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  • February

    Lead Exercise Planner Mary Lawson conducted a tabletop exercise for a worst-case scenario of a 6,500-gallon oil spill resulting from a damaged transformer at the Thurmond Power Plant. USACE personnel from all three projects and the District were in attendance. Participants also included federal, state and local response agencies, local water and energy utilities, and oil spill response contractors, for a total of 37 attendees.

    Engineers Participate in Simulated Oil Spill Exercise

    J. STROM THURMOND DAM, Ga. – Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District participated in a tabletop exercise simulating a power plant oil spill at J. Strom Thurmond Dam on Feb. 10. The exercise presented a worst-case scenario of an oil spill with the intention of helping personnel become properly prepared and know the detailed procedures needed to handle such a situation.

  • January

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division Command Sgt. Maj. Chad Blansett spoke to district leaders and employees during a tour of the Savannah District and emphasized the importance of communication and servant leadership at all workforce levels.

    Savannah District hosts USACE HQ, South Atlantic CSMs

    SAVANNAH, GA. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District hosted USACE Headquarters Command Sgt. Maj. Patrickson Toussaint and USACE South Atlantic Division Command Sgt. Maj. Chad Blansett during a week-long tour of the SAS area of responsibility Jan. 24-28. During their visit, the command sergeants major met with district leaders and employees to discuss USACE priorities for 2022 and toured several Savannah District projects.
  • Erica Janocha, Savannah District biologist, writes “Janocha Key” in the sand on the new Altamaha bird island.

    Savannah District, GA DNR create bird sanctuary on Altamaha River

    SAVANNAH, GA. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District have partnered with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to use reclaimed dredge material from the Altamaha River to create a new bird island this month. The island will provide roosting and foraging grounds for sea and shore birds, spawning areas for horseshoe crabs, and protection of nearby salt marsh habitats.

  • December

    Confederate ironclad gunboat CSS Georgia steams near Fort Jackson in the Savannah River Dec. 1862.

    USACE Savannah District completes CSS Georgia recovery

    SAVANNAH, GA. – After years of observation, recovery, and careful conservation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District completed the archaeological data recovery of the CSS Georgia, a Confederate ironclad gunboat scuttled in the Savannah River near Fort Jackson during the Civil War, this month.

  • August

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers assists federal and state partners by providing temporary emergency power to critical public facilities in declared U.S. states, territories, and reservations when commercial power is interrupted by manmade or natural disasters.

    Temporary emergency power team readies for peak hurricane season

    SAVANNAH, GA. – More than 20 volunteers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District completed a 3-day virtual power response team training course Aug. 27.

  • May

    From right: Lt. Col. John Grabowski, deputy commander for cyber transformation at Fort Gordon, talks with Col. Daniel Hibner, commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, and Ken Gray, chief of Construction Division at USACE Savannah District, at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, N.C., or MOTSU, following Hurricane Florence’s landfall in North Carolina Sept. 20, 2018. Photo by Russ Wicke, USACE Savannah District.

    Building success, one relationship at a time

    The buzz from Fort Gordon’s Cyber Center of Excellence campus is a little quieter this week -- not on account of a pause in construction, but because a key component of the massive, multiple-agency project is missing.
  • Hydro Survey Team

    Hydro Survey mission a key part of harbor operations

    The Brunswick and Savannah Harbors are essential to supporting the nation’s commerce. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District Hydro Survey section has responsibility for ensuring these and other waterways remain passable.

  • February

    Drying material in DMCA 12A

    DMCAs – Savannah’s solution for placing dredged material

    The Corps of Engineers has been dredging sediment from the Savannah River since the 19th century. A crucial requirement for maintaining a deepened harbor is having a designated placement area for sediment. The Corps calls these designated areas “dredged material containment areas” (DMCA). And since the Corps must dredge miles of the Savannah River year after year, large containment areas are required.

  • January

    tree recycling at Thurmond lake

    Corps lakes offer Christmas trees a second chance

    Evergreen trees aren’t typically considered aquatic vegetation, but if they’re used as Christmas trees in the Savannah River Basin, chances are they’ll continue “bearing fruit” under water. Rather than have old Christmas trees go to the landfill, rangers with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoirs at Hartwell and J. Strom Thurmond lakes collect the trees in December and January each year to make fish habitats in the reservoirs.
  • FUDS Program cleanup

    Duds are preferred in FUDS

    If it goes BOOM, that's bad. If you think it might go boom, then your property might qualify for the FUDS Program. In the southeastern United States, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, the Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) Program is overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Savannah District.

  • December

    The new $59.5 million hangar currently under construction at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, N.C., will support the new KC-46A Pegasus, a mid-air refueling tanker set to arrive at the installation in the summer of 2020.

    Corps constructs new hangar for Aerial Refueling Aircraft at Seymour Johnson AFB

    Work continues on a new $59.5 million state-of-the-art maintenance hangar at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The facility, under construction by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, will support the new KC-46A Pegasus, a mid-air refueling tanker set to arrive at the installation in the summer of 2020.

  • November

    2019 costume contest

    USACE – Savannah District Halloween costume contest

    It wasn't about candy. It wasn't about fright. It was all about having fun. And “it” wasn’t a clown

  • October

    Another interior view of the Thomas Koritz Clinic. Courtesy photo

    USACE clinic project recognized for excellence by the Air Force

    The $48 million Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Medical Clinic, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project, earned the 2019 United States Air Force (USAF) Design Award for facility design.

  • August

    Aquatic plants into Russell Lake

    Aquatic plants give shelter to young fish

    Finding a quiet and safe place for a nursery tops the priorities for new parents, be they humans or
  • Soil Sample

    Identifying the presence of wetlands

    The Mission of the USACE Savannah District Regulatory Division is to protect the nation’s aquatic

  • May

    2016 Hurricane Matthew

    Hurricane Season is upon us. Are you prepared?

    Successfully weathering a hurricane requires preparation at every level – governments, families and
  • 3D building design

    Paperless 3D software now a norm for architects

    The US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District has been going digital for about five years with

  • April

    2019 TODS Day

    Smile! It’s National Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day!

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District Headquarters team hosted 30 children as part of
  • Helpdesk IT Specialist Dawn Ratner performs a yoga bow pose. Ratner is one of 24 Savannah District employees who participate in the class during lunch.

    USACE employee helps to improve workplace wellness through Yoga Program

    Ten years ago when U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District Realty Specialist Emily Jimmo participated in her first yoga class, it was just for fun, but Jimmo said she soon realized the benefits of yoga.

  • March

    Troy Funk is the USACE resident engineer assigned to the mega Savannah Harbor Expansion Project. Funk is responsible for the contract administration and quality assurance of the construction contracts associated with the project

    Troy Funk: Active Duty Army Engineer Officer to USACE Resident Engineer

    It started during his time as an active duty Army engineer officer stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia, when Troy Funk got his first taste of what it would be like working for the Corps of Engineers.