN THE PHOTOS, Work to construct 25 new relief wells in Scott County, Missouri. To execute the project, a contract for $1,630,303.15 was awarded to VuCon, LLC., in August 2018. The Below Commerce Mile 5 work area included the installation of 18 new relief wells and 8,100 feet of linear ditch construction or modification. The Below Commerce Mile 15 work area included the installation of 7 new relief wells and 120 feet of linear ditch construction or modification. (Courtesy Photos)

    Relief well installation project substantially complete

    A Memphis District Project Delivery Team recently completed work to construct 25 new relief wells in Scott County, Missouri. To execute the project, a contract for $1,630,303.15 was awarded to VuCon, LLC., in August 2018. The contract was administered by the Memphis District’s Caruthersville Area Office, and the job was declared substantially complete June 24, 2022.