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  • December

    NAO-2018-01381

    The city of Virginia Beach proposes to construct a tide gate across Thalia Creek at Lake Windsor. The project's purpose is to reduce flooding in the Windsor Woods neighborhood.

  • NAO-DHA-9905-20-002- 0401-12 Biologist

    Any individual who meets the qualification requirements may apply for this biologist position under direct hire authority. For this job, candidates may meet the qualification requirement using education or a combination of education and experience.

  • NAO-2019-01927

    VDOT proposes to construct an approximately 2-mile passing lane section to increase safety and operations along the U.S. 501 corridor in Halifax County, Virginia. Public comment period ends Jan. 6, 2020.

  • NAO-DHA-Engineering Technician 9905-19-004

    Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking to hire an engineering technician to manage the district's unmanned aerial systems operational program and technical activities. This position may be a direct hire with qualification requirement using experience alone.
  • 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.

    Agencies to sign agreement at Nansemond project’s next Restoration Advisory Board meeting

    SUFFOLK, Va. — Federal, state and local agencies tackling restoration efforts at Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot will sign a memorandum of understanding at Thursday's quarterly Restoration Advisory Board meeting, officials announced.

  • D05PN-07-2019

    All interested parties are notified that an application dated June 28, 2019, has been received from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by the Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, for approval of the location and plans for construction of a new drawbridge over a navigable waterway of the United States.

  • November

    NAO-2008-02069

    The Corps of Engineers is amending the Navigation Regulations published at 33 C.F.R. §334.280, "James River, Skiffes Creek and Warwick River surrounding Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia; restricted areas and danger zones."

  • NAO-2019-01587

    YMCA of South Hampton Roads is proposing to construct two offshore breakwaters, with sand nourishment, and a living shoreline in the Chesapeake Bay, at 9272 Ymca Lane, Jamesville, Northampton County, Virginia.
  • Scientist speaks to classroom of children, uses hand gestures while speaking

    Norfolk District and young scientists intersect during geotagging event

    Students and teachers from Norfolk Christian Lower School geoprocessed data with employees from Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to recognize GIS Day.

  • CENAO-WRO-O-141119

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be performing valve repairs to the Great Bridge Lock chamber in Chesapeake, Virginia, on November 20, 2019. The lock will be closed to navigation from 8:00 AM to approximately 3:00 PM for diving and crane operations.

  • NAO-DHA-9905-20-001

    The Norfolk District is looking to hire an engineer responsible for assigned flood plain management related investigations conducted for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works and military projects and FPMS, Planning Assistance to States, and Silver Jackets Programs.
  • A coastal research amphibious buggy drive to the shoreline from the ocean

    Work to resume on Virginia Beach oceanfront project

    Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and city of Virginia Beach officials said Great Lakes Dredge & Dock LLC, the Virginia Beach Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project’s contractor, intends to mobilize equipment at 68th Street and install submerged pipeline between 60th and 61st streets here this week.

  • CENAO-WR-R-4112019

    The Norfolk District Corps of Engineers, Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) have issued revised versions of the Standard and Tidewater Joint Permit Applications (JPA) dated October 2019.

  • October

    Woman speaks to crowd using microphone

    Small business is big business for Norfolk District

    In the last two years, Cherie Kunze met with over 200 firms, conducted numerous outreach events and used each of her 30 years of contracting experience. In 2019, it paid off. The Norfolk District Office of Small Business Programs deputy took the commander’s program to record highs by far exceeding the district’s small business goals.

  • 408-NA0-2019-0044; Huelsberg

    A Joint Permit Application (NAO 2019-00448, VMRC 19-0309) has been received from Jennifer Huelsberg for a shoreline stabilization project and a 256-foot long by 6-foot wide private pier that terminates in an 8-foot wide by 16-foot long L-head platform adjacent to 1608 Bay Point Drive situated along Broad Bay in Virginia Beach. The channelward end of the pier, including the L-head platform, extends approximately 116 feet into the area that is planned for future Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) restoration as part of the Lynnhaven River Basin Ecosystem Restoration Project.

  • 408-NAO-2019-0011; City of Norfolk

    A Joint Permit Application has been received (NAO-2000-2192, VMRC 19-0279) from the City of Norfolk for the proposed installation of approximately 3,600 linear feet of living shoreline adjacent to Norfolk International Terminal (NIT) facilities at 7737 Terminal Boulevard situated along the Lafayette River near the confluence with the Elizabeth River in Norfolk. The proposed project is located adjacent to the USACE/NIT Oyster Mitigation Project constructed in 2014 as part of the Craney Island Eastward Expansion Project and which is maintained by USACE

  • 408-NAO-2019-0043; Whitfield

    A Joint Permit Application (NAO 2019-00791, VMRC 19-0684) has been received from Mark and Keri Whitfield proposing to install a 15-foot by 13.5-foot floating dock adjacent to an existing private pier at 1640 Bay Point Drive situated along Broad Bay in Virginia Beach. The proposed location of the floating dock is in a leased area that is planned for future Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) restoration as part of the USACE Lynnhaven River Basin Ecosystem Restoration Project.

  • NAO-DHA-9905-20-002

    The district is hiring a lead civil engineering technician for support of civil works, interagency and military projects, using advanced knowledge in hydrographic surveying, topographic surveying, navigation and coastal engineering principles, volume computation, AutoCAD and HYPACK software, and geographic information system.

  • NAO-2016-00744

    Branch Flatiron proposes to improve an approximate 15-mile long section of the Interstate 95 corridor with the extension of two high-occupancy toll lanes in the median between the I-95 northbound and southbound lanes in Prince William and Stafford Counties, Virginia. The proposed project involves approximately 10 miles of new roadway construction from the I-95/US 17 North interchange to the I-95/Garrisonville Road interchange as well as new ramp construction near the I-95/ Russell Road interchange and other associated roadway improvements.

  • NAO-1990-02033

    The Navy proposes to impact 2.04 acres of forested wetlands for the Special Operations Forces Demolition Training Complex upgrade at Dam Neck Annex in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Of that total, 0.37 acres of forested wetlands would be cleared and filled and 1.67 acres permanently converted from forested wetlands to emergent wetlands.