USACE LRC staff conducts planning for Alternative Care
USACE LRC staff conducts planning for Alternative Care Facilities to assist in the COVID19 outbreak.
Final details come together as construction wraps up
Final details come together as construction wraps up at the TCF Center Alternate Care Facility in Detroit, Michigan. The Detroit District team will not stop working until the State of Michigan has the facilitie... More
Signs of support hang proudly in Hall C of the COVID19
Signs of support hang proudly in Hall C of the COVID19 Alternate Care Facility at McCormick Place. The Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, in support of FEMA, the White House, Department of Defense and ... More
Baltimore District Alternate Care Site Task Force Member
Baltimore District Alternate Care Site Task Force Member Shawn Crossfield, Mechanical Section chief, speaks with team members during a site inspection at the Brockbridge Correctional Facility in Jessup, Marylan... More
Detroit District Alternate Care Facility team gives
Detroit District Alternate Care Facility team gives a Suburban Collection Showplace conversion update to Major General Robert F. Whittle, Deputy Commanding General, USACE. Construction is 90% complete and on sc... More
Lt. Col. Aaron Reisinger, commander of the Army Corps
Lt. Col. Aaron Reisinger, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, and Tom Nelson, from Turner Construction, speak with Maj. Gen. Robert Whittle, the deputy commander USACE, about constructio... More
500 COVID19 patient beds were completed within five
500 COVID19 patient beds were completed within five days at Hall C of the COVID19 Alternate Care Facility at McCormick Place in Chicago. The Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, in support of FEMA, the Wh... More
Emily Pottier (left), Richard Patterson and Matt Tessier
Emily Pottier (left), Richard Patterson and Matt Tessier of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District meet after touring a large facility during a site assessment to address possible conversion of... More
USACE Savannah District Boat Captain, Eddie Culp, of
USACE Savannah District Boat Captain, Eddie Culp, of the survey vessel Downs, pilots his boat during an after dredge survey of the Savannah River. Culp is part of a team that ensures the Hydro Survey section he... More
Detroit District Alternate Care Facility team gives
Detroit District Alternate Care Facility team gives a Suburban Collection Showplace conversion update to Major General Robert F. Whittle, Deputy Commanding General, USACE. Construction is 90% complete and on sc... More
Mugurel Giurgiu, Electrical Section chief, with the
Mugurel Giurgiu, Electrical Section chief, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, inspects buildings to potentially serve as alternate care sites in response to COVID-19 in Maryland, April 9... More
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Honolulu District, the government of Guam, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), NAVFAC Marianas, U.S. Department Health and Human Servic... More
Matt Johnson, program manager, escorts Col. Phillip
Matt Johnson, program manager, escorts Col. Phillip Borders, commander U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District, and Ella Goss, CEO of Providence Alaska Medical Center, on the final inspection of the newl... More
Detroit District Alternate Care Facility team gives
Detroit District Alternate Care Facility team gives a Suburban Collection Showplace conversion update to Major General Robert F. Whittle, Deputy Commanding General, USACE. Construction is 90% complete and on sc... More
Tradesmen from Bulley and Andrews Construction, the
Tradesmen from Bulley and Andrews Construction, the lead contracting company for West Lake’s COVID19 Alternate Care Facility, work to transform the former hospital into an approximately 430 COVID19 patient bed ... More
Rich Patterson (left), Emily Pottier and Lee Thibodeau,
Rich Patterson (left), Emily Pottier and Lee Thibodeau, from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District join a member of the facilities maintenance team and Penobscot Police Chief Bob Bryant on a s... More
Tradesmen for Turner Construction Company, Chicago,
Tradesmen for Turner Construction Company, Chicago, have been working around the clock to transform the previous Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Illinois, into a 280 COVID19 patient bed Alternate Care Facility by Ap... More
Baltimore District Alternate Care Site Task Force Members,
Baltimore District Alternate Care Site Task Force Members, from left, Shawn Crossfield, Chris Giordano and Tim Wheeler perform a site inspection at the Brockbridge Correctional Facility in Jessup, Maryland, Mar... More
Tradesmen, from Walsh Construction in, support of the
Tradesmen, from Walsh Construction in, support of the Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, work around the clock in order to create a COVID19 Alternate Care Facility at McCormick Place to help the city of... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District engineers
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District engineers conduct a facility assessment in the state of New York, March 27, 2020. The assessment examines the site's potential as alternate care facilities for COVI... More
HONOLULU, Hawaii (April 13, 2020) -- Under a FEMA planning
HONOLULU, Hawaii (April 13, 2020) -- Under a FEMA planning mission assignment, a USACE technical survey team conducted a site assessment of a local hotel facility on Oahu for the possible conversion of existing... More
Warren Area High School Graduation at Kinzua Dam On
Warren Area High School Graduation at Kinzua Dam On June 5, Warren Area High School's class of 2020 had the best dam graduation ever when they graduated with a view from the top of Kinzua Dam. Congratulations t... More
Hall C of the COVID 19 Alternate Care Facility at McCormick
Hall C of the COVID 19 Alternate Care Facility at McCormick Place gets officially turned over to The City of Chicago April 4. The Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, in support of FEMA, the City and Stat... More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District is working in support of FEMA – and in coordination with our federal, state, and local partners as part of the unified national response to the COVID-19 Pand... More
#DetroitDistrict Alternate Care Facility team gives
#DetroitDistrict Alternate Care Facility team gives a TCF Center conversion update to Major General Robert F. Whittle, Deputy Commanding General, USACE. Construction is 70% complete and on schedule to be compl... More
Maj. Gen. Robert Whittle, the deputy commanding general
Maj. Gen. Robert Whittle, the deputy commanding general for the Army Corps of Engineers, joined the Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot and Governor JB Pritzker during a press conference at McCormick Place April 3 in... More
Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New
Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District perform a site assessment at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, to address possible conversion of existing buildings into alternate care... More
Tradesmen from Bulley and Andrews Construction, the
Tradesmen from Bulley and Andrews Construction, the lead contracting company for West Lake’s COVID19 Alternate Care Facility, work to transform the former hospital into an approximately 430 COVID19 patient bed ... More
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Honolulu District, the government of Guam, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Department Health and Human Services, and 18th MEDC... More
Engineers from USACE - Honolulu District, NAVFAC Marianas,
Engineers from USACE - Honolulu District, NAVFAC Marianas, the government of Guam, FEMA, Dept. of Homeland Security, Guam Air National Guard, and Guam Fire Dept. evaluated the Hafa Adai Bingo Hall and the Unite... More
Timothy Wheeler, mechanical engineer, with the U.S.
Timothy Wheeler, mechanical engineer, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, inspects buildings to potentially serve as alternate care sites in response to COVID-19 in Maryland, April 9, 202... More
Emily Pottier (left)and Lee Thibodeau from the U.S.
Emily Pottier (left)and Lee Thibodeau from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District join Penobscot Police Chief Bob Bryant on a site assessment of a facility in Penobscot, Maine, to address possi... More
A Massachusetts hospital staff member demonstrates
A Massachusetts hospital staff member demonstrates a piece of equipment as Matthew Tessier, Emily Pottier of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District and other hospital staff look on. The demonst... More
Team members with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Team members with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, inspect buildings to potentially serve as alternate care sites in response to COVID-19 in Maryland, in spring 2020. This is part of a larg... More
Brad Bauer, St. Paul District electrical engineer,
Brad Bauer, St. Paul District electrical engineer, reviews the electrical system in a dorm room in South Central Minnesota during an alternate care facility site inspection April 1. The U.S. Army Corps of Engin... More
Lt. Col. Aaron Reisinger, commander of the Army Corps
Lt. Col. Aaron Reisinger, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, and Tom Nelson, from Turner Construction, speak with Maj. Gen. Robert Whittle, the deputy commander USACE, about constructio... More
Tradesmen for Turner Construction Company, Chicago,
Tradesmen for Turner Construction Company, Chicago, have been working around the clock to transform the previous Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Illinois, into a 280 COVID19 patient bed Alternate Care Facility by Ap... More
Matt Johnson, program manager for the U.S. Army Corps
Matt Johnson, program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District, facilitates an assessment of the newly constructed alternate care facility by Randy Bowker (back left), deputy for program m... More
Tradesmen, from Walsh Construction, in support of the
Tradesmen, from Walsh Construction, in support of the Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, work around the clock in order to create a COVID19 Alternate Care Facility at McCormick Place to help the city of... More
Members of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Chicago District
Members of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Chicago District and Emergency Operations show Col. Arron Reisinger, the commander of the district, current status of construction of the COVID19 Alternate Care Facility ... More
USACE LRC staff conducts planning for Alternative Care
USACE LRC staff conducts planning for Alternative Care Facilities to assist in the COVID19 outbreak.
Scott Snelling, St. Paul District civil engineer; and
Scott Snelling, St. Paul District civil engineer; and Clay Tallman, St. Paul District project manager, board a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter en route to an alternate care facility site inspection in northeast Minn... More
Evan Meier, the son of Thomas and Katherine Meier,
Evan Meier, the son of Thomas and Katherine Meier, and 6th grade student uses his 3D printer to create face masks and face shields for local hospital workers. Inspired by his aunt and YouTube program, "Smarter ... More
500 COVID19 patient beds were completed within five
500 COVID19 patient beds were completed within five days at Hall C of the COVID19 Alternate Care Facility at McCormick Place in Chicago. The Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, in support of FEMA, the Wh... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District Engineering
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District Engineering Technician Joseph Marcano, reviews notes following a site tour of a proposed facility while conducting alternate-care-facilities site assessments April 1... More
On June 5, Warren Area High School's class of 2020
On June 5, Warren Area High School's class of 2020 had the best dam graduation ever when they graduated with a view from the top of Kinzua Dam. Congratulations to these students and all seniors graduating this ... More
USACE continues Site Assessments on Maui
WAILUKU, Hawaii (March 27, 2020) - Working in partnership with DHHS, the State of Hawaii, and Maui County a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District site assessment team today conducted three Alternate Ca... More
Leadership from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Michigan
Leadership from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Michigan National Guard and other federal and state agencies visited the TCF Center in Detroit, Michigan today to plan and assess the facility for conversion in... More
Louisville District supporting nationwide COVID-19 response
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District is working in support of FEMA – and in coordination with our federal, state, and local partners as part of the unified national response to the COVID-19 Pand... More
Representatives for the USACE Alaska District discuss
Representatives for the USACE Alaska District discuss the direction they want to take for implementing the USACE standard conversion plan at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage on March 27. From left are: T... More
Team members with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Team members with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, inspect buildings to potentially serve as alternate care sites in response to COVID-19 in Maryland, in early April 2020. This is part of a... More
Signs of support hang proudly in Hall C of the COVID19
Signs of support hang proudly in Hall C of the COVID19 Alternate Care Facility at McCormick Place. The Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, in support of FEMA, the White House, Department of Defense and ... More
Baltimore District Alternate Care Site Task Force Members
Baltimore District Alternate Care Site Task Force Members Shawn Crossfield, chief of the Mechanical Section, and Tim Wheeler, mechanical engineer, brief the team prior to a site inspection at the Brockbridge Co... More
USACE Chicago District staff conducts planning for
USACE Chicago District staff conducts planning for Alternative Care Facilities to assist in the COVID19 outbreak.
Scott Snelling, St. Paul District civil engineer, conducts
Scott Snelling, St. Paul District civil engineer, conducts an alternate care facility site inspection in northeast Minnesota March 31. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is helping the State o... More
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot visits the COVID19 Alternate
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot visits the COVID19 Alternate Care Facility at McCormick Place in Chicago April 1. 500 patient beds were completed within five days. The Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, in... More
#DetroitDistrict Alternate Care Facility team gives
#DetroitDistrict Alternate Care Facility team gives a TCF Center conversion update to Major General Robert F. Whittle, Deputy Commanding General, USACE. Construction is 70% complete and on schedule to be compl... More
Tradesmen, from Walsh Construction in, support of the
Tradesmen, from Walsh Construction in, support of the Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, work around the clock in order to create a COVID19 Alternate Care Facility at McCormick Place to help the city of... More
Detroit District Alternate Care Facility team gives
Detroit District Alternate Care Facility team gives a Suburban Collection Showplace conversion update to Major General Robert F. Whittle, Deputy Commanding General, USACE. Construction is 90% complete and on sc... More
The team is making outstanding progress at the Alternate
The team is making outstanding progress at the Alternate Care Facility in Novi, Michigan. Coordinating with the State of Michigan, Detroit District is working hard to ensure that extra beds needed in the commun... More
In preparation for the possible conversion of the Alaska
In preparation for the possible conversion of the Alaska Airlines Center into an alternate care facility, the USACE Alaska District's Site Assessment Team examines the arrangement of patient beds inside the are... More
Matt Johnson, program manager for the U.S. Army Corps
Matt Johnson, program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District, points to duct work for the negative pressure system while escorting Brig. Gen. Thomas Tickner (right), commanding general o... More
Members of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Chicago District
Members of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Chicago District and Emergency Operations show Col. Arron Reisinger, the commander of the district, current status of construction of the COVID19 Alternate Care Facility ... More
Tradesmen, from Walsh Construction, in support of the
Tradesmen, from Walsh Construction, in support of the Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, work around the clock in order to create a COVID19 Alternate Care Facility at McCormick Place to help the city of... More
Detroit District to begin construction on alternate care facility
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, (USACE,) Detroit District, announces it has received a verbal mission assignment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to construct a large alternate care facilit... More
Clay Tallman, St. Paul District project manager, reviews
Clay Tallman, St. Paul District project manager, reviews the daily agenda aboard a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter en route to an alternate care facility site inspection in northeast Minnesota March 31. The U.S. Arm... More
Leadership from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Michigan
Leadership from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Michigan National Guard and other federal and state agencies visited the TCF Center in Detroit, Michigan today to plan and assess the facility for conversion in... More
Tradesmen, from Walsh Construction in, support of the
Tradesmen, from Walsh Construction in, support of the Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, work around the clock in order to create a COVID19 Alternate Care Facility at McCormick Place to help the city of... More
TUMON, GUAM (April 13, 2020) -- Engineering assessment
TUMON, GUAM (April 13, 2020) -- Engineering assessment teams from Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas and the Guam Air National Guard conduct a walkthrough of a hotel located in Tumon as part... More
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Honolulu District, the government of Guam, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), NAVFAC Marianas, U.S. Department Health and Human Servic... More
Detroit District field assessment teams, state and
Detroit District field assessment teams, state and local emergency management and medical personnel conducted eight alternate care facility assessments in Michigan today, for a total of 15. The team is providin... More
Final details come together as construction wraps up
Final details come together as construction wraps up at the TCF Center Alternate Care Facility in Detroit, Michigan. The Detroit District team will not stop working until the State of Michigan has the facilitie... More
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks with APN Mike
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks with APN Mike Coffel about the capabilities of treating COVID19 patients with negative pressure tents, located in Hall B of the COVID19 Alternate Care Facility at McCormick ... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District engineers
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District engineers conduct a facility assessment in the state of New York, March 27, 2020. The assessment examines the site's potential as alternate care facilities for COVI... More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District,
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, is working to convert the TCF Center in Detroit, Michigan to an alternate care facility with 1,000 beds spaces for COVID-19 patients. The District will adapt ... More
USACE Savannah District Civil Engineer Technician,
USACE Savannah District Civil Engineer Technician, Kenneth Skinner, monitors the data from a cross section survey across the Savannah Harbor channel. These cross sections are used to compute the volumes of mate... More
Brent Goering, mechanical engineer for the USACE Alaska
Brent Goering, mechanical engineer for the USACE Alaska District's Site Assessment Team, studies the basketball court inside the Alaska Airline Center to determine air pressure requirements for making it a safe... More
The inside look of a negative pressure tent that can
The inside look of a negative pressure tent that can be used to treat COVID19 patients in Hall B of the COVID19 Alternate Care Facility at McCormick Place. The Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, in supp... More
Nate Campbell, St. Paul District project manager, measures
Nate Campbell, St. Paul District project manager, measures a room during an alternate care facility site inspection in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area April 3. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. P... More
Col. Phillip Borders, commander of the U.S. Army Corps
Col. Phillip Borders, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District, points out some of the duct work used to create a negative air pressure system during a final inspection of the alternate c... More
Tradesmen for Turner Construction Company, Chicago,
Tradesmen for Turner Construction Company, Chicago, have been working around the clock to transform the previous Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Illinois, into a 280 COVID19 patient bed Alternate Care Facility by Ap... More
On June 5, Warren Area High School's class of 2020
On June 5, Warren Area High School's class of 2020 had the best dam graduation ever when they graduated with a view from the top of Kinzua Dam. Congratulations to these students and all seniors graduating this ... More
Maj. Gen. Robert Whittle, the deputy commanding general
Maj. Gen. Robert Whittle, the deputy commanding general for the Army Corps of Engineers, joined the Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot and Governor JB Pritzker during a press conference at McCormick Place April 3 in... More
Maj. Gen. Robert Whittle, the deputy commanding general
Maj. Gen. Robert Whittle, the deputy commanding general for the Army Corps of Engineers, joined the Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot and Governor JB Pritzker during a press conference at McCormick Place April 3 in... More
Maj. Gen. Robert Whittle, the deputy commanding general
Maj. Gen. Robert Whittle, the deputy commanding general for the Army Corps of Engineers, joined the Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot and Governor JB Pritzker during a press conference at McCormick Place April 3 in... More
CHARLESTON, WV - An Emergency Operations team meets
CHARLESTON, WV - An Emergency Operations team meets with the administration of St. Francis Hospital in Charleston to gather information about possible future use of the building for victims of Coronavirus. The... More
Richard Patterson (Florescent Corps Vest) and Matt
Richard Patterson (Florescent Corps Vest) and Matt Tessier (left) ) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District tour a large facility during a site assessment to address possible conversion of e... More
Site assessment team visits Wheeling
Tara Linville, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District initial site assessment team, helps evaluate the former Ohio Valley Medical Center building in Wheeling, West Virginia, Monday, March 30.... More
TCF Center Alternate Care Facility construction complete
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, announces that construction is complete at Michigan’s first Alternate Care Facility at TCF Center in Detroit. The facility will begin accepting patients April 10, 2020.
USACE-Honolulu District, the government of Guam, FEMA,
USACE-Honolulu District, the government of Guam, FEMA, NAVFAC Marianas, U.S. Department Health and Human Services, and 18th MEDCOM conducted a site assessment April 22 of Okkodo High School in Dededofor potent... More
Honolulu District's site assessment team conducted
Honolulu District's site assessment team conducted its first-ever virtual technical site assessments May 6 and May 7 with FEMA, state of Hawaii, Department of Health and Human Services, and Hawaii County offici... More
Detroit District Alternate Care Facility team gives
Detroit District Alternate Care Facility team gives a Suburban Collection Showplace conversion update to Major General Robert F. Whittle, Deputy Commanding General, USACE. Construction is 90% complete and on sc... More
Team members with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Team members with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, inspect buildings to potentially serve as alternate care sites in response to COVID-19 in Washington, D.C., in spring 2020. This is part o... More
Matt Tessier (right), Emily Pottier and Richard Patterson
Matt Tessier (right), Emily Pottier and Richard Patterson from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District accompany a state official in performing a site assessment at the Cross Insurance Center in... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District engineers
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District engineers conduct a facility assessment in the state of New York, March 27, 2020. The assessment examines the site's potential as alternate care facilities for COVI... More
Scott Snelling, St. Paul District civil engineer, conducts
Scott Snelling, St. Paul District civil engineer, conducts an alternate care facility site inspection in northeast Minnesota March 31. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is helping the State o... More
Clay Tallman, St. Paul District project manager, reviews
Clay Tallman, St. Paul District project manager, reviews a facility in South Central Minnesota during an alternate care facility site inspection April 1. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is ... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District engineers
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District engineers conduct a facility assessment in northeast Ohio, March 29, 2020. The assessment examines the site's potential as alternate care facilities for COVID-19 pa... More
Clay Tallman, St. Paul District project manager, conducts
Clay Tallman, St. Paul District project manager, conducts an alternate care facility site inspection in northeast Minnesota March 31. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is helping the State of... More
Tradesmen, from Walsh Construction, in support of the
Tradesmen, from Walsh Construction, in support of the Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, work around the clock in order to create a COVID19 Alternate Care Facility at McCormick Place to help the city of... More