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  • April

    Thomas Herbert, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Project Planning Branch community planner, is the district’s February 2012 employee of the month. (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)

    Nashville District announces employee of the month for February 2012

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 12, 2012) – A community planner from the Project Planning Branch at Nashville District Headquarters is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for February 2012.

  • March

    Lesslie Y. Williams, a budget technician in the Mid Cumberland Area office at Center Hill Lake in Lancaster, Tenn., is the Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for January 2012.

    Nashville District announces employee of the month for January 2012

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 19, 2012) – Lesslie Y. Williams, a budget technician in the Mid Cumberland Area office at Center Hill Lake in Lancaster, Tenn., is the Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for January 2012.
  • Drill Rig Operator John Blackson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District, works on a rig near the Saddle Dam at Center Hill Lake in Silver Point, Tenn., March 14, 2012. The Baltimore District is supporting the Nashville District with exploratory drilling capabilities. The Nashville District's geologists are working alongside the drill rig to analyze core samples. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Exploratory drilling brings out benefits of partnership between districts

    SILVER POINT, Tenn. (March 14, 2012) – A drill rig crew from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District extracted core samples here today that are being closely examined by Nashville District geologists at Center Hill Lake near what is known as the Saddle Dam. However, the exploratory drilling is revealing more than just the condition of rock formations; it’s also bringing out the benefits of the two districts partnering together to explore the movement of water seepage through the karst geology in the area.
  • Roy Rossignol (Left), chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Business Office, talks with a participant at a Small Business Training Forum, March 8, 2012, at the Tennessee State University Avon Williams Campus in Nashville, Tenn. The Nashville District participated and the TSU Development Center and Society of American Military Engineers along with many other sponsors helped organize the event.

    Nashville District gets down to business

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 8, 2012) – More than 200 business owners and reps from as far away as California traveled to the Tennessee State University Avon Williams Campus today to garner information on federal, state and local procurement systems. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District small business, contracting, engineering and operations experts got down to business, using the event to explain Corps project opportunities to participants of the Small Business Training Forum.
  • Lt. Col. Anthony P. Mitchell, former commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, is seen here during his command in Nashville Sept. 16, 2010. He received a professional achievement award in the government category at the 26th Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards Gala at the Philadelphia Marriott Feb. 18, 2012.

    Former Nashville District commander lauded for professional achievement

    NASVHVILLE, Tenn. (March 5, 2012) – A former commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently received a professional achievement award in the government category at the 26th Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards Gala at the Philadelphia Marriott.

  • February

    Greenbelt Lake in Maryville, Tenn., is drying up Feb. 29, 2012. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is working to divert water from two streams that enter the lake in order to remove sediment as part of an aquatic and ecosystem restoration project. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)

    Corps prepares water diversion at Maryville’s Greenbelt Lake

    MARYVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 29, 2012) – Work crews began installing aqua levee systems today on Pistol and Brown Creeks that will act as makeshift coffer dams. Pumps capable of moving up to 6,900 gallons per minute are in place and ready to divert water collected from these streams through pipes around Greenbelt Lake.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Crisis Management Team meets Feb. 7, 2012 to participate in a table top exercise to exercise an earthquake scenario and review emergency plans. (USACE photo by David Wheeler)

    Nashville District participates in 2012 ShakeOut Exercise

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 7, 2012) – The Nashville District participated in The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut – 2012 today as its crisis management team conducted an exercise, initiated the organization’s emergency call roster, and discussed and reviewed earthquake emergency action plans.

  • January

    Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp (Right, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, poses with the group during his visit to confer diplomas on the newest graduating class of lock operators Jan. 31, 2012. (USACE photo by David Wheeler)

    Nashville District holds its last lock operator training graduation

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 31, 2012) – The commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recognized the end of an era as he presented nine students from its lock operator class with graduation certificates here today at J. Percy Priest Lake.

  • Nashville District names its employee of the month for December 2011

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 25, 2012) – A technical manager from the operations division is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for December 2011.
  • Col. Margaret W. Burcham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander,receives a briefing from Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, Nashville District commander, and other project experts on site at the coffer dam at Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 12, 2012. (USACE photo by David Wheeler)

    Division commander leaves Music City in tune with Nashville District’s ‘people’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 13, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes & Ohio River Division commander visited Music City for the first time this week, and then left more in tune with Nashville District’s “people.”

  • December

    Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, comments after being installed as president of the Society of American Military Engineers Nashville Post during a meeting Dec. 14, 2011 in the Tennessee Engineering Center at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville, Tenn. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    DeLapp installed as SAME Nashville Post president

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 14, 2011) – The Nashville Post of the Society of American Military Engineers installed its new president today during an installation ceremony in the Tennessee Engineering Center at the Adventure Science Center.

  • Nashville District names its employee of the month for October 2011

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 12, 2011) – Lyla H. Lewis, senior budget analyst in programs section is the Nashville District Employee of the Month for October 2011.

  • November

    Wolf Creek Dam Media Day generates flow of information

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (Nov. 18, 2011) – The U.S. Army officer in charge of the Wolf Creek Dam Foundation Remediation Project informed reporters today on “Media Day” that the project is still on target for completion in December 2013. Inviting the media to receive this message and then share it with the public is what the day was all about.

  • Nashville District announces employee of the month for September 2011

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 17, 2011) – Daphne Jackson, a civil engineer in the Operations Division Management Support Branch is the Nashville District Employee of the Month for September 2011.

  • Wolf Creek Dam Foundation Remediation Project reaches 500,000 hour achievement

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (Nov. 3, 2011) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Wolf Creek Dam Foundation Remediation Project reached a significant 500,000 hour achievement Nov. 1.

  • October

    Tennessee River locking operations keep America's economy in ship shape

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 25, 2011) – There are nine locks on the Tennessee River that the Nashville District operates, but there are four that are crucial to day-to-day commerce of the United States in Northern Alabama and Southwest Tennessee. Operators at the Pickwick, Wilson, Wheeler and Guntersville Locks move tons of cargo through their locks on a daily basis.

  • Corps awards $736,536 contract for Beaver Creek Flood Damage Reduction Project

    BRISTOL, Tenn. (Oct. 6, 2011) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District awarded a $738,536 contract Sept. 27 to Aspen Construction, a Hackensack, Minn., company, for the Beaver Creek Flood Damage Reduction Project here.

  • Corps awards $1.9 million contract for Pistol Creek Lake Sediment Removal Project

    MARYVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 6, 2011) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District awarded a $1,956,888 contract Sept. 30 to Environmental, Safety & Health, Inc., of Knoxville, Tenn., for the Pistol Creek Lake Sediment Removal Project.

  • Corps awards $8.6 million contract for Barkley Dam Unit 1 Rewind Project

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Oct. 6, 2011) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District awarded an $8,698,348 contract Sept. 30 to National Electric Coil in Columbus, Ohio for the Barkley Dam Unit 1 Rewind Project at the hydropower plant.

  • September

    Nashville District announces employee of the month for August 2011

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 29, 2011) – Dennis Woodruff, a supervisory civil engineer, in the Engineering and Construction Division Construction Branch is the Nashville District Employee of the Month for August 2011.