11 Feb 2020

Hopes of leaving a city of 'marble'

“One of my favorite quotes is ‘Urbem latericium invenit, marmorea reliquit – I found a city of bricks and left a city of marble.’ – Caesar Augustus, recorded by Suetonius,” Structural Engineer Shane Boehmer said. “So for me, when I end my deployment in 2021, I want to leave Iraq knowing my efforts made the coalition bases and Iraqi bases safer and better, thus improving the quality of the lives for the soldiers on those bases.”

7 Feb 2020

Mound City South Culvert Replacement gets final OK

Employees from our Caruthersville, Missouri Area Office, the Memphis District office and contractor representatives, recently completed the final inspection of the Mound City South Culvert Replacement Project. The project site is in the confluence area of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers in Mound City, Illinois.

6 Feb 2020

MVD to get new Bank Grading Unit

“A lot of work is accomplished with the use of a barge mounted dragline and bulldozers,” Civil Engineer Jake Storz said. “Right now, the current machine used to do much of this work is over 70 years old and ready to retire. That’s why the Mississippi Valley Division is well on its way to getting a new Bank Grading Unit to replace the current one.”

5 Feb 2020

St. Francis Lake project a success

If anyone ever hoped for a success story involving scour repair, the St. Francis Lake Control Structure Scour Protection project is it. Not only was this Memphis District project completed ahead of schedule and under budget, but it also came complete without any safety incidents in all the 800.5 hours spent working.

4 Feb 2020

Work nears finish line on Farrenburg Levee Renovation

Employees from the Memphis District’s Caruthersville (Missouri) Area Office, our Project Operations Branch, and C&M Contractors, Inc., met on Dec. 13, 2019, to mark the substantial completion of Phase 1 of the Farrenburg Levee Renovation. The site is located north of New Madrid, Missouri, on St. Johns Bayou.