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  • November

    Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. Bradley J. Houston, far right, present Huntsville Center’s Office of Small Business Initiatives Chief Rebecca Goodsell and Huntsville Center Commander Col. John S. Hurley with one of several awards and recognitions during the recent 2018 Society of American Military Engineers Small Business Conference in New Orleans.

    Huntsville Center recognized for inclusive small business policy

    Huntsville Center awarded more than $800 million to small business last fiscal year, 500 contracts valued at more than $211 million went to small business in Alabama.
  • A look at Huntsville Center’s LinkedIn profile page. Huntsville Center’s page and accompanying news feed let potential stakeholders and employees learn about Huntsville Center’ missions, keep up with the Center’s updates, and even learn about the varied skills of its current employees.

    Huntsville Center’s LinkedIn page continues growth

    HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Nov. 9, 2018) – Not only does the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center,

  • October

    Huntsville Center ended fiscal 2018 more than $3 billion in contract actions. The Center accounted for more than 10 percent of all contract actions across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its obligations represent more than 13 percent of the Corps’ total obligations.

    Support to installations increased in fiscal 2018

    In fiscal 2018, the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville executed more than $3 billion in contract actions, a 50 percent increase from what the Center accomplished in the previous fiscal year.

  • September

    Energy team attends DOE event of the year

    More than two dozen representatives from the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville attended the Federal Energy Management Program’s Energy Exchange Aug. 21-23 in Cleveland.
  • Maj. Kayla Ramotar, second from right, Holistic Health and Fitness action officer and command dietitian from the Army Center for Initial Military Training, leads a group discussion during a Value Engineering workshop at Huntsville Center in March to examine the Army’s proposed Soldier Physical Readiness Centers.

    Workshop highlights strengths of Value Engineering

    Like a woodsman sharpening an axe before chopping down a tree, a project manager must devote time to the planning phase of a construction project before a single cubic yard of concrete is poured into the foundation. If a project is the axe, then a project team can use Value Engineering in the planning phase as the sharpening tool.
  • Vernon Petty, fourth from left, project manager for costs with the Center of Standardization at Huntsville Center, and Tiffany Torres, fifth from left, Value Engineering officer and value program manager, help facilitate a Value Engineering workshop in March with members of the Army Center for Initial Military Training in March at Huntsville Center to examine the Army’s proposed Soldier Physical Readiness Centers.

    Getting the most out of the Value Engineering process

    Huntsville Center’s Value Engineering process offers stakeholders a way to analyze their military construction project during the planning phase to improve the final product for the best possible value.
  • Robert A. Jones, center, an auditor with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command / Army Forces Strategic Command, debates some auditing nuances with Teresa Pender, right, an auditor with Defense Finance and Accounting Services, Sept. 12 during a four-day government auditing foundational course led by the Internal Review team at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, at the nearby Bevill Center. (U.S. Army photo by Stephen Baack, Huntsville Center Public Affairs)

    Interest in auditing class grows, spreads to DOD

    Huntsville Center’s Internal Review office wrapped up its fourth government auditing foundational course of the year Sept. 14, but if interest continues to grow throughout the Army and the Department of Defense, it likely won’t be the last.
  • An Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program solar microgrid project at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, is managed by the Sacramento District. A fiscal 2016 ERCIP project added additional rooftop solar panels and a second battery energy storage system.

    Huntsville Center finalizes ERCIP updates

    The biggest update in years to the Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program validation process has been finalized after months of work from members of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, and the energy managers they partner with throughout the Army.
  • Sally Parsons, chief of the Information Technology Systems Division at U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, won the “Redstone Women Who Rock!” award in the leadership category from the North Alabama Chapter of Federally Employed Women.

    Huntsville Center’s Woman Who Rocks honored for leadership

    Not all women who rock have guitars. In Sally Parsons case, she is an Army civilian working to support the employees of Redstone Arsenal and our U.S. military, and she rocks.

  • August

    Cheyenne Christian, a student intern with the Furnishings Branch at Huntsville Center, makes a presentation to members of the command and staff of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, July 30. Christian and 10 other students have been working through the summer at Huntsville Center in various departments to build their real-world skills before completing their college degrees.

    Pathways Internship Program affords college students flexibility, long-term opportunities

    College interns at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, may be returning to class, but that doesn’t mean their time with Huntsville Center is coming to an end.
  • Huntsville Center awarded a $90 million Single Award Task Order Contract to a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business to deliver the Vocera Wireless Hands-Free Internal Communication System for Defense Health Agency use. The device improves communication by instantly connecting physicians, nurses, and support staff via text and voice while also connecting them to medical records and live patient clinical information.

    Center awards unusually large contract to small Texas business

    A $90 million Single Award Task Order Contract was awarded to Government Marketing and Procurement, LLC, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. GMP is a Government Services Administration schedule contractor providing information technology procurement services.
  • Shah Alam, Huntsville Center ESPC post-award team lead, addresses attendees at the second annual Energy Savings Performance Contracting Measurement and Verification Workshop Aug.1 at the Bevill Center on the University of Alabama Huntsville campus. More than 70 government and industry representatives shared information, experiences, and lessons learned during the event.

    Second annual ESPC workshop dialogue focuses on communication

    More than 70 government and industry representatives shared information, experiences, and lessons learned during the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s second annual Energy Savings Performance Contracting Measurement and Verification Workshop July 31-Aug.1 at the Bevill Center on the University of Alabama Huntsville campus.
  • Jason Walsh, Huntsville Center safety specialist, and Brenda Miller, U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center senior safety adviser and Career Program-12 functional chief representative, take a moment to pose for a photo during Miller’s visit to the Center Aug. 14. Walsh was one of 25 safety careerists to receive the Army Emerging Safety Leader Award.

    Center safety specialist chosen for Army Emerging Safety Leader Award

    A U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville employee was among 25 recipients of the Army Emerging Safety Leader Award. The award is sponsored by the Army Combat Readiness Center, at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

  • July

    Lisa Doumont, lead deployment coordination administrator from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Contingency Recruitment Cell, speaks to employees of Huntsville Center about deployment opportunities for civilians.

    Deployment Roadshow team visits Huntsville Center

    A team of deployment coordinators visited the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, July 18 to give employees information on how they can support the Corps’ overseas missions.
  • Dominic Ragucci, program manager for the Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program, leads a group discussion as part of an ERCIP workshop at Idaho National Laboratory held June 12-14.

    ERCIP partners meet to revamp project validation process

    Huntsville Center’s Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program validation team members met with their ERCIP partners from throughout the Army for a workshop at Idaho National Laboratory June 12-14 to update the program’s guidance and requirements.

  • Acquisition Soldiers attend contracting workshop

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville hosted U.S. Army Corps of Engineers military contracting professionals for a workshop on issues unique to the Corps’ contracting Soldiers June 26-27 at the Defense Acquisition University campus at Cummings Research Park in Huntsville, Alabama.
  • The Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville has a program available to keep this process as streamlined and focused as possible: a virtual team comprised of representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers serves as liaison between states and components.

    Department of Defense Memorandum of Agreement Program fosters collaboration

    The Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville has a program available to keep this process as streamlined and focused as possible: a virtual team comprised of representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers serves as liaison between states and components.

  • June

    Attendees at Huntsville Center’s fourth Resource Efficiency Manager Workshop speak with industry representative during the technology exposition portion of the two-day event.

    Resource managers network, learn at workshop

    Workshop topics focused on third-party financing, utility cost reduction and energy audit programs, cost engineering, energy security, sustainability and measurement and verification.
  • A team of safety professionals recently completed the first stage Corps of Engineers Safety and Occupational Health Management System assessment of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville Safety Offices’ safety program.

    First stage assessment of new safety system complete

    The Stage 1 assessment was the first milestone in the implementation of the new safety management system. The Army-wide system enables the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to meet the Army’s goal of modernizing safety and occupational health programs.

  • May

    Students from Sparkman High School explain their scientific payload project May 11, 2018, to Lori Cordell-Meikle, chief of Internal Review for Huntsville Center, as part of the Innovative System Project for the Increased Recruitment of Emerging STEM Students at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

    Internal Review chief volunteers for UAH’s STEM outreach program

    A member of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, continued the tradition of volunteering her time and expertise helping burgeoning engineers as part of an engineering outreach program at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.