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  • March

    Latosha McCoy, Brandon Lee and Tonju Samuels were selected the Defense Contract Audit Agency’s Director’s Development Program in Leadership, an 18-month long Department of Defense executive level program designed to hone leadership competencies for managerial and executive-level performance.

    Three acquisition leaders participating in development program

    Tonju Samuels, Latosha McCoy and Brandon Lee were selected the Defense Contract Audit Agency’s Director’s Development Program in Leadership.
  • LaShonda Smith, Center Contracting Pre-Award Division team lead, took one of two Contracting Professional of the Year awards in the 2018 Secretary of the Army Awards for Excellence in Contracting.

    Contracting officer named best in Army for 2018

    A contracting officer with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville took one of two Contracting Professional of the Year awards in the 2018 Secretary of the Army Awards for Excellence in Contracting.
  • Sigonella Elementary School was one of two schools on Naval Base Sigonella to receive with Uninterruptible Power Supply systems in January. Huntsville Center's Communication Infrastructure and Systems Support program, or CIS2, coordinated with Norfolk District to provide technical engineering, management and acquisition support for the project.

    Center program supports Sigonella schools

    Huntsville Center’s Communication Infrastructure and Systems Support program, or CIS2, coordinated with Norfolk District to provide technical engineering, project management and acquisition support to equip the DoDEA Europe South District’s Sigonella Elementary School and Sigonella Middle High School with Uninterruptible Power Supply systems.
  • Airmen perform last-minute checks on a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft before it takes from Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Huntsville Center’s Fuels team cleaned, inspected and repaired a fuel storage tank used to hold and dispense a jet fuel created specifically for the reconnaissance aircraft, an important part of the Air Force’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission enterprise.

    Fuels project quick-turn supports Dragon Lady mission

    Huntsville Center’s Fuels team had a very short period of time to clean, inspect and repair a fuel storage tank used to hold and dispense Jet Propellant Thermally Stable, a jet fuel created specifically for the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft.
  • Karim Manji, Installation Management Command Sustainment speaks to Huntsville Center's Resource Efficiency Managers gatherd at the Center Feb. 28.

    Huntsville Center workshop good for taxpayers, environment

    Resource efficiency managers from around the world attended Huntsville Center’s REM workshop in Huntsville, Alabama, Feb. 26-28. Huntsville Center’s REM program provides contracted subject-matter experts to Department of Defense branch installations to increase energy program effectiveness by identifying programs and practices to reduce energy and water costs and meet resilience and security requirements.

  • February

    The majority of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s employees are now working from the Center’s new location at 475 Quality Circle, in the Thornton Research Park. However, one of the Center’s directorates and several other Center divisions and program offices are remaining in office suites geographically detached from the Center.

    Some Center missions remain in University Square office suites

    The Center’s Ordnance and Explosives Directorate, its Installation Support and Programs Management Directorate’s Military Support, Facilities and Electronic Technology divisions and its Engineering Directorate’s Environmental Protection, Utilities and Geosciences offices are remaining behind in leased office suites near the Center’s old main facility at 4820 University Square.

  • January

    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.

    Huntsville Center ESPC program delivers Fort Carson energy storage system

    Huntsville Center’s Energy Savings Performance Contracting program managers and contracting specialists coordinated the project with AECOM, the energy service contractor, and the garrison’s directorate of public works.

  • Business director selected for development program

    Christina Freese, the business director of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, was selected to participate in the 2019 Veterans Affairs Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program.

  • December

    Members of the 85th Medical Brigade, Camp Humphrey, Republic of Korea, are briefed on the staging element for equipping and furnishing the new 772,000 square foot Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital and Ambulatory Care Center.

    Medical Outfitting and Transition team equips Camp Humphreys medical facilities

    Huntsville Center’s MOT is providing complete turn-key project support for the equipping and transitioning of staff and patients into the Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital and Ambulatory Care Center at Camp Humphrey, Republic of Korea. The new 772,000 square foot facility is set to open in November, 2019.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • August

    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.

  • 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

    Workers perform maintenance on a fuel system at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s Fuels Program will be the Center’s first program to use General Services Administration schedule recurring maintenance and minor repair service contracts for more than 400 Army, Navy and the Air Force fuel facilities sites around the world.

    Center’s Fuels Program first to use GSA maintenance contract schedule

    A Huntsville Center Fuels Program Project Delivery Team determined the GSA Multiple Award Schedule 03FAC, Facilities Maintenance and Management is a viable option for providing recurring maintenance and minor repair services for more than 400 Army, Navy, and the Air Force fuel facilities sites around the world.

  • February

    Lieutenant General Edward M. Daley, Army Materiel Command deputy commanding general and event host, addresses the crowd during the Redstone Arsenal Solar and Battery Project ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb.23. The new 114-acre, renewable solar energy complex, located on Magazine Road, generates about 10 megawatt, alternating current, on-site solar renewable energy.

    Huntsville Center solar energy, storage system project enhances Redstone Arsenal’s readiness

    Redstone Arsenal's new 114-acre, renewable solar energy complex generates about 10 megawatt, alternating current, on-site solar renewable energy.

  • December

    Arthur Martin III is the new director of the U.S. Army Engineering Support Center, Huntsville’s Installation Support and Programs Management Directorate.

    Martin named new ISPM director

    Martin began his U.S. Army Corps of Engineers career in the Mobile District’s Construction Division in 1986. In addition to Mobile District, Martin worked in Savannah District before joining Huntsville Center in August 1999 working in the Mechanical-Electrical Division of the Center’s Engineering Directorate.