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  • January

    Negotiations reduce utility cost for Tensas-Cocodrie Pumping Station

    Huntsville Center's Commercial Utilities Program works with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District to identify utility savings at the Tensas-Cocodrie Pumping Plant in Monterey, Louisiana.
  • Lourdes Roman, an Electronic Security Systems contract specialist, was one of two dozen acquisition professionals Army-wide, and one of three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ employees, selected to attend four, one-week seminars starting early this year.

    Local contract specialist selected for Defense Civilian Emerging Leader Program

    Lourdes Roman, an Electronic Security Systems contract specialist, was selected to represent the Army Acquisition Workforce in the 2017 Defense Civilian Emerging Leader Program.
  • Arthur Martin III was one of only two individuals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers notified of their selection to participate in the senior executive program at Harvard University.

    Arthur Martin III – Road to Success

    Early in his youth, Arthur Martin III learned that success in life hinged on hard work, determination and a passion to reach for the stars. Now, almost 30 years later, still reaching for the stars, he serves as deputy director, Installation Support and Programs Management Directorate, at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville.
  • The U.S. Army team received this year’s Federal Energy Management Program Director’s Award for executing over $1 billion in performance contracts leading all federal agencies in the Presidents Performance Contracting Challenge of $4 billion by 2016 at the ceremony Dec. 7, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Receiving the award are Randy Shed, Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability; Randy Smidt, Office of Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management; Margaret Simmons, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center Huntsville; Katherine Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment; Pamela Griffith, Defense Logistics Agency-Energy; Michael Norton, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville; and David Williams, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    USACE garners 2016 FEMP Award

    Leading the effort to save taxpayers’ money and contribute to energy and water efficiency, the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, was recently recognized alongside other members of the Army team with several 2016 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards.

  • December

    Hon. Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Kate Brandt,Federal Environmental Executive, White House Council of Environmental Quality, , visit Mobile District's Stennis Lock and Dam on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in Mississippi to learn about its energy and sustainability efforts with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville.

    USACE helps exceed the President’s Performance Contracting Challenge

    The White House announced Dec. 28 that federal agencies have exceeded its Presidential Performance Contracting Challenge (PPCC) to award $4 billion in energy efficiency contracts by the end of 2016.

  • November

    Michael Norton, chief of the Energy Implementation Branch at Huntsville Center, discusses the REM workshop agenda with more than 30 resource efficiency managers and Huntsville Center customers during the annual event Nov. 17-18 at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration.

    Resource Efficiency Managers workshop provides tips on energy savings resources

    Resource efficiency managers from various organizations attended a workshop held Nov. 17-18 by the Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration.
  • Porscha Porter, Huntsville Center’s Energy Division branch chief for Strategy and Business Management, moderates a panel focusing on federal government energy initiatives and partnerships during Energy Huntsville's Energy Summit Nov.15 at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.

    Energy Summit 2016 provides energy insight for government, businesses

    Representatives from the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville participated in Energy Huntsville’s Energy Summit 2016 Nov. 17-18 at the Davidson Center on the campus of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.
  • Bob Selfridge, a Huntsville Center geophysicist uses an inert munition during a Visual Sample Plan training session Oct. 27. The training focused on the footprint reduction and remediation of unexploded ordnance sites module of Visual Sample Plan, a software tool used to support Formerly Used Defense Sites remediation processes.

    Training session provides insight to software tool used for munition remediation

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville recently sponsored a training session for more than 20 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees and members of the National Association of Ordnance Contractors on new or improved methods for performing characterization and remediation of military munitions.
  • Overview of the Lake Shelbyville, Illinois, recreation area.

    Solar photovoltaic renewable power to be installed at Lake Shelbyville

    The Lake Shelbyville recreation area in Illinois management noticed several facilities using more electricity than they should, generating higher than normal electric bills. To combat these issues the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District reached out to the Huntsville Center to provide expertise with the installation of solar photovoltaic renewable power.

  • October

    While inspecting a foundation in Louisiana, Clay Weisenberger of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville's Office of Council, came face-to-face with a zebra. Weisenberger is a member of Huntsville Center's Housing Planning and Response Team, deployed to Louisiana to support flood recovery in Baton Rouge.

    Workers share reflections on Louisiana deployment

    Two Huntsville Center employees share stories of their deployment to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to support the flood recovery effort.
  • Panelist Will White (right) tells his story during Huntsville Center’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month program Oct. 20 as fellow panelists Pam Fuqua and Arthur Martin III look on. As a 19 year old soldier serving in Vietnam, White lost his leg to a bomb during an attack on his base there in 1970. White said he never let it interfere with his ability to move forward in his life and his career.

    Panel discusses abilities during National Disability Employment Awareness Month celebration

    Observed each October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month celebrates the contributions of workers with disabilities and educates people about the value of a diverse workforce inclusive of their skills and talents.
  • Garry Runyans, Huntsville Ceter Automated Systems Branch chief, speaks with small business representatives during the Hun tsville Center's 17th Annual Small Business Forum Oct. 12 at the Jackson Center at Cummings Research Park.The event provides an opportunity for small business representatives to discuss their capabilities with Huntsville Center contracting officials and program managers to learn about upcoming Huntsville Center acquisitions.

    Center's small business forum draws owners, representatives from across nation

    The event provides an opportunity for small business representatives to discuss their capabilities with Huntsville Center contracting officials and program managers to learn about upcoming Huntsville Center acquisitions.

  • September

    Col. John Hurley, commander, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, talks to members of Huntsville Center's Housing Planning Response Team Sept. 15, 2016, as they prepare to travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to support the flood recovery effort.

    Huntsville team deploys to support Louisiana Flood Recovery

    The Huntsville Center's Temporary Housing Planning and Response Team deployed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to help with the flood recovery effort there.
  • The power delivery team performs a pre-energize safety walkdown prior to power transfer to transformer No. 3 at the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant in Pueblo, Colorado.

    Huntsville programs team up to ensure power for chemical demilitarization operations in Pueblo

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville's Chemical Demilitarization and Utility Energy Services Contracting programs teamed up to build a third substation that will be used to power the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant and the Pueblo Chemical Depot mission support in Colorado.

  • August

    This aerial view of the solar photovoltaic array at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. was taken Jan. 8, 2013. The panels cover 42 acres and provide more than 4 megawatts of electricity to the base. (Photo courtesy of Solaria)

    Huntsville Center helps Army surpass $1 billion performance contracting goal

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville's Energy Division was instrumental in helping the Army exceed the $1 billion President's Performance Contracting Challenge.
  • Shannon Ward poses for a photo Aug. 25. Huntsville leadership selected Shannon Ward to be this year’s Emerging Leader.

    Huntsville Center project manager takes strides to become a better leader

    It takes hard work and dedication to become a leader in the workplace as one Huntsville Center project manager recently learned. Huntsville leadership selected Shannon Ward to be this year’s Emerging Leader.
  • Brian Prediger, right, director of engineering, U.S. Army Medical Command, Health Facilitiy Planning Agency/G9, Falls Church, Virginia, presents Mark Batchelor, program manager, Medical Projects Support Services Program, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Aug. 16, 2016. It is the first time a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee has received the award.

    Support to Medical Command results in award for Huntsville program manager

    In a room full of his co-workers, one U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Command, Huntsville, program manager received recognition for his support to the U.S. Army Medical Command in the form of the R.B. Maynor Award. This is the first time a USACE employee has received this annual award.
  • Conner Mullins pauses for a picture with NASA astronaut Don Thomas at Space Camp graduation at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.

    West Virginia boy gets Space Camp opportunity

    When retired Lt. Col. Russ Dunford’s family asked him what he hoped to find under the Christmas tree last year, Dunford knew that his grandmother’s old adage had finally come true – “At some point in your life you make the mental transition that it’s better to give than receive.” Dunford wanted to give the gift of opportunity to a young man or woman growing up in southern West Virginia, where Dunford was born and raised. He wanted to send them to Space Camp.
  • Steve Goolsby bikes around the Space and Rocket Center.

    Cyclist helps kids pedal through rough patches

    A Facilities Division Branch Chief at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, turned his mountain biking hobby into a way to give back to the community. Through the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, Steve Goolsby is a certified head coach and encourages kids to keep pedaling through rough terrain, whether it is on the bike path or in life.

  • July

    Col. John Hurley assumed command of Huntsville Center July 29.

    Center welcomes new commander

    Huntsville Center began another chapter in its storied history July 29 as Col. John S. Hurley assumed command from Lt. Col. Burlin Emery.