17 Mar 2020

Huntsville Center proactively responds to COVID-19

The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville Center is closely following COVID-19 updates. Out of an abundance of caution to prevent the spread of the virus, Huntsville Center is limiting access to its facility to current employees, contractors and essential services personnel until further notice.

17 Mar 2020

Memo from the Director of Contracting re: COVID-19

For USACE Contractors, As the Director of Contracting for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, I wanted to personally reach out to all of you and let you know that we are actively monitoring the situation in regards to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Attached is the guidance we received on planning for potential Novel Coronavirus Contract Impacts.

16 Mar 2020

How unmanned aircraft systems could be range project force-multipliers

A group of Huntsville Center professionals gathered Feb. 27 at the Rocket City Radio Controllers complex in southeast Huntsville to evaluate the capabilities of three different unmanned aircraft systems to find ways to make range projects more efficient and less costly.

12 Mar 2020

Maintaining contracts vital to utility, energy program

A $52 million contract (with a capacity of more than $200 million), awarded in 2017, supports Warner Robins-Air Logistics Complex with energy savings, resilience and security improvements for the principal enterprise located at Warner Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.

10 Mar 2020

Resource efficiency managers converging in Huntsville for workshops

A workshop for resource efficiency managers set for March 10-12 in Huntsville, Alabama, will provide a training and guidance enabling attending contracted subject-matter energy experts, company representatives, and REM program customers to enhance their installation energy program’s effectiveness.

6 Mar 2020

Nerve agent destruction begins at Blue Grass Army Depot

Full-scale chemical agent destruction operations at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant at the Blue Grass Army Depot began Jan. 17 with the destruction of the first 8-inch projectile containing GB nerve agent in the main plant.

26 Feb 2020

“Be brief, be brilliant and be gone” – Huntsville Center OE director takes the PRB helm

“Wrangling complex projects is what Huntsville Center does best. And the Project Review Board is at the core of this success.” Once a month during the PRB, Huntsville Center program and project managers brief the command team on the progress, budget, challenges, good news and lessons learned of ongoing projects.

14 Feb 2020

4 reasons volunteering for science fairs pays big dividends

There’s more to being a science fair judge than evaluating student projects. That’s what professionals at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, continue to discover as they volunteer for science fairs and similar community outreach events.

12 Feb 2020

Field trip to Redstone helps Huntsville Center LDP group expand leadership horizons

The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s 2020 Leadership Development Program I group expanded their knowledge base during a team-building trip to the Prototype Integration Facility and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center area of operations Jan. 31, 2020.

7 Feb 2020

Huntsville Center REM Program helps counterparts meet Army energy goals

The accomplishments of one resource efficiency manager with the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, is proving that leveraging Huntsville Center’s expertise is a force-multiplier in meeting the Army’s energy goals.

7 Feb 2020

Huntsville Center commander sees progress at Redstone remediation site

The commander of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, obtained a firsthand look Jan. 16 at the progress of chemical warfare materiel remediation on a portion of Redstone Arsenal.

17 Dec 2019

Center’s mission feeds $6 billion to small businesses over last decade

In fiscal 2019, the Center executed more than $2 billion in contract actions, pushing the Army Corps of Engineers’ Huntsville-based specialized technical support organization past the $6 billion mark over the last 10 years.

17 Dec 2019

Fuels PDT named USACE ‘Team of the Year’ for contracting

The professionals of the Fuels Recurring Maintenance and Minor Repair Project Delivery Team gathered Dec. 16, 2019, to receive the 2019 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ “Team of the Year” Excellence in Contracting Award.

6 Dec 2019

Furnishings Program team focuses on ‘better, smarter, faster’ at VE workshop

A group of Huntsville Center professionals took part in a value engineering workshop for the Furnishings Program Nov. 4–6 with the goal of improving processes, reducing costs and boosting value for stakeholders.

26 Nov 2019

Remediation, Environmental Services industry day set for Jan. 15

Huntsville Center has an industry day set from 1— 4 p.m., Jan. 15, for International Remediation & Environmental Services and Strategic Environment Enterprise Resources.

1 Nov 2019

Newly developed Safety Office SharePoint site expands convenience, accessibility for employees

Safety is everyone’s responsibility, and the Huntsville Center Safety and Occupational Health Office is ensuring safety resources remain at Center employees’ fingertips.

31 Oct 2019

Huntsville Center’s new Position Hazard Analysis already revealing useful safety data

As part of the Huntsville Center Safety and Occupational Health Office’s recently developed SharePoint collaborative site, the interactive Position Hazard Analysis system is already revealing valuable safety data.

31 Oct 2019

Small Business Forum attracts hundreds for day of networking

The 2019 Small Business Forum attracted hundreds of representatives from businesses small and large to the Davidson Center for Space Exploration at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center to connect with professionals from the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Oct. 24.

28 Oct 2019

Unmanned aircraft tested at Huntsville Center

The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center’s newly acquired unmanned aircraft system took to the skies above the main building here at 475 Quality Circle for its first formal set of survey flights Oct. 1, 2019.

3 Oct 2019

Efforts continue at Fort Bliss medical center

Huntsville Center's Medical Outfitting and Transition program provides total turn-key project support for the equipping and transitioning of staff and patients associated with new William Beaumont Army Medical Center replacement hospital at Fort Bliss, Texas.