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  • October

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently named a trio of its employees as employees of the month for June, July, and August 2023. (Left to Right) Kelley Philbin, civil engineer and chief of the Water Resources Section in the Hydrology and Hydraulics Branch, is the employee of the month for June 2023. Jake Pierce, civil engineer in the Civil Site and Survey Section, is the employee of the month for July 2023. Ryan Evans, biologist in the Regulatory Division Technical Service Branch, is the employee of the month for August 2023. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Commander announces trio of outstanding employees of the month

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 27, 2023) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander recently announced a trio of outstanding employees of the month, recognizing their positive impact to the organization and projects.
  • Nate Brock, UAS pilot in the Survey Mapping Section, flies a LIDAR drone above Antioch Middle School’s football field as students watch and ask questions during a Tennessee STEAM Festival event Oct. 17, 2023, in Antioch, Tennessee. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District partnered with the school to “show and tell” about the careers related to science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Employees share career crafts with students for Tennessee STEAM Festival

    ANTIOCH, Tenn. (Oct. 24, 2023) – Corps of Engineers employees representing a variety of career fields shared their crafts with students at Antioch Middle School last week during a sanctioned Tennessee STEAM Festival event. Hundreds of sixth, seventh and eighth graders observed demonstrations and presentations and took notes on the many opportunities to pursue careers that require studies focused on science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.
  • Lt. Col. Robert W. Green, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, chats with Thalle Construction Company and Tully Group officials about the safety milestone reached of 500,000 hours without a lost-time incident Oct. 17, 2023, at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. (USACE Photo by Vanessa Rudd)

    USACE lauds Kentucky Lock Addition Project contractor for safety milestone

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Oct. 23, 2023) – Thalle Construction Company celebrated reaching 500,000 labor hours without a lost time accident in constructing a larger navigation lock on the Tennessee River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recognized the remarkable milestone last week and thanked construction workers for their role in delivering a project of national significance.
  • Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Michael L. Connors, Lt. Col. Robert W. Green, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, and employees look into a hydropower unit being rehabilitated during a tour of the Barkley Dam Powerplant in Kuttawa, Kentucky, Oct. 13, 2023. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Nashville District showcases projects to Army’s assistant secretary for Civil Works

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 16, 2023) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District showcased two of its mega construction projects on the Tennessee River and its hydropower rehabilitation efforts at Barkley Dam on the Cumberland River last week to the assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
  • With Cordell Hull Dam in the background, Rep. John Rose, Tennessee 6th District, gives the keynote address while addressing guests during the dam’s 50th Anniversary celebration Oct. 7, 2023, on the shoreline below the dam in Elmwood, Tennessee. He noted that celebrating the achievements of the engineers and the contractors, and public policy makers of the time, made this project possible. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Communities celebrate Cordell Hull Dam’s 50th Anniversary

    ELMWOOD, Tenn. (Oct. 10, 2023) – Local communities, residents and officials celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Cordell Hull Dam Oct. 7 by paying tribute to residents that were displaced, featuring historical aspects of the dam’s construction, and noting the benefits that were realized for future generations when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers impounded the lake.

  • September

    C.J. Mahan work crews place 148 cubic yards of tremie concrete Sept. 20, 2023, from a pump truck into a tremie pipe for placement into the shaft on the bottom of the Tennessee River for the first of 14 shafts for the upstream approach wall piers. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Upstream Approach Wall construction is an integral part of the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Matthew Curvin)

    Chickamauga’s upstream approach wall piers get solid start

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Sept. 27, 2023) – The Upstream Approach Walls for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project got a solid start when work crews placed 148 cubic yards of tremie concrete Sept. 20 into the drilled shaft on the bottom of the Tennessee River.
  • Lt. Col. Robert W. Green, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; Maj. Todd Mainwaring, Nashville District deputy commander; and Michael Evans, course instructor, pose with graduates of the 2023 Leadership Development Program Level I Course Sept. 13, 2023, at the Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Commander praises employees for capitalizing on leadership development

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 19, 2023) – Eighteen employees with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District graduated Sept. 13 from the first level of the Leadership Development Program during a ceremony at the Scarritt Bennett Center.
  • Joe Savage (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division programs director, presents the Ron Keeling Civil Works Programming Excellence Award Aug. 29, 2023, to Connie Flatt, civil engineer and program manager in the Nashville District’s Planning, Program, and Project Management Division, during a ceremony at the division headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. Donald Johantges, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Civil Works Integration Division chief, also participated in recognizing Flatt. (USACE Photo)

    Division recognizes Flatt with ‘Ron Keeling Civil Works Programming Excellence Award’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 18, 2023) – A program manager in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is being lauded by the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division for her work that led to $376 million in Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act funding to replace the spillway gates and associated equipment at Wolf Creek Dam in Jamestown, Kentucky, and Center Hill Dam in Lancaster, Tennessee.
  • Diana Namara, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District contracting specialist, works on a contracting action Sept. 5, 2023, at her workstation in the Contracting Division in Nashville, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Contracting Division obligates ‘team’ approach to close out fiscal year

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 15, 2023) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is working to obligate appropriated funds as fiscal year 2023 ends. The Contracting Division is obligating its usual “team” approach to award contracts for operations, maintenance, and construction projects by the end of September.

  • August

    Greg Cox, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District work leader at Fort Loudoun Lock and Melton Hill Lock, works Aug. 17, 2023, at Melton Hill Lock on the Clinch River in Lenoir City, Tennessee. He recently received the USACE Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Operations and Maintenance Castle Award. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Cox garners division’s Operations and Maintenance ‘Castle Award’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 18, 2023) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division recently recognized a Nashville District work leader as the recipient of its prestigious Operations and Maintenance Castle Award.
  • Lock Operator Tony Certeza works Aug. 8, 2023, to lock through the Motor Vessel H.B. Stewart with barges of coal at Old Hickory Lock on the Cumberland River in Old Hickory, Tennessee. He recently returned from a deployment to Guam in the aftermath of Typhoon Mawar that devastated his native island in late May. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Lock operator returns home to Guam to support Typhoon Mawar recovery

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 11, 2023) – Old Hickory Lock Operator Anthony Certeza recently deployed to Guam in the aftermath of Typhoon Mawar, which devastated his native island in late May. He performed home inspections and literally assisted his own parents who lost power and needed his help.

  • July

    The Inland Waterways Users Board receives a presentation July 19, 2023, about site geology at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project on the Tennessee River in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. The ongoing construction can be seen on the left while the active navigation lock miter gates are visible on the right. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is constructing a larger lock at the Tennessee Valley Authority dam. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    IWUB checks on progress of Kentucky Lock Addition Project

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (July 21, 2023) – The Inland Waterways Users Board checked on the progress of the Kentucky Lock Addition Project this week as part of its visit to the region for a board meeting in nearby Paducah, Kentucky.

  • June

    Park Ranger Bradley Potts hands out water safety goodies to kids recreating at Cordell Hull Lake's Defeated Creek Recreation Area June 24, 2023, to encourage them to stay safe when swimming. Park rangers at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District lakes made 155,187 public contacts, conducted 1,431 vessel inspections, and supported more than 200 public outreach events in 2022 in support of water safety initiatives. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Park rangers respond to drownings by promoting water safety

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 29, 2023) – Park rangers in Tennessee and Kentucky are stepping up efforts to promote water safety in lieu of 10 tragic drownings already this recreation season at Corps lakes in the Cumberland River Basin.
  • Brig. Gen. Kimberly A. Peeples (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, passes the Nashville District flag to Lt. Col. Robert W. Green as he took command of the Nashville District during a change of command ceremony June 16, 2023, at the Tennessee National Guard Armory in Nashville, Tennessee. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Green becomes 68th commander of Nashville District

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 16, 2023) – Lt. Col. Robert W. Green took command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District today during a change of command ceremony at the Tennessee National Guard Armory. He becomes the 68th commander of the “twin rivers” district, commonly referred to as the jewel of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division.
  • Brandon Whitley, civil site engineer with the Civil Design Branch in Nashville, Tennessee, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for April 2023. He is seen here June 13, 2023, looking at site designs at his desk for the detention structure project in Cleveland, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Critical design achievement keeps flood risk management project on track

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 13, 2023) – Civil Engineer Brandon Whitley recently made a critical design update that resulted in keeping the Mouse Creek Flood Risk Management Project on track in Cleveland, Tennessee. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recognized his achievement by selecting him as employee of the month for April 2023.
  • Michael Wilkinson, safety specialist at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for March 2023. He is seen here June 2, 2023, inside a new lock chamber under construction. (USACE Photo by Amanda O’Neill)

    Wilkinson lauded as safety champion at Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (June 2, 2023) – Michael Wilkinson is a safety specialist and quiet professional focused on teaching and ensuring the contractor makes things safe for about 500 construction workers at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project.

  • May

    Shimmick Crane Operator Patrick Harrison lifted the last concrete form from monolith L13 to mark the official completion of the first of 36 monoliths. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and its contractor, Shimmick, held a topping-off ceremony May 22, 2023, at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project reaches monolithic milestone

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (May 23, 2023) – Construction of a new navigation lock on the Tennessee River reached a monolithic milestone yesterday as crews and officials held a topping-off ceremony to mark the completion of the first concrete monolith.
  • Brig. Gen. Kimberly Peeples (Far Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commanding general, watches a towboat with empty barges approach Kentucky Lock on the Tennessee River in Grand Rivers, Kentucky, during the Ohio River Basin Inspection Tour May 16, 2023. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District operates and maintains the navigation lock at the Tennessee Valley Authority project. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    ORBIT stakeholders navigate Kentucky Lock Addition Project

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (May 19, 2023) – The Ohio River Basin Inspection Tour visited western Kentucky this week where stakeholders of the basin highlighted healthy and productive ecosystems, reliable flood risk management, and resilience of the Ohio River waterway system for inland navigation. They also navigated to the Kentucky Lock Addition Project for a construction update and better understanding of how the larger lock will help unlock congested commercial barge traffic.
  • The official party takes part in a groundbreaking ceremony May 11, 2023, for the K-25 Viewing Platform in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Officials break ground on K-25 Viewing Platform

    OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (May 11, 2023) – Officials broke ground today on a building that will provide a historic lookout over the footprint where the K-25 Building once stood and the Oak Ridge Diffusion Plant produced uranium during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. Dignitaries welcomed guests, made speeches, and shoveled dirt to officially kick off construction of the K-25 Viewing Platform at East Tennessee Technology Park.
  • Zach Dixson, park contractor representative with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District at J. Percy Priest Lake, clears branches May 1, 2023, from near a park entrance at Poole Knobs Campground in La Vergne, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Percy Priest superheroes tool around for recreation

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 5, 2023) – A team of superheroes at J. Percy Priest Lake are known for tooling around campgrounds and recreation areas while repairing and maintaining facilities, often saving the day by unclogging a restroom sink, fixing a leaky water line, or restoring power at a campsite.