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  • April

    Work crews remove one of two canal gates for refurbishment at South Mills Lock in North Carolina, Jan. 7, 2020.

    District announces procedures for safe lockings during COVID-19 pandemic

    Effective March 31, the locks at Deep Creek, Virginia, and South Mills, North Carolina, returned to their normal operating schedule to accommodate vessels using the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway's Dismal Swamp Canal.

  • NAO-2014-0708

    The James River Water Authority proposes to construct a raw water intake, raw water lines and upgrade an existing access road in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
  • Meetings are taking place inside the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton Virginia between local, state and federal representatives on how best to convert the building into an alternate care facility. The Federal Emergency Management Agency tasked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to evaluate and recommend sites for Alternative Care Facilities in Virginia, and Governor Northam approved locations in Northern Virginia, Richmond and Hampton Roads. Norfolk District personnel, along with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, the Virginia Department of Health, the Virginia National Guard and emergency management personnel from local and regional governments are now meeting with health care professionals and representatives from area health care systems to plan how best to convert the selected sites to meet their needs. The Corps has received three mission assignments from FEMA to begin construction on the Alternate Care Facilities shortly. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick Bloodgood)

    USACE to begin construction on alternate care facilities in Virginia

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has received three mission assignments from FEMA to construct alternate care facilities in Northern Virginia, the Hampton Roads region and in the Richmond, Virginia area.

  • Public Notice 2012-02369

    Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. proposes to discharge fill material in 4.98 acres of palustrine forested wetlands, 0.23 acre of palustrine emergent wetlands, to otherwise adversely affect 0.91 acre of palustrine forested wetlands by dewatering and fragmenting, and to discharge fill material in 1,383 linear feet (0.14 acre) of ditches with appropriate compensatory mitigation for the purpose of constructing a Wegmans Distribution Center for the purposes of industry and commerce. The project will adversely affect Site 44HN0326, which is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The site is the remains of an early 19th century residence that was possibly associated with Merry Oaks Tavern.that was possibly associated with Merry Oaks Tavern.

  • March

    NAO-2017-01033

    1521 Dranesville, LLC proposes to construct McMillen Farm residential subdivision and associated infrastructure on 5.7 acres southeast of the intersection of Wiehle Avenue and Dranesville Road (State Route 228) at 1521 Dranesville Road in Fairfax County, Virginia. An adverse effect has been determined for the project, and a Memorandum of Agreement under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act is being developed. Comments are due April 10.

  • NAO-2014-01074

    The City of Chesapeake proposes to impact 1.96 acres of existing jurisdictional ditches west of Shillelagh Road in Chesapeake, VA and create 2.09 acres of new ditch. This ditch realignment is part of the City of Chesapeake's proposed Shillelagh Road Drainage and Shoulder Improvement Project.

  • Contracting in Disasters: What Companies Can Do To Help

    Contracting Director: I want to make sure that everyone understands the first steps in doing business with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the Government, is for your company to register with SAM.gov (https://sam.gov/SAM/pages/public/index.jsf). Within SAM.gov is the Disaster Response Registry, where you can register your company's unique capabilities (https://sam.gov/SAM/pages/public/searchRecords/advancedDRSearch.jsf).
  • Members of the Norfolk District Alternate-Care-Site planning and assessment team receive there initial guidance while using proper social distancing and disbursing throughout one of the District's training rooms. The team is responsible for evaluating existing building to see if the can be converted to Alternate-Care-Sites, should the need arise from the potential influx of COVID-19 patients.

    Norfolk District teams to evaluate facilities for use as alternate-care-sites in Virginia

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has assembled field assessment teams tasked with evaluating existing facilities for the possible conversion into alternate-care-sites in Virginia.
  • Condition Survey of Bradford Bay to Finney Creek.

    Corps awards $1.6 million dredging contract to Massachusetts Small Business

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $1.6 million contract to SumCo Eco-Contracting, LLC of Peabody Massachusetts to perform maintenance dredging on Waterway of Coastal Virginia Bradford Bay Channel.

  • CENAO-WR-R NAO-2019-01977

    City of Hampton proposes to construct a new 0.8-mile, four-lane roadway extension of Coliseum Drive from its current terminus at Butler Farm Road (Coliseum Drive Phase A), north to a new intersection with Magruder Boulevard and North Campus Parkway in order to provide a continuous four-lane direct connection between Hampton Roads Center North business park and Coliseum Central activity center in Hampton, VA.
  • The community of a little more than 700 people located in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay is experiencing erosion, sea-level rise and subsidence. Multiple projects, including an active dredging program and soon to be built jetty, are ongoing or being studied by The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to find ways to combat the effects of these elements. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Corps opens contract solicitation for Tangier jetty

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a solicitation for an unrestricted, firm fixed price, invitation for bid (IFB) for construction of a jetty located on the small island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay.

  • Memo from the Director of Contracting re: COVID-19

    For USACE Contractors, As the Director of Contracting for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, I wanted to personally reach out to all of you and let you know that we are actively monitoring the situation in regards to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Attached is the guidance we received on planning for potential Novel Coronavirus Contract Impacts.

  • NAO-2020-00380

    The city of Virginia Beach proposes to mechanically dredge 9,583 cubic yards of material to provide navigable access to residents of homes bordering the waterway off Saw Pen Point Trail, Bridgehampton Lane, Witch Point Trail and Schilling Point to the Lynnhaven River's Western Branch. The spoil material will be hauled to the Thalia Creek Transfer Site and trucked to the Whitehurst Dredge Material Management Area off Oceana Boulevard in Virginia Beach for disposal.

  • Norfolk District restricting access to facilities to help prevent spread of COVID-19

    In order to help limit the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is restricting access to its properties to Corps personnel only.

  • QNCPEA0320

    This Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for Quantico National Cemetery (QNC) evaluates the effects of the construction, operation, and maintenance of its full build-out Master Plan (also referred to as the “Long-Term Plan” throughout the PEA). This PEA also includes a more detailed plan for the first phase of the long-range plan (also referred to as the “Short-Term Plan” throughout the PEA). QNC is located in Triangle, Virginia, in Prince William County, Virginia.
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    Agencies strengthen commitment to reduce flood hazards

    As part of Virginia Flood Awareness Week, the Virginia Silver Jackets, a team composed of multiple federal and state agencies, will sign an updated charter this week.
  • A logging crew conducts tree removal during a timber harvest on the training ranges of Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.

    From mid-Atlantic to Canada, Norfolk District foresters manage unique Army program

    FORT A.P. HILL, Va. – For a pair of Real Estate Office staffers at Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, there really is no confusing the forest for the trees. District foresters Andrew Willey and Stefan Flores are responsible for timber sales and helping manage forests on military installations and other Army real property.

  • NAO-2020-00369

    The Nature Conservancy, the sponsor of the Virginia Aquatic Resources Trust Fund proposed to establish, construct, and maintain a non-tidal wetland compensatory mitigation site in Northumberland County, Virginia.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold its 2015 FNOD quarterly restoration advisory board meeting March 25, 6-8 p.m., at the Courtyard Marriott, located at 8060 Harbour View Boulevard, Suffolk, Virginia.

    Nansemond project’s Restoration Advisory Board to meet Thursday

    SUFFOLK, Va. — Restoration efforts at Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot remain a priority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The project's next Restoration Advisory Board meeting is set for Thursday from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. at Tidewater Community College’s Center for Workforce Solutions.

  • NAO-2004-02863

    The Black Diamond Company proposes to fill approximately 430 linear feet of stream bed in support of expanding the currently operating Stateline Branch Refuse Facility. Specifically, this site would allow permanent placement of approximately 7,100,855 cubic yards of coarse refuse from the applicant’s coal preparation plant extending the life of the operation over the next 8 to 9 years. The project is located in an unnamed tributary of Stateline Branch, a tributary to the Upper Levisa, Big Sandy River, at Big Rock, Buchanan County, Virginia..