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    Versar to Extend Army Corps of Engineers Support in Iraq

    Versar has been awarded a $2.5 million contract modification by the U.S. Army to extend the company’s support services for the Army Corps of Engineers-Middle East District in Iraq through August 2017. The company said Monday its personnel will continue to help USACE-MED facilitate  quality assurance, warranty, material and equipment inspections as well as on-site monitoring of construction sites that require Iraqi […] More

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    Cardno-Amec Foster Wheeler JV Awarded 5-Year IDIQ to Assess Marine Corps Facilities

    A joint venture of Cardno and Amec Foster Wheeler has landed a five-year, $30 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command to evaluate the state of U.S. Marine Corps-operated buildings. The Cardno-Amec Foster Wheeler JV will use the Defense Department‘s BUILDER Sustainment Management System to conduct building condition assessments on USMC facilities worldwide, Cardno said Wednesday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers‘ Construction […] More

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    FDH Velocitel to Use Proprietary Nondestructive Test Method Across Army Engineers-Managed Dams

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected FDH Velocitel to carry out architectural and engineering services in support of tension tests on the Tainter gate trunnion girder anchor rods within dams managed by the service branch. FDH Velocitel said Tuesday it will apply its proprietary nondestructive test method to help USACE manage an inventory of post-tensioned anchor rods, which make up part […] More

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    Army Engineers Eye Industry Support for DoD’s Post-Chattanooga Building Security Initiative

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants industry partners to support a potential $80 million Defense Department investment for physical security updates at close to 900 recruiting centers across 70 metropolitan areas, Military Times reported Wednesday. Jeff Schogol writes the Corps plans to install cubical walls with ballistic protection at a capacity to stop 7.62-millimeter rounds as well as visual identification features, […] More

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    World Wide Technology to Replace Obsolete Data Storage Items at USACE Sites

    The U.S. Army has awarded World Wide Technology a $7.9 million contract to deliver data storage hardware and software and provide maintenance and professional implementation services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. World Wide Technology will work to replace the obsolete data storage items at all relevant USACE sites, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD added that […] More

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    USACE Taps Leidos for Environmental Science, Engineering Support Services

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Leidos three five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts to provide the environmental science and engineering services in USACE’s South Atlantic division. Leidos said Tuesday that it will conduct comprehensive environmental compliance, planning, conservation, restoration and remediation design, pollution prevention and sustainment services for a number of Corps district military, […] More

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    Parsons to Help Plan U.S. Military Infrastructure Projects in Europe

    Parsons has been awarded a five-year contract to provide master planning and design services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Europe District. The company said Wednesday that it will help USACE develop a facilities master plan, assess infrastructure and document programs within the military organization’s Europe District area of responsibility. Chris Alexander, executive vice president and manager of Parsons’ federal infrastructure and […] More

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    Dan Allen: Serco to Update Ballistic Missile Early Warning Radar Tech at U.S. Air Base in Greenland

    Serco‘s North American subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $38 million contract to modernize the high-altitude electromagnetic pulse protection of Ballistic Missile Early Warnings Systems at Thule Air Base in Greenland. Serco Inc. will apply a design-build-install-test approach to update the radar system’s HEMP protection for the U.S. Air Force Space Command, the company said Friday. Dan Allen, Serco  Inc. chairman and CEO, said the contract supports the […] More

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    Army Picks 5 Companies for Environmental Services Contract

    The U.S Army has awarded five companies spots on a potential three-year, $9 million contract for environmental, planning, conservation-restoration and sustainment support to various military projects. Contractors will compete for task orders to provide comprehensive environmental services for the Army Corps of Engineers’ military and civil works projects as well as the Defense Department, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and Defense […] More

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    Army Taps Eaton to Help Modernize Fort Gordon Electrical Power Systems

    The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Eaton a $20 million task order to provide engineering services and power distribution and control equipment for an electrical infrastructure modernization project at Fort Gordon in Georgia. The power management company said Thursday it received the order through the U.S. Army‘s Utility and Monitoring Control Systems-IV contract vehicle. Eaton is one of the 13 companies that won positions on […] More

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    SunPower to Erect Solar Power Plant for Army’s Redstone Arsenal Base

    SunPower will construct a 10-megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant to generate 18,000 megawatt hours per year for the Redstone Arsenal U.S. Army post in Alabama under a 27-year renewable energy services agreement and lease. The company said Friday that the Army has an option to purchase 100 percent of energy the Oasis power plant will generate under the power purchase agreement. Richard […] More

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    Army Corps of Engineers Seeks Comments on Nationwide Permit Renewals to Regulate Wetland Work

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants comments on its proposal to renew and revise 50 nationwide permits for wetland activities that are regulated by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. The Corps said Wednesday it also wants to issue two new nationwide permits that cover the removal of low-head […] More