The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, Port of Brownsville, and NextDecade, LLC, celebrated the groundbreaking for phase two of Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement Project, Dec. 6, 2024. This project is one of four nationwide Public-Private Partnerships (P3) announced by the White House in June 2019. The project will deepen the Port of Brownsville Ship Channel from 42 to 52 feet and will facilitate increased cargo movements, reduce transit times, and increase the channel’s operational safety. U.S. Army video by Trevor Welsh.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District (SWG), honored the life and memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a ceremony at district headquarters on King’s birthday, Jan. 15, 2025. Dr. Paul A. Cox, SWG Engineering Technician, gave the invocation.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG) held its first of two observances for National Hispanic Heritage Month at district headquarters in Galveston, Texas, Oct. 3, 2024.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District (SWG) rehearsed hurricane response timelines and actions to protect people and infrastructure with a tabletop exercise at the Jadwin Building in Galveston, Texas, June 10, 2024. The Atlantic hurricane season began June 1, and ends Nov. 30.
SWG’s, Corpus Christi Resident Office recently opened the doors and gangplank of one of its survey vessels to students from the Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science (CBI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC).
The CBI students have spent most of their time in college studying land surveying and are interested in pursuing careers in surveying and hydrography.
James M. Naismith, CBI’s, Chair for Excellence in...
