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  • January

    Daphne Thompson received the Installation Support and Program Management Directorate's 2021 Difference Maker Award. Thompson, a project manager with the Furnishings Program, has been with Huntsville Center since January 2009.

    ISPM honors Thompson with 2021 Difference Maker Award

    Daphne Thompson, who has worked at Huntsville Center since January 2009, received the Installation Support and Program Management Directorate’s 2021 Difference Maker Award during an awards presentation in December.

  • December

    Kenny Hall, son of Ray Hall, Huntsville Center engineer, signed a letter of intent Dec. 15 to attend the Naval Academy where he will play football. Kenny’s athleticism and his academic achievement (4.17 grade point average) led to 10 scholarship offers with six coming from Ivy League schools.

    Huntsville Center engineer’s son heading to Naval Academy

    Although Kenny Hall has always excelled in football, his father, Ray Hall, a Huntsville Center engineer, coached his only child academically for a top-notch education.
  • A computer scientist at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., uses a supercomputer without reliance on expensive live experiments and prototype demonstrations. A recent procurement policy change streamlines the way Huntsville Center’s High Performance Computing program procures supercomputing systems for its stakeholders.

    Supercomputer procurement streamlined after process review

    The change streamlines the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s High Performance Computing Program’s process to procure supercomputing systems for its stakeholders.
  • Jesus Ramirez, Program Manager with Huntsville Center’s Fuels Program, recently completed Auburn University’s Competitive Professional Development Training Program in Building Construction. The certification program is a professional development partnership between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Auburn University. By participating in the program, Ramirez earned enough course hours to receive a master’s in construction management.

    Certification program leads to academic degree for project manager

    Jesus Ramirez, Program Manager with Huntsville Center’s Fuels Program, recently completed a certification program that not only enhances Ramirez’ ability to contribute to Huntsville Center’s mission, but also added an academic degree to his accomplishments.
  • Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, 55th Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, poses for a photograph with (from left) Colleen O’Keefe, Huntsville Center Contracting chief, Rebecca Goodsell, Huntsville Center Office of Small Business Programs chief, and Ken Bryant and Erica White, Huntsville Center contracting officers at the Society of American Military Engineer's Federal Small Business Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

    Huntsville Center recognized for small business inclusion

    The Center won in four U.S Army Corps of Engineers’ small business categories top dollar awards for Fiscal 2021.

  • November

    Karim Manji, Installation Management Command Sustainment speaks to Huntsville Center's Resource Efficiency Managers gatherd at the Center Feb. 28.

    Resource Efficiency Manager program growing

    The new $5 million Blanket Purchase Agreement allows additional REM contract awards and four additional contractors (for a total of seven contractors) increasing the availability of REMs to meet the REM program’s progression.
  • David Nieman, Missile Defense Agency Mission Support Facilities director, present Huntsville Center’s Tara Clark, Branch Chief, Missile Defense Mandatory Center of Expertise, with a letter of appreciation Nov. 4 as Col. Sebastien Joly, Huntsville Center commander, and Rickie Stanford, MDAMSF facility engineer, stand by.

    MDA recognizes Huntsville Center project manager

    Expected to take over a year to complete, the project was finished in only six months.
  • The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, holds a groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 5 to mark the beginning of construction for the Center's new 205,000 square-foot facility on Redstone Arsenal. Pictured, left to right, are Huntsville Center's Chris DeMarcus, Martha Cook, Nate Durham, Chip Marin, Deborah Crosby, Kelly Larsen, and Lt. Col. Benjamin Summers; Col. Glenn O. Mellor, Redstone Arsenal Garrison Commander; Greg Hall, Corporate Office Property Trust Vice President; Jake Roth, Department of Public Works; Frank Nola and Christine Jones with Nola VanPeuresm Architects, PC; and Ryder Lett, USACE Mobile District Real Estate Office.

    Ground breaking signifies Corps of Engineers’ Huntsville Center move onto Redstone Arsenal

    The new 205,000 square foot facility is expected to be a purpose built, three story building allowing the Center to consolidate its off-post leases, consolidate the Center's workforce, and provide a more secure environment for the Center's staff.

  • October

    Arthur Martin, director of Installations Support and Program Management at U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, was recognized with an award for outstanding service and notable achievements during the 41st annual Department of Defense Disability Awards ceremony.

    ISPM director honored with DOD Disability Award

    Arthur Martin, director of the Center’s Installation Support and Project Management directorate, was one of only 21 servicemembers and civilians with disabilities to be recognized for their contributions to the DOD mission. The awards honor those whose attributes best epitomize the qualities and core values of their respective military department or DOD component, said Clarence Johnson, director of the DOD Diversity Management Operations Center.
  • Subject matter experts from the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, joined other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Redstone Arsenal and Small Business Administration personnel to participate in the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Huntsville Post’s virtual Small Business Forum Oct. 20.

    Huntsville Center showcases programs, capabilities during small business forum

    Hundreds of participants, mostly small business owners and business representatives from across the country, logged in to learn about Huntsville Center’s more than 40 programs and upcoming acquisitions.
  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dam Neck Activity scientists and engineers assist Sailors from Tactical Training Group Atlantic during their bridge team testing of the Advanced Navigation Team Shipboard Simulation Phase 1 system in command’s Naval Simulation Center. A recent U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center Huntsville Utility Energy Service Contract opportunity is providing infrastructure improvements and enhanced energy assurance and resilience at the Navy installation.

    Huntsville Center energy program upgrading Navy installation

    Huntsville Center’s Utility Energy Services Contracting program was the solution to the Navy’s requirement as the Center’s UESC program encompasses a broad range of energy conservation measures providing its customers flexibility to specifically tailor a project to a customer’s energy needs.

  • Huntsville Center closes out FY21 with more than $1.9 billion in contract actions

    Due to ongoing COVID-19 safety precautions, Huntsville Center completed the fiscal year virtually for the second year in a row. Despite the challenges, the Center’s more than 1,000 employees delivered the program with outstanding success.

  • September

    Douglas Kohns, wearing a white shirt in the photo above, and his team conduct architectural assessments of the Guam Memorial Hospital. Kohns has been named the USACE Architect of the Year for 2021.

    Huntsville Center architect earns top USACE honors

    The award recognizes Douglas Kohns, senior architect at the Medical Facilities Mandatory of Expertise and Standardization, for his architectural leadership and support of numerous Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs medical programs, but the award specifically highlights his more recent contributions to the COVID-19 relief efforts. Kohns developed the national architectural design standard for the alternate care sites and community vaccination centers that were quickly designed and constructed across the nation in a matter of months.
  • “Value engineering is a vital part of how we deliver projects and meet the needs of our customers, so it was crucial that all of our programs complete the workshop,” said Carlos Reis, value engineering officer. Huntsville Center's Value Engineering Program offered its last five VE workshops virtually in order to follow social distancing guidelines while ensuring the highest level of quality and efficiency.

    VE program stays course despite COVID shutdown

    The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way Huntsville Center does business, but it has not changed the business we do. For the Center’s Value Engineering (VE) Program, that means implementing innovative solutions to continue helping the Center’s programs provide high-quality work in the most efficient and cost-effective manner. Through collaborative workshops to evaluate methods and processes, the program increases value and stretches taxpayer resources by proactively searching for and resolving issues. The Corps of Engineers requires all Huntsville Center programs to conduct a VE study once every five years.
  • For more than a decade, Liz McCullough, Resource Management director, has maintained certification in defense financial management earning her CDFM in 2011 and the CDFM with Acquisition Specialty (CDF

    Resource management director sees tremendous value in certification

    Liz McCullough understands the value of maintaining professional certification in her field enabling her to provide comprehensive resourcing and financial management advice to Huntsville Center senior management.
  • Workers install portions of the 8.5 megawatt-per-hour battery system at Fort Carson, Colorado. Huntsville Center’s Energy Savings Performance Contracting program coordinated the project designed to reduce peak electricity use costs, especially during the summer cooling season.

    Energy savings virtual workshop sees attendance nearly double

    The workshop assists in helping the Army achieve mission effectiveness and achieve mandates imposed by laws and Department of Defense regulations by integrating energy programs, initiatives and activities.

  • August

    A decision by the Small Business Administration to immediately suspend a requirement for construction contracts is a boon to the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s ability to contract with 8(a) companies.

    SBA policy decision improves ability to include socially, economically disadvantaged small business

    Since the Small Business Administration is suspending the requirement, 8(a) businesses are more competitive in the contracting award process.
  • Dr. Juanita Christensen, deputy chief of staff for logistics (G4), facilities and environmental at Army Materiel Command, speaks to Huntsville Center leadership during a visit to the Center on Aug. 10. (Photo by Kristen Bergeson, Huntsville Center)

    AMC deputy chief of staff visits Huntsville Center

    A senior civilian at the Army’s primary logistics and sustainment command visited the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville Aug. 10 to learn more about the Center’s capabilities and programs. Huntsville Center leadership presented Dr. Juanita Christensen, deputy chief of staff for logistics (G4), facilities and environmental at Army Materiel Command, a capabilities briefing focusing on the specialized technical expertise and global engineering solutions the Center deploys through its centrally managed programs.

  • July

    Lt. Col. Hugh Darville, recieves a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flag signed by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville work force during his retirement ceremony at Sparkman Center's Bob Jones Auditorium July 20. Darville served with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville since 2017 as deputy commander and interim commander.

    Lieutenant colonel caps career of engineering hope

    Deputy commander recalls the successes he achieved throughout his 26-year military career during his retirement ceremony July 20 at Bob Jones Auditorium.
  • Maj. Gen. Jeffrey L. Milhorn, center, deputy commanding general for military and international operations of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, presents Huntsville Center’s colors to Col. Sebastien P. Joly on Friday, July 23, as Col. Marvin Griffin, outgoing commander, looks on. (Photo by Michael May)

    Joly assumes command of Huntsville Center

    A new commander took over the leadership and direction of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville during a change of command ceremony Friday, July 23, at the Bob Jones Auditorium on Redstone Arsenal.