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  • November

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is about to enter the last phase of construction of the roller compacted concrete berm at the Center Hill Auxiliary Dam in Lancaster, Tenn. Thalle Construction Company contractors work to grout between the mud mats and bed rock at the construction site in Silver Point, Tenn., Nov. 21, 2018. (USACE photo by Ashley Webster)

    Next construction phase gets rolling at Center Hill’s auxiliary dam

    SILVER POINT, Tenn. (Nov. 30, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and contractor Thalle Construction Company are moving towards the conclusion of the Center Hill Dam Safety Rehabilitation Project.

  • May

    Linda Adcock (Left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Center Hill Dam Safety project manager assists Tennessee State Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver place a ceremonial concrete form into a small-scale model commemorating the completion of the Center Hill Dam Barrier Wall Project May 18, 2015 on the work platform of the dam.

    Ceremony marks completion of Center Hill Dam barrier wall

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (May 18, 2015) – Officials celebrated the completion of a barrier wall in the main dam embankment of Center Hill Dam during a ceremony today at the work platform on top of the dam. The $115 million foundation barrier wall is a key component of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Center Hill Dam Safety Remediation Project.

  • August

    Bjoern Hoffman, left, Bauer Foundation Corporation project manager explains the Bauer MC 128 Hydrocutter to Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh, center, deputy commanding general, Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during his July 31, 2013 visit to Nashville District’s Center Hill Dam. Jimmy Waddle, District Engineering and Construction Division chief is at right. The Hydrocutter, largest of its type in the world, which Bauer built specifically for the Center Hill Dam Seepage Rehabilitation project, cuts an approximate 10.5 X 7.25-foot element for the encasement wall in the embankment. Bauer will drill down 300 feet from the top of the earthen portion of the dam, through the encasement wall and up 130 feet into rock and construct concrete piles and panels to form the barrier over the next two years, according to Linda Adcock, Nashville District project manager. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    MG Michael Walsh visits Nashville District

    Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh, deputy commanding general for Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was “quite impressed” with his visit to Nashville District July 31, and Aug. 1.

  • July

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District project manager Linda Adcock stands by a Bauer Foundation Corporation drill rig July 11, 2012 that made the first excavation in the earthen portion of Center Hill Dam to install a concrete barrier wall which is the main feature of the Dam Seepage Rehabilitation project. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    Construction begins with ‘first bite’ on foundation barrier wall at Center Hill Dam

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (July 11, 2012) – The “first bite” of a $106 million drilling project to stabilize the earthen portion of the Center Hill Dam with a barrier wall was taken today by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and its contractor, Bauer Foundation Corporation, as the auger of a giant drill rig turned up the first dirt to the cheers of spectators.

  • May

    (Left to right) David Loyd, Center Hill Dam Foundation Remediation Project resident engineer, U.S. Rep. Diane Black, Tennessee District 6, Linda Adcock, project manager, stand in front of Center Hill Dam, which is undergoing a $292 million rehabilitation to fix seepage problems. It is Black’s first visit to the project. (USACE photo by Bill Peoples)

    Black visits Center Hill Dam Foundation Remediation Project

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (May 3, 2012) – U.S. Rep. Diane Black visited Center Hill Dam today to see firsthand the ongoing foundation remediation project and to receive updates from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District personnel overseeing the work.

  • September

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awards Center Hill Dam barrier wall construction contract

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 22, 2011) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District announces today the award of a $106 million contract to Bauer Foundation Corporation to install a barrier wall at Center Hill Dam, which was officially awarded late yesterday.