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  • Cedar Rapids Flood Risk Management Feasibility Study Continues

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District, in partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, continues to review and evaluate flood risk management alternatives for the City. The Corps has completed a preliminary analysis for an alternative that mirrors the City of Cedar Rapids’ preferred plan. This alternative includes levees and floodwalls on both sides of the Cedar River built to June 2008 record flood levels.

  • Corps Seeks Contractors for Dresden Island Dam Emergency Scour Repairs

    MORRIS, Ill. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District is soliciting contract proposals for emergency scour repair work at Dresden Island Lock and Dam, 1-1/2 miles downstream from the mouth of the Kankakee River and approximately 15 miles southwest of Joliet, Illinois. Due to the urgency of this repair, the solicitation period is abbreviated to close on January 4, 2010.

  • Army Corps Rehabilitating Lockport Canal Wall with American Recovery Act Funding

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, awarded a $64,000,000 construction contract to Walsh Construction Company of Chicago for rehabilitation of the left descending Lockport Canal Wall. The multi-year project is a high priority within the Corps and the Administration. Construction is expected to be complete in December 2011.

  • Army Corps of Engineers Awards Contract for Mississippi River Recreation Area Paving

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District has awarded a contract for $397,959.51 for the Grant River Recreation Area Paving Project in Grant County, Wisconsin.

  • Army Corps of Engineers Awards Contract for Levee System Railroad Closure

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District has awarded a contract for $551,000 for the Gregory Drainage District Railroad Closure (PL84-99), Stage ID, in Clark County, Mo.

  • Army Corps of Engineers Awards $275,000 Contract for Army Reserve Center Repairs

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District has awarded a contract for $275,500 to repair the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system at the SSG George J. Conway U.S. Army Reserve Center in Cadiz, Ohio.

  • Army Corps of Engineers Awards more than $1 Million for Lake Red Rock Repairs

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District recently awarded $1,070,444.40 for two Des Moines-area contracts slated for completion in 2010. The contract work repairs and replaces Department of the Army infrastructure at and Lake Red Rock, Iowa.

  • Army Corps of Engineers Awards more than $5.5 Million for Saylorville Lake Repairs

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District recently awarded $5,502,296.50 for two Des Moines-area contracts slated for completion in 2010. The contract work repairs and replaces Department of the Army infrastructure at Saylorville Lake.

  • Army Corps of Engineers Awards more than $700,000 to Local Company

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District recently awarded $722,850 for a Des Moines-area contract slated for completion in 2010. The contract work repairs and replaces Department of the Army infrastructure at and Lake Red Rock, Iowa.