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  • December

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's 2019 Supervisory Training Program class graduated during a ceremony Dec. 3, 2019 at the district's headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. STP is a nine-month program where the participants share experiences and learn the core skills required to successfully manage the workforce and develop as a leader. From left to right are Frank Mills, Dylan Grissom, Myles Barton, Ryan Johnson, Stephanie Coleman, Bryan Mangrum, Chris Marshall, Kayl Kite, Cynthia Lightner, William Terry, David Bogema, Ryan Frye, Gerald Lee, and Lt. Col. Sonny B. Avichal, Nashville District commander. Graduates not pictured include Jamie James, Jason Phillips and Isaac Taylor. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Nashville District lauds Supervisory Training Program graduates

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 3, 2019) – A group of new supervisors graduated today from a course designed to equip them with necessary tools to effectively manage resources, lead the workforce, and undertake all related supervisory tasks.

  • June

    Maj. Justin Toole, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy commander, encourages 36 participants of the Hydropower Acquisition Course June 19, 2018 at Tennessee State University’s Avon Williams Campus in Nashville, Tenn., to network and freely share expertise. The purpose of the course is to synchronize best practices and work on improving how the Corps of Engineers executes a hydropower project from cradle to grave. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Corps employees get current on hydropower acquisition

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 22, 2018) – Corps employees from across the country met in Music City this week to get current on hydropower acquisition.

  • September

    Corps employees and members of Team Cumberland pose with Old Hickory Dam and Power Plant in the background. Hendersonville, Tenn., Sept. 15, 2015. Team Cumberland toured the Power Plant in Hendersonville, Tenn., which is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)

    Hydropower Optimization increases energy production at Corps plants

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 18, 2015) - Aging hydroelectric generating units operated by the district at Dams in Kentucky and Tennessee have gone well beyond their typical design life of 35-40 years and are in much need of rehabilitation. Engineers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District are focused on a plan to revitalize and rehabilitate the units in the next 20 years.

  • October

    Corps of Engineers officials witness the testing of the model hydropower turbine Oct. 8, 2014 at a Voith Hydro laboratory in York, Pa., to ensure it meets required specifications before the manufacturing process and work to modernize the power house begins at Center Hill Dam in Lancaster, Tenn.

    Hydropower model tests generate positive results for Center Hill rehab project

    YORK, Pa. (Oct. 10, 2014) – Corps experts witnessed a series of tests this week on a “small-scale” turbine model in a laboratory at Voith Hydro Inc. The tests were completely successful and the positive results will keep the Center Hill Hydropower Rehabilitation Project schedule on track.

  • December

    From left, Jamie Holt, power plant specialist, and Jamie James, project manager, stand atop U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s recently repaired Barkley Hydropower Plant Unit 1 generator Kuttawa, Ky. The unit suffered a phase-to-ground fault resulting in a fire that damaged the 32.5 Megawatt generator wirings in Dec. 19, 2010. The $11.5 million, major repair project began Aug. 15, 2012 when contractor employees lifted the 270-ton assembly by crane and placed it on a nearby pedestal for repair by National Electric Coil from Columbus, Ohio. Unit 1 was placed back on line Nov. 18, 2013.

    Barkley Unit 1 generator is back in operation after major repairs

    KUTTAWA, Ky., (Dec. 6, 2013) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Barkley Hydropower Plant Unit 1 here is back in operation after a phase-to-ground fault caused a fire that damaged the 32.5 Megawatt generator stator windings in Dec. 19, 2010.

  • June

    Jamie James, a project manager in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Nashville District Project Management Division, is the District Employee of the Month for April 2013. (Photo by Fred Tucker)

    James named District Employee of the Month for April 2013

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 27, 2013) – Jamie James, a project manager in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Nashville District Project Management Division, is the District Employee of the Month for April 2013.

  • April

    Congressional staff members stand below a Chickamauga Lock sign during their April 3, 2013 visit to the deteriorating, 73-year-old, TVA-owned and Corps-operated and maintained Chattanooga facility. From left are: Lt. Col. James A DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; Jason O’Rouke, (Rep. Doug Collins, Georgia District 9); Dayne Cutrell, (Rep. Scott DesJarlais, Tennessee District 4); Meyer Seligman, (Rep. Alan Nunnelee, Mississippi District 1); Ben Portis, Tennessee Valley Authority; Brittany Hernandez, (Rep. Steve Cohen, Tennessee District 9); Daniel Tidwell, (Rep. Robert Aderholt, Alabama District 4); Bevin Wilkinson, (Sen. Roger Wicker, Ala.); John Shea, (Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee District 3); Rob Strayer, (Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee); Nick Pearson, TVA; Jason Lawrence, (Rep. Tom Graves, Georgia District 14); and Jamie James, Nashville District project manager for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement project.

    Congressional staff members visit deteriorating Chickamauga Lock

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (April 3, 2013) – Nine Congressional staff members from the Tennessee Valley visited the Chickamauga Lock Construction project today to receive a briefing and tour as part of their TVA-sponsored orientation to Tennessee River operations.

  • August

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District lifts the rotor assembly from a 270-ton hydropower unit undergoing rehabilitation at the Barkley Dam Hydropower Plant in Kuttawa, Ky., Aug. 16, 2012. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Barkley hydropower rehabilitation gets a 270-ton lift

    KUTTAWA, Ky. (Aug. 16, 2012) – Work crews here at Barkley Power Plant removed a 270-ton rotor assembly today from a crippled hydropower unit damaged 18 months ago by an electrical fire. The heavy lift enables the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District to move forward with the generator’s rehabilitation.

  • October

    Rob Baulsir, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employee and Leadership Development Program student, carries out a board he found on the shoreline of Center Hill Lake during a National Public Lands Day volunteer event Oct. 1, 2011. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)

    Center Hill Lake benefits from 'trashy' leadership teambuilding

    SILVER POINT, Tenn. (Oct. 1, 2011) – Leadership Development Program students from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District participated in a “trashy” teambuilding exercise today near Edgar Evins State Park on the shoreline of Center Hill Lake.