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  • January

    NAO-2006-7258

    CFalls LLC proposes to construct a single-family home subdivision, road network, condominiums, community pool, clubhouse, sewer lines, waters lines and stormwater management facilities known as Chickahominy Falls Section III on about 81 acres in Hanover County, Virginia. Public comment period ends Feb. 14.

  • NAO-2015-01165

    The project consists of the discharge of fill material into waters of the United States associated with the development of an industrial complex with two 2-story data center buildings, equipment areas, an office/warehouse building, access roads, parking areas, utilities, storm water management facilities and associated infrastructure at the subject location.

  • NAO-2013-02226

    City of Virginia Beach proposes to impact 1.14 acres of forested wetlands for the westward expansion of Nimmo Parkway and the realignment of the intersection of Nimmo Parkway and West Neck Road to alleviate traffic and provide access to the Department of Veteran’s Services (DVS) Veterans Care Clinic (VCC) in Virginia Beach, VA. The applicant proposes to mitigate the permanent loss of 1.14 acres of forested wetlands at a ratio of 2:1 and through the purchase of 2.28 credits from the Great Dismal Swamp Mitigation Bank.

  • WRD-P-190108

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) invites the public to attend a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Scoping meeting for the implementation of the Chesapeake Bay Native Oyster Recovery Program in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

  • NAO-2017-00700

    CBAY-VA LLC proposes to establish a mitigation bank on 198 acres near Middleburg in Loudoun County, Virginia. Comments are due February 6, 2019.

  • December

    The Arlington National Cemetery administration building houses cemetery staff who plan, coordinate and participate in funeral services, as well as provides waiting areas for family and friends to gather prior to funeral ceremonies.

    Corps awards $9.8 million contract to Leesburg based company

    A Leesburg, Virginia based small business is tasked with completing the more than $9.8 million project, which will update, repair and refurbish the 1976-built facility.

  • NAO-2001-02223/18-V1872

    HOFD Ashville Park, LLC & Ashville Park Owners Association propose the construction of the drainage improvements required by the City of Virginia Beach and the development of the remaining Villages including the supporting infrastructure at the existing, partially developed Ashville Park residential subdivision in Virginia Beach. The applicant proposes to impact 0.31 acres of open water, 0.74 acres of emergent wetlands, 2.23 acres of scrub/shrub wetlands and 0.12 acres of forested wetlands.

  • NAO-2011-00025

    The applicant proposes to repair about 6,150 linear feet of eroded shoreline in three priority areas. Repair will include construction of 18 near-shore riprap breakwaters with a total of 39,908 cubic yards of fill placed shoreward of the structures.

  • Suffolk, Norfolk District secure safe navigation in unique agreement

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District began maintenance dredging of the Bennett’s Creek Federal Navigation channel in Suffolk, Va., today
  • 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.

    FNOD Restoration Advisory Board meets December 6, 2018

    SUFFOLK, Va. — Restoration efforts at the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot, remain an ongoing

  • November

    DoDEA: Officials celebrate new Fort Campbell High School

    Hundreds of people – Fort Campbell High School students, faculty and staff, Department of Defense Education Activity representatives, and Fort Campbell leadership – packed into the high school’s commons today to celebrate the high school’s dedication with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
  • Woman in orange life vest and glasses smiles off camera to the right while working outside on a plastic tube used for oyster reef restoration

    USACE scientist keeps conservation, construction coexisting

    Although the basic functions of USACE are vital, there’s more to the Norfolk District team than digging, dredging and directives. Student, educator, scientist and whale disentagler Shannon Reinheimer is featured in this installment of the Norfolk District feature series Builders of Bulwark.

  • NAO-2018-01909

    This is a proposed Virginia Aquatic Resource Trust Fund (VARTF) mitigation site UJ-4 Cole in the Upper James River Basin and is named the "Cole" site.

  • NAO-1992-1455

    NASA Wallops' has submitted an application to re-nourish their shoreline back to pre-Hurricane Sandy conditions in order to protect NASA, US NAVY, and MARS facilities on the island. The project will include dredging, beach nourishment, and the placement of breakwaters along the shoreline of Wallops Island Flight Facility.
  • Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite (left) and Sgt. Maj. Bradley J Houston (right) presents Cherie Kunze and Col. Patrick Kinsman with an award for being the seventh best district throughout the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for awarding contracts to Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses.

    District small business among the top in Corps of Engineers

    The Norfolk District Small Business Program is among the top 10 in awarding contracts to Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses.

  • NAO-2017-01846

    The Ohio Creek Watershed Project proposes to improve neighborhood quality by strengthening flood resiliency, support economic opportunity, and increase neighborhood connectivity in Norfolk, Virginia.

  • CENAO-WRR-MBI

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District (USACE) and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) working with the Interagency Review Team (IRT) and the public announce the release of the 2018 MBI Template for use in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This Template replaces and supersedes the February 2010 version of the MBI Template.
  • girl holds up floating bridge model made out of foam and tape while boy looks at the water the model in going into

    Norfolk engineer inspires students in design challenge

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District played a key role in an engineering-design challenge that attracted students from across Newport News Public Schools.
  • photo of members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers take part in an on-camera interview on the deck of the derrick boat Elizabeth

    Overhaul underway on Norfolk District’s ‘workhorse’ vessel

    NORFOLK, Va. – A handy operations vessel built during World War II but used in recent decades by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District is getting a much-needed overhaul.

  • NAO-1995-08595

    The sponsor proposes to amend and restate the VARTF Program Instrument (Instrument) dated July 14, 2011, which amended the Memorandum of Understanding dated December 18, 2003, which previously amended the initial Wetlands Restoration Trust Fund Program Memorandum of Understanding dated August 18, 1995.