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Community Meeting Set For Lower Monongahela River Project

December 4, 2023

The Pittsburgh Engineer District will update the public on the Lower Monongahela Project on December 12 as the project nears its final phase. The public meeting, to be held at… Read More

Corps Awards Contract For Monongahela L&D 3 Removal Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, Pa., will be removed as part of the Corps of Engineers’ Lower Monongahela Project. (Pittsburgh Engineer District photo by Michel Sauret)

Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, Pa., will be removed as part of the Corps of Engineers’ Lower Monongahela Project. (Pittsburgh Engineer District photo by Michel Sauret)

Corps Awards Contract For Monongahela L&D 3 Removal

September 8, 2023

The Pittsburgh Engineer District announced September 5 that it has awarded a nearly $30 million contract to the Joseph B. Fay Company of Pittsburgh to remove the Monongahela River Locks… Read More

Symposium Includes Energy Outlook, Construction Project Update Martin Hettel (standing) introduces Corps of Engineers project managers to speak about ongoing major navigation construction projects. They included (from left) Andrew Goodall, NESP regional program manager from the Rock Island District; Adam Walker, chief of the project delivery section for the Nashville District; and Steve Fritz, Pittsburgh District mega program manager. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Martin Hettel (standing) introduces Corps of Engineers project managers to speak about ongoing major navigation construction projects. They included (from left) Andrew Goodall, NESP regional program manager from the Rock Island District; Adam Walker, chief of the project delivery section for the Nashville District; and Steve Fritz, Pittsburgh District mega program manager. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Symposium Includes Energy Outlook, Construction Project Update

December 16, 2022

A focus on the energy outlook and on ongoing major navigation construction projects highlighted the second day of Waterways Council Inc.’s 19th annual Waterways Symposium. Held for the first time… Read More

Models Assist With Lock Design For Upper Ohio Project

Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) are using a 1:100 scale navigation approach model to test designs for a new auxiliary lock structure for the Montgomery Lock on the Ohio River. The model will help evaluate guard wall lengths in relation to navigation conditions as well as how safely a vessel can navigate into the lock on both sides. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Models Assist With Lock Design For Upper Ohio Project

August 5, 2022

By Carol C. Coleman, public affairs specialist U.S. Army Engineer Research And Development Center The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is making progress modeling new auxiliary locks to… Read More

Infrastructure Law Fully Funds New Montgomery Lock Crewmembers walk across a beam over a hydraulic cylinder pit at the Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pa. Design and construction of a new lock at Montgomery is fully funded as part of the Corps work plan announced in January. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Crewmembers walk across a beam over a hydraulic cylinder pit at the Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pa. Design and construction of a new lock at Montgomery is fully funded as part of the Corps work plan announced in January. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Infrastructure Law Fully Funds New Montgomery Lock

February 4, 2022

With more than 97 percent of the Pittsburgh Engineer District’s funding in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocated to the full funding of the Montgomery Locks construction work,… Read More