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    Neriah Holly, left, an architect with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, takes a photo with Alberto Marquez, father of fellow Huntsville Center employee Maria Brito, while deployed to Puerto Rico Nov. 11, 2017. Brito serves as a secretary in Resource Management and coordinated with Holly to hand off some supplies to Marquez during Holly’s monthlong deployment.

    Huntsville Center architect helps fellow employee’s family in PR

    Like many members of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, who have been deploying to help residents of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, Neriah Holly volunteered to help people he didn’t know. But less than a day before his departure in early November, an unexpected request from a fellow employee made his mission a lot more personal.
  • 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.
  • A USACE contractor works on repairing power lines near San Juan, Puerto Rico as part of the agency's work to help restore power on the island.

    USACE adds $265 million to contract with Fluor Corporation

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama, awarded a $265 million modification to an existing contract with Fluor Corp. to repair the power grid in Puerto Rico.
  • Derek Pommerenck, left, who manages the Environmental Program for Huntsville Center’s Ordnance and Explosives Design Center, is presented a Bronze de Fleury Medal from his former supervisor Thomas Woodie, chief of Savannah District’s Reimbursable Programs and Project Management, during a visit to the Savannah District Oct. 26, 2017.

    Huntsville Center engineer receives Bronze de Fleury

    A member of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center received the Bronze de Fleury Medal during his visit to Savannah, Georgia, Oct. 26.
  • Workers repair powerlines in Puerto Rico. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in coordination with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, on Dec. 1 awarded a time and materials contract with an $831 million ceiling to Fluor Corporation, Irving, Texas, to support ongoing work to restore the power grid in Puerto Rico. USACE is partnering with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to restore safe and reliable power to the people of Puerto Rico.

    USACE awards $831 million contract to Fluor for power grid repair in Puerto Rico

    This second contract will provide additional resources and personnel needed to support the work to restore the power grid in Puerto Rico.
  • Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Maj. Gen. Michael Wehr joins Col. John Hurley, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (Huntsville Center) commander, and the Center’s Office of Small Business Programs team, Karen Baker (left) Rebecca Goodsell (center), Nicole Boone (right) at the Society of American Military Engineers 2017 Small Business Conference in Pittsburgh. During the conference, Hurley and the team accepted three awards on behalf of the Center.

    Center recognized for contribution to small business communities

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (Huntsville Center) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) received three Top Dollar awards at the annual Small Business Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Nov. 15-17.