Rock Island District News Releases

USACE Rock Island District awards first construction contract for Brandon Road Interbasin Project

Press Operations — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:08:00 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, awarded the first construction contract for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project on November 27. The $15.5 million contract was awarded to Miami Marine Services for site preparation and riverbed rock removal for the engineered channel. Miami Marine will partner with Michels Construction, Inc. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for completion of this contract.

Corps awards contract for Mississippi River Upper Pool 4 improvement project

Press Operations — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:02:00 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $8.7 million contract to Newt Marine Service, out of Dubuque, Iowa, July 14, for a Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, or NESP, project located on the Wisconsin side of the Upper Mississippi River in Upper Pool 4, near Bay City, Wisconsin.

First in the nation contract awarded for an environmental project under the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program

Press Operations — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:15:00 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $324,000 contract today to Togiak Management Services of Anchorage, Alaska, to complete a wing dam modification project in Pool 2 of the Mississippi River downstream of St. Paul, Minnesota.

Corps of Engineers awards contract to repair Mississippi River habitat islands

Press Operations — Fri, 21 May 2021 16:02:00 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently awarded a $2.4 million contract to Water Works Dock & Boat Lifts, Inc. of Stoddard, Wisconsin, to repair a Mississippi River habitat restoration project approximately 40 miles south of La Crosse, Wisconsin, that was damaged by recent flooding events.