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12-040
May 15, 2012
Misconceptions about lightning
According to the Weather Channel, lightning kills or injures hundreds of people every year, mainly because the victims are not aware of the danger they face. Myths and misperceptions about lightning can add to the confusion. Take this short quiz from weather.com and let’s test your lightning knowledge.
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12-039
May 11, 2012
Center celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage
The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville held its Asian American / Pacific Islander Heritage Month observance May 9.
A standing-room only crowd gathered in the cafeteria for an hour-long event featuring guest speaker Seunghee Lee, Safety Office chief, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Luz Tolentino-Ladrillono, an accomplished Filipino vocalist and actress, and Filipino and Tahitian dance demonstration by Lezith Benton from the Philippine-American Association of Alabama.
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12-038
May 2, 2012
Huntsville Center employees share career experience with students
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.-- Students at Alabama A&M University looking for career guidance met with local professionals during the annual Youth Motivational Task Force conference at the university in April.
U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville employees represented the diverse work force and career opportunities at the Huntsville Center.
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12-037
May 1, 2012
CSR provides opportunity for Huntsville, Headquarters to synch
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.-- For two days in April the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, hosted a leadership team from Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for a Command Strategic Review.
Maj. Gen. Merdith “Bo” Temple, acting USACE commander, and senior executive service members Ms. Karen Durham-Aguilera, Mr. Bob Slockbower, Mr. James Dalton and Mr. Wes Miller along with other members of the HQ staff engaged in conversation about Huntsville Center’s actions related to each of the three goals we support.
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12-036
April 10, 2012
Huntsville Center awards $35 million contract
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.-- The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, awarded
Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp., Overland Park, Kan., and URS Group, Inc., Washington, D.C., April 9 with a $35 million firm-fixed-price contract between five contractors.
The award provides for the services in support of Huntsville Center’s Utility Monitoring Control Systems and Electronic Security Systems programs. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of March, 2017. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 11 bids received.
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12-035
April 3, 2012
Corps employee engineer by day, brawler by night
By day, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntsville Center’s Molly Richardson is a mild-mannered structural engineer in the Center’s Engineering Directorate.
By night she is Molly “Pretty Girl Swag” Richardson, the tenacious brawler. A mixed-martial arts fighter.
For the past eight months, the 5-foot, 3-inch, 115-pound engineer has trained to compete as an amateur mixed-martial arts fighter.
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12-034
April 3, 2012
Corps employees explore scientific process with local students
The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville employs professionals of various disciplines, and many of those professionals perform community outreach as a part of their mission. So, when a local school asked for assistance with an educational outreach event, the Center’s Speaker’s Bureau, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Awareness Program, enhanced participation at the Center.
Six Huntsville Center employees joined more than 200 students at the First Missionary Baptist Child Development Center and Academy to help celebrate Science Week March 12-16.
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12-033
April 3, 2012
Hydraulic fracturing used for groundwater cleanup on former Atlas missile site
A new process involving hydraulic fracturing being used by a team from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District is proving successful at reducing or stabilizing trichloroethylene in groundwater at six test wells at the former F.E. Warren Atlas Missile Site 12 near Windsor, Colo.
The team is using the hydraulic fracturing process for groundwater cleanup at the site. Hydraulic fracturing can be used to create new fractures in consolidated, water-bearing formations and to deliver substantial volumes of amendments that are used to promote groundwater remediation.
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12-032
March 28, 2012
Facilities Reduction project earns environmental award
A Facilities Reduction Program project managed by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, shared the spotlight with Boston-based contractor Charter Environmental, Inc. and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fort Worth District Quality Assurance for the project in receiving the 2012 National Demolition Association Environmental Excellence Award, March 13 in San Antonio.
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12-031
March 9, 2012
First chemical agent destruction neutralization plant close to completion
In the desert near Pueblo, Colo., a chemical agent destruction plant that will destroy more than 2,600 tons of stockpiled chemical munitions is nearly complete.
Construction of the $1.1 billion facility on the Pueblo Chemical Depot started in 2002 and is expected to be complete in summer 2012.
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12-030
March 9, 2012
Fort Belvoir’s Pence Gate upgraded, ready for traffic
FORT BELVOIR, Va. – Testing of the largest active vehicle barrier system in the Army to date will complete a $17.1 million project here to upgrade six access control points and prepare them for the Automated Installation Entry system that will be installed later this year.
Testing occurred Feb. 21-25.
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12-028
February 28, 2012
Corps employees celebrate Engineers Week
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Engineering students in Huntsville, Ala., visited the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, for an opportunity to discuss careers in engineering with professional engineers during Engineers Week Feb. 23.
National Engineers Week was started in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers in conjunction with President George Washington’s Birthday, who is considered the nation’s first engineer.
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12-027
February 28, 2012
Local Students learn financial literacy
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Students at Huntsville’s Holy Family Catholic School experienced “Junior Achievement-in-a-Day” Feb. 3 where they explored financial literacy, work place readiness and entrepreneurship with the help of volunteers from the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville.
Junior Achievement programs help students understand the world of economics and help prepare them for lifelong learning and achievement.
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12-024
February 17, 2012
Corps
employees perform upgrades
at the National Zoo
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Security systems upgrades completed at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., Dec. 19 make the zoo compliant with modern standards.
The Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center-Huntsville, Engineering Directorate’s Electronic Security System Branch completed renovations that were part
part of an ongoing federal requirement implemented in 1998.
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12-023
February 24, 2012
Huntsville Center requests comments on draft request for proposal related to energy contracts
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, has issued a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for $7 billion in shared capacity contracts to procure reliable, locally generated, renewable and alternative energy through power purchase agreements or other contractual equivalents. The $7 billion capacity would be expended for the purchase of energy over a period of 30 years or less from renewable energy plants that are constructed and operated by contractors using private sector financing.
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12-022
February 1, 2012
Center personnel supported Iraq war
Huntsville Center employees supported the war in Iraq by deploying to perform a variety of functions in support of Corps of Engineers projects.
The war in Iraq has ended; however, deployment opportunities exist for Afghanistan.
According to Jeffrey Davis, Huntsville Center’s deployment coordinator, some 70 Center employees volunteered to serve in Iraq, which comes to approximately 1 percent of the Huntsville Center work force.
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12-021
February 1, 2012
Center personnel participating
in Scale Back Alabama initiative
More than 40 Huntsville Center employees are taking a shot at losing unwanted weight as Scale Back Alabama 2012, a statewide weight-loss contest designed to help Alabama fight obesity and to encourage participants to develop lifelong healthy habits, gets under way.
The program, now in its sixth year, has resulted in a total weight loss of nearly 760,000 pounds and healthier lifestyles for thousands of Alabamians.
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12-020
February 1, 2012
Center supports Afghan recycling program
Huntsville Center’s International Operations Division is working with partners to help bring recycling and reusing initiatives to Afghanistan partners.
The environmental support contract with AECOM, a professional technical and management support services firm, establishes a recycling program which combines waste management with economic development and social contribution in Anbar Province, Afghanistan
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12-019
February 1, 2012
Huntsville Center awards $66M contract for initial outfitting of new facility
The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, awarded a $66 million task order to Lockheed Martin of Orlando, Fla., Sept. 30, 2011, to provide Initial Outfitting and Transition Facilities Support Services to support the opening of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Replacement Laboratory at Fort Detrick, Md.
The contract period is 75 months.
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12-018
January 13, 2012
Huntsville Center employees celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr legacy
More than 100 people attended the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Jan. 12 at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center where they were reminded to “Remember! Celebrate! Act! and the holiday is “A Day On, Not a Day Off!”
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12-017
January 5, 2012
Huntsville Center awards $34 M Energy Savings Performance Contract
The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, awarded a $34 million task order contract to Johnson Controls Government Systems, Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 22, to install wind power generation, solar photovoltaic systems, and other energy conservation measures at Fort Buchanan and 11 reserve centers in Puerto Rico.
Overall projected project savings is 37,867 MBtu and $2,606,258 per year. Renewable energy savings are projected to be 5,973 MBtu solar PV, domestic solar hot water 106 MBtu per year, wind power, 3,244 MBtu per year, and water savings of 37,144,000 gallons per year.
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12-016
December 23, 2011
Huntsville Center awards $16.8 M Energy Savings Performance Contract
The U.S. Army Engineering
and Support Center,
Huntsville, awarded a $16.8
million task order to
Siemens Government
Technologies, Inc. of
Arlington, Va., Dec. 22, to
install a solar photovoltaic
(PV) system and energy
conservation measures at
White Sands Missile Range,
N.M., that will help the
installation cut energy use
by 10,000,000 kilowatt hours
and save $805,000 annually.
The solar PV system will
help the installation
achieve 10.8 percent solar
PV renewable energy by the
end of FY12, up from the
current .5 percent. The
government-mandated
percentage of renewable
energy is 7.5 percent by
FY13.
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12-015
December 16, 2011
FUDS team takes technical approach at site
By Charles Coyle
Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise
U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District project delivery team for the Atlas Site 10 Formerly Used Defense Sites is hosting an ongoing innovative technology demonstration for treatment of chloroethenes in the vadose zone, the shallow surface layer of soil from the surface to the water table.
The site was proposed for this Environmental Security Technology Certification Program-funded demonstration by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise.
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12-014
December 16, 2011
Huntsville planners working with Fort Carson,
Joint Base Lewis-McChord to plan new combat aviation brigades
By Jimmie L. Jackson
U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville
The Defense Department’s latest decision to add two additional combat aviation brigades, the 13th and 16th, created a unique opportunity in the world of military planning and programming. The decision to place CABs at both Fort Carson, Colo., and Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington has placed tremendous strain on the already stressed Master Planning Divisions of both installations.
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12-013
December 19, 2011
Huntsville Center awards $10.5M Energy Savings Performance Contract
The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, awarded a $10.5 million task order
contract Dec. 16 to Johnson Controls Government Systems, LLC., Milwaulkee, Wis., that will result in a total of
about 2.2 million renewable energy kilowatt hours and renewable energy credits each year for Fort Bliss, Texas.
The main component of this Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) project is a third‐party owned 1.3
megawatt solar photovoltaic system to be installed on the Army’s largest post. This is the first Army PV project
acquired using an energy services agreement contained within an ESPC.
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12-012
December 1, 2011
Center leaders visit deployed
U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center Commander Col. Nello Tortora and top members of his staff from Huntsville, Ala., thanked a group of Huntsville employees on Nov. 11 for serving in Afghanistan to assist the Corps of Engineers’ mission to rebuild the Asian country’s ravaged infrastructure.
Tortora, Huntsville Deputy Commander for Programs and Technical Management Charles Ford and Huntsville Director of Ordnance and Explosives Mike Hubbard, rendezvoused with eight Huntsville employees at the Qalaa House compound, which serves as the headquarters for the Corps of Engineers in northern Afghanistan.
Tortora thanked the Huntsville employees for leaving the U. S. to live and work in Afghanistan for periods ranging from six months to two years.
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12-011
December 12, 2011
Center housing team mission winds down
The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville Housing Planning and Response Team completed most of its flood recovery mission in Pennsylvania Nov. 30.
When needed, the Federal Emergency Management Agency assigns emergency management missions to the Corps. This mission supports residents impacted by the Susquehanna River overflowing due to Tropical Storm Lee in September.
“Our mission is to provide temporary housing units at two sites, Stony Brook and Country Terrace both in the Bloomsburg, Pa., area,” said Rex McLaury, project resident engineer.
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12-010
December 7, 2011
Ordnance disposal mission in Iraq ends
Nearly nine years after the Army requested ordnance support, Huntsville’s Ordnance and Explosives Directorate, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, ended its munitions disposal mission in Iraq.
The Coalition Munitions Disposal mission was completed Nov. 12, at the direction of the U.S. Army. CMD stood up Nov. 21, 2008, replacing the Coalition Munitions Clearance mission that had mobile teams conducting ordnance clearance and disposal missions all over Iraq.
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12-009
November 25, 2011
$210 million energy contract awarded to small businesses
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Six small businesses from across the U.S. were awarded a Multiple Award Task Order Contract with a program-based capacity of $210 million to support energy and cost reduction projects by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville.
Under the contract awarded April 15, the six small businesses are being awarded task orders to perform general design/build services in support of energy or cost reduction projects. Specific work to be performed is defined at the task order level.
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12-008
November 1, 2011
Huntsville Center played major role in building Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility
ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. – The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Ala., was the design and construction agent for the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility where operators destroyed the last of the chemical weapons stockpile located here Sept 22.
The Center also acquired all of the specialized equipment such as the incinerators, pollution abatement equipment and the control system for the site.
The demilitarization phase of ANCDF operations started Aug. 9, 2003, following several years of facility systemization, team training and preparation. The ANCDF, which sits on a 50-acre depot remote site, was constructed between 1997 and 2001.
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12-007
November 1, 2011
Center project improves health care facilities for Fort Jackson basic trainees
HUNTSVILLE Ala.-- Huntsville Center’s Medical Repair and Renewal Program, a division under the Installation Support and Programs Management Directorate, recently closed out two projects at Fort Jackson, S.C. which were combined under one contract to save the Army $3.5 Million.
Since Fort Jackson is the Army’s main production center for Basic Combat Training, the projects will also have a direct impact on the future of the Army too.
Fifty percent of the Army’s Basic Combat Training load and 60 percent of the women entering the Army each year pass through the gates of the 52,000-acre installation.
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12-006
November 1, 2011
Engineers earn energy certification
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. –The Certified Energy Manager credential has become widely accepted and used as a measure of professional accomplishment within the energy management field.
Huntsville Center’s Jerrell Henley, Jason Page, Andrew Long and Patrick Lane recently were recently credentialed as Certified Energy Managers.
Begun in 1981, CEM certification has gained industry-wide use as the standard for qualifying energy professionals both in the United States and abroad.
The certification is recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Office of Federal Energy Management Programs and the U.S. Agency for International Development, as well as by numerous state energy offices, major utilities, corporations and energy service companies.
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12-005
November 1, 2011
Center small business event set
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. –The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, is conducting its 12th annual Small Business Forum, 9 a.m.-noon, Nov. 18, at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, University Center.
This is an opportunity for small businesses to talk with contracting professionals, program managers and subject matter experts from Huntsville Center about their programs and upcoming opportunities.
The Huntsville Center supports very specialized missions that require unique technical expertise in programs that are generally regional or global and are very broad in scope.
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12-004
October 12, 2011
Huntsville Center missions surpass $1.7 billion in fiscal 2011
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Contracts for installation support projects awarded by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support
Center‐ Huntsville in fiscal year 2011 totaled an impressive $1.7 billion.
Huntsville Center is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Installation Support Center of Expertise. Its project managers
partner with Corps districts; Directorates of Public Works; Headquarters, Installation Management Command; and
other federal agencies on projects.
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12-003
October 1, 2011
Center lawyer team receives Seltzer Award
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Two Huntsville Center lawyers, Garry Brewer and Walter Roberts, were awarded the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Chief Counsel’s E. Manning Seltzer Award for outstanding contributions to USACE legal services.
The E. Manning Seltzer Award recognizes an attorney who has made one or more special contributions to the Corps legal service mission through the development of a legal theory, a legal management innovation or practice, or outstanding performance in solving a legal or management problem.
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October 1, 2011
Shippers sits as new ISPM director
Huntsville, Ala.--Valerie Shippers is the new director, Installation Support and Programs Management Directorate, Huntsville Center.
In this position, she has responsibility for partnering with geographic districts, labs and agencies to provide life-cycle world-wide support to Army, Defense Department and non-DoD agencies in providing maintenance, repair, operation and upgrade services for their facilities and infrastructure.
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October 3, 2011
Small Businesses invited to discuss programs with Huntsville Center managers
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, is conducting its 12th annual Small Business Forum, 9 a.m.-noon, Nov. 18, at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, University Center.
This is an opportunity for small businesses to talk with contracting professionals, program managers and subject matter experts from Huntsville Center about their programs and upcoming opportunities.
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