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Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers supported three water safety booths during the first full weekend in May 7.
5/9/2022
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Park Ranger Ashley Novar of the Keystone Lake Project Office waits to speak with visitors to her water safety booth at Mayfest in downtown Tulsa, May 7. USACE provided rangers for three water safety booths across Oklahoma.
5/9/2022
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Park Ranger Ashley Novar of the Keystone Lake Project Office worked the USACE booth at Mayfest in downtown Tulsa, May 7. Tulsa District provided park rangers for three water safety booths throughout Oklahoma.
5/9/2022
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TULSA, Okla. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District will release the draft of the Hugo Lake Master Plan revision and Environmental Assessment April 28, 2022, beginning a 30-day public review and comment period.
Information related to the Master Plan, Environmental Assessment, public comment forms, and presentation are available on the Tulsa District Website.
4/27/2022
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District will release the draft of the Hugo Lake Master Plan revision and Environmental Assessment April 28, 2022, beginning a 30-day public review and comment period.
4/27/2022
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TINKER AFB, Okla. — Southwestern Division Commander, Brig. Gen. Christopher Beck visited Tinker Airforce Base Thursday April 21, taking a final tour of Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects on the base.
4/26/2022
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Brig. Gen. Christopher Beck took time out of his tour of USACE project at Tinker AFB to speak to Tulsa District USACE and Tinker AFB personnel about the KC46-A project during his recent visit to the base. This will be the final visit for Beck before he relinquishes his command at USACE SWD in May.
4/26/2022
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Daniel de Robles, Area Engineer Tulsa District E&C Branch Tinker Air Force Base briefs SWD USACE Commander, Christopher Beck during a visit to Tinker Air Force Base. During the visit Beck toured Tulsa District projects on the base. He also took time to meet the team and thank them for their work during his tenure as SWD Commander. Beck will relinquish his command in May before moving to Fort Hood as deputy commanding general III Corps. Beck and de Robles were joined by Tulsa District Commander, Col. Scott Preston, Quality Assurance Representative Contractor Jarin Southerland and other Tulsa District and Tinker AFB personnel during the tour of the KC46-A project.
4/26/2022
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Capt. Bryan King, project engineer Tulsa District USACE, Tinker AFB speaks with Brig. Gen. Christopher Beck about the E-3G training facility during the Beck's recent visit to Tinker. This will be the final visit for Beck before he relinquishes his command at USACE SWD in May.
4/26/2022
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TULSA, Okla. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District will host an Open House May 23 to provide information about the Broken Bow Lake Master Plan revision content and process and will provide a general schedule. The event will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the Kiamichi Technology Center, 3205 Lincoln Road NE, Idabel, Okla., 74745.
4/26/2022
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District will host an Open House May 23 to provide information about the Broken Bow Lake Master Plan revision content and process and will provide a general schedule. The event will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the Kiamichi Technology Center, 3205 Lincoln Road NE, Idabel, Okla., 74745.
4/26/2022
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The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosted a tabletop exercise April 19, related to the Tulsa West Tulsa Levee, Cimarron and Arkansas Rivers at the Central Center in Centennial Park.
Hosted by the Tulsa District Emergency Management Office, the TTX provides an avenue to educate local government agencies and organizations about the Tulsa District’s missions while communicating the shared risks and responsibilities between municipal, state and federal agencies.
4/20/2022
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Tulsa District's Emergency Management Office hosted a tabletop exercise to get various agencies and organizations thinking about coordination and response in the event of a major disaster.
4/20/2022
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Meredith Summers, a civil engineer from the Tulsa District, listens to a briefing during the disaster response tabletop exercise hosted by the Tulsa District, Emergency Management Office, April 19 in Tulsa.
4/20/2022
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(Left to Right) Matt Reeves and Travis Miller of the Keystone Lake Project Office talk with Justin Hall, the Fire Chief with the Sand Springs Fire Department about local business concerns during emergencies at the Tulsa District's Emergency Management tabletop exercise event in Tulsa, April 20.
4/20/2022
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Steve Holden & Randi Clifton, Park Rangers from the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers show off their water safety booth at the Tulsa Boat Show at Tulsa Expo Center, Feb. 3.
The event allowed rangers to make contact with thousands of individuals over the course of the event.
4/4/2022
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Waurika, Okla. – Waurika Lake Park Ranger Destany Rochell began working for the Tulsa District Corps of Engineers as a summer ranger in 2018. She transitioned to a student trainee natural resource specialist park ranger in 2019, giving her the opportunity to work while finishing college.
3/30/2022
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Waurika Lake Park Ranger Destany Rochell checks for deposited day use fees during her patrol of a public use area. Destany began her with Waurika Lake as a volunteer in 2017 and then transitioned to a summer ranger before she became a student trainee. She officially became a full time employee with the Corps in 2021 after graduating from college.
3/30/2022
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By the time the first shovels break ground on a new civil works or military construction venture, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has already invested thousands of hours into studying, planning, designing and contracting the project.
Kalli Egan, the regional acquisition program manager at Southwestern Division, focuses on strategies and technical integration. She works with districts to improve engineering and construction activities.
Kalli is a true success story and model USACE leader. She grew up in Amarillo, Texas but spent a lot of time in Oklahoma and attended Oklahoma State University from which she holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, and a Master of Science in Engineering Technology.
Kalli’s career with the USACE began in 2001. She started as a student intern at the Tulsa District and by 2015 had become the Deputy Chief of the Engineering and Construction Division at the Tulsa District.
In 2015, Kalli left Tulsa to return to Texas. She spent two years working in the private sector supporting local, state and federal projects.
3/24/2022
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The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers canceled March 17, a disposition study related to the Red River Chloride Control Project, as well as the related public meetings.
3/21/2022
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Brittany Cranor is a structural engineer at the Dam Safety Production Center, Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The DSPC is co-located with the Tulsa District. Cranor talked to Corpstruction about why she chose to work for the Corps of Engineers after a couple of years in the private sector and how mentoring has benefited her career decisions.
3/16/2022
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TULSA — The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established a 30-day public comment period related to closure of the Red River Chloride Control Project in four Texas counties March 14 and will host two public meetings to assess the economic, social and environmental impacts of disposing of the federally-authorized project.
The USACE will host informational, open-house style meetings at the Truscott Community Foundation Building in Crowell, Texas, March 23 from 5-8 p.m., and at the Red River Authority of Texas offices in Wichita Falls, Texas March 24 from 5-8 p.m.
3/14/2022
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The Fort Gibson project hosted Tulsa District’s prescribed fire training course February 28 through March 4. This course is held as partial fulfillment of the requirements for conducting prescribed burns on federal lands and covers basic and advanced subjects.
3/14/2022
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Throughout written history, water has been a vital resource for requirement for the growth of cities. For Nathan Westrup and Richard Rockel of the Kansas Water Office, water supply is a primary concern. The questions that keep them up at night revolve around How the "Sunflower State" will meet the water supply needs of residents and industry.
3/11/2022
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TULSA, Okla. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District will host an Open House March 24 to provide information about the Sardis Lake Master Plan revision content and process and will provide a general schedule. The event will be at the Clayton Public School Cafeteria, 329 North 1st Street, Clayton, Okla., 74053 from 6:00 to 8 p.m.
3/9/2022
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Anthony Semento is the Chief of the Regional Contingency Operations and Disaster Response for the Southwestern Division located in Dallas, Texas.
When people think of disaster response, they often think about the Federal Emergency Management Agency but what they might not realize is that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is often tasked by FEMA to execute disaster response activities.
Managing disaster response is challenging for a single district but imagine overseeing that response for a region consisting of portions of five states & a population of more than 35 million people.
Southwestern Division is comprised of four USACE districts, including Tulsa District, Galveston, Little Rock and Fort Worth. He works with Emergency Managers at those districts to keep the Division Commander apprised of what’s going on and enable needed resources are received.
Combined, the Southwestern Division covers all of Texas and Oklahoma and portions of Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas.
3/4/2022
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February 20-26 is Engineers Week and we interviewed some of our engineers to find out why they decided to come work for the Corps of Engineers.
Justin Cox of the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers worked as an engineer in the commercial sector fo years before coming to the district.
Justin is from Haskell, Oklahoma. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University.
We spoke with Justin about his work at the Tulsa District.
He also owns 15 head of cattle and explained to us the finer points of ranching.
2/28/2022
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Engineers Week is Feb. 20-26 and for the Corpstruction Podcast we are sharing our interviews with USACE engineers to learn more about who they are.
Jeff Rickfelder is a cost engineer for the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Rickfelder grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and attended Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.
Rickfelder worked for the Nashville District before moving to Tulsa.
As a cost engineer, Rickfelder identifies components and material costs for USACE construction projects.
2/24/2022
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Ean Bonjour is an engineer assigned to the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Ean conducts inspeactions of Tulsa District's dams throughout the year so the district can address and remediate any discrepancies. Ean is a graduate of Oklahoma State University.
2/23/2022
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Russell Wyckoff talks about working as an engineer in the USACE. He works in the Dam Safety Production Center of Southwestern Division.
Wyckoff grew up in Oklahoma, attended Oklahoma State University, and has been an engineer with USACE nearly 35 years.
2/22/2022
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Unless you live on a mountain top, you’re probably within a few miles of a levee. Communities in every state and the District of Columbia rely on levees for flood prevention and mitigation.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans live in a county with at least one levee.
Because flood risk reduction is in the federal interest, many miles of those levees are inspected and monitored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and flood risk reduction is the primordial mission of many USACE districts.
In this episode of the Corpstruction podcast, Tammy Conforti, special assistant for levee safety at USACE Headquarters, talks to us about the National Levee Safety Program initiative, and how the USACE and FEMA are working together to activate communities so that they understand their flood risk and get involved in the initiative.
To learn more about the National Levee Safety Program, visit www.leveesafety.org and provide comments or feedback by March 31, 2022.
To help ensure comments are related to the scope of the initiative, please review the five associated fact sheets on the website before submitting comments or suggestions.
1/5/2022
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Since its beginning at the Tulsa District in 2016, the Innovations Team has attracted employees who want to improve the business processes and experience with the Corps of Engineers. The program has grown from a Tulsa District initiative to a nationwide program with 22 Districts represented by more than 50 employees.
Innovations Teams have partnerships with Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, University of California – Davis and the Corps Foundation.
Jason Knight spoke with Corpstruction about the partnerships and the great work the teams are doing to improve processes and the overall visitor experience with the USACE.
12/20/2021
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Sgt. Maj. Patrickson Toussaint, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Command Sergeant Major, visited Tulsa District, Dec. 7-9.
Toussaint talked about the four major priorities of the USACE Commander and Chief of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon - people, readiness, partnerships and revolutionize.
Toussaint visited various Tulsa District Military Construction and Civil Works field offices. He met with and recognized employees for their contributions to the USACE mission.
12/10/2021
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85th Birthday Message to the Port of Brownsville, Texas from Brig. Gen. Christopher Beck, SWD Commander, USACE.
12/2/2021
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Within a matter of hours, the road over Eufaula Dam became the site of the highest concentration of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete in Oklahoma, Aug. 19.
With panels over approximately 20 percent of the bridge deck placed, contractors began pouring the UHPC to bond the prefabricated panels.
8/25/2021
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Each year World Ranger Day is observed on July 31 marking the founding of the International Ranger Foundation. We are spotlighting some of our rangers who represent our ranger corps and the range of work they do as protectors of USACE-managed lands and waters.
7/28/2021
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THE TULSA DISTRICT’S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE RECENTLY HOSTED A DISASTER RESPONSE EXERCISE WITH TULSA FIRST RESPONDERS AND HELPING AGENCIES.
THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS INITIATIVE BROUGHT TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM TULSA RESPONSE AGENCIES TO IMPROVE INTEROPERABILITY.
7/27/2021
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Each year World Ranger Day is observed on July 31 marking the founding of the International Ranger Foundation. We are spotlighting some of our rangers who represent our ranger corps and the range of work they do as protectors of USACE-managed lands and waters.
7/27/2021
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Each year World Ranger Day is observed on July 31 marking the founding of the International Ranger Foundation. We are spotlighting some of our rangers who represent our ranger corps and the range of work they do as protectors of USACE-managed lands and waters.
7/27/2021
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We spotlight some of our rangers who represent our ranger corps and the various aspects of the work they do as protectors of USACE-managed lands and waters. Meet Supervisory Regulatory Project Manager, and former park ranger, Michael Ware.
7/26/2021