The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Sacramento District has awarded Stantec and Kleinfelder an Architect-Engineer Civil Works/Dam Safety/Levee Safety Program Design Services contract with a ...

NEW ORLEANS - The engineers who designed the floodwalls that collapsed during Hurricane Katrina did not fully consider the porousness of the Louisiana soil or make other calculations that would have ...

NEW ORLEANS – The engineers who designed the floodwalls that collapsed during Hurricane Katrina did not fully consider the porousness of the Louisiana soil or make other calculations that would have ...

WATSONVILLE — As work prepares to begin on the systemwide rebuild of the Pajaro River levee, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently conducted an environmental analysis for design refinements for ...

The tiny town of Hamilton City sits in the direct path of the mighty Sacramento River, muddy and swollen by this month’s storms. But a new $125 million levee system – the product of the community’s 35 ...

After 18 years in the making, the Three Rivers Levee Improvement Authority (TRLIA) Board of Directors celebrated the completion of its Urban Levee Design Criteria on Tuesday. This project will ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ more than decade long effort to shore up the ring levee system around the City of Marysville will be sufficient to meet federal standards and avoid large increases in ...

This story, headlined "Corps never pursued design doubts," was originally published Dec. 30, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The Times-Picayune's ...

The Bush administration said yesterday that the cost of rebuilding New Orleans's levees to federal standards has nearly tripled to $10 billion and that there may not be enough money to fully protect ...

(TNS) - The California Department of Water Resources announced Tuesday that the Three Rivers Levee Improvement Authority was awarded millions in funding to help protect area residents from flooding.