US Army Corps of Engineers
US Army Corps of Engineers
Colonel Philip T. Feir Commander, New England District Engineers on point for the Army and the Nation!
Agenda • Corps of Engineers Overview • Environmental Work in New England • Business Opportunities
The World of the Chief of Engineers Dual Roles Chief of Engineers, Army Staff
Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Vision: • The world’s premier public engineering organization responding to our Nation’s needs in peace and war • A full spectrum engineer force of high quality, dedicated soldiers and civilians: Trained and Ready Vital Part of The Army Dedicated to Public Service Army Values-Based
Global Engagement USACE Construction Support EUROPE RUSSIA UKRAINE KOSOVO BOSNIA GERMANY ITALY BELGIUM
CENTRAL AMERICA HONDURAS EL SALVADOR
SOUTH AMERICA COLUMBIA ECUADOR PERU BOLIVIA ARGENTINA
ASIA GEORGIA TURKEY ISRAEL JORDAN SAUDI ARABIA KUWAIT BAHRAIN QATAR UAE JAPAN SOUTH KOREA
PUERTO RICO
WEST AFRICA
EAST AFRICA
SENEGAL GHANA MALI NIGER CAMEROON CENT. AFR. REP.
EGYPT ERITREA CHAD KENYA RWANDA MOZAMBIQUE
OCEANIA REP. OF PALAU GUAM ANTARCTICA
Global Engagement USACE Technical Assistance EUROPE UNITED KINGDOM NETHERLANDS DENMARK NORWAY SWEDEN FINLAND ESTONIA LITHUANIA POLAND HUNGARY MOLDAVIA ROMANIA BULGARIA MACEDONIA ALBANIA
NORTH AMERICA CANADA GREENLAND HAITI JAMAICA MEXICO HONDURAS GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA COSTA RICA PANAMA
SOUTH AMERICA ECUADOR BRAZIL PARAGUAY CHILE URUGUAY ARGENTINA
OCEANIA EAST TIMOR REP. OF PALAU N. MARIANA ISL. MICRONESIA MARSHALL ISL.
AFRICA NIGERIA SUDAN MOZAMBIQUE
ASIA SAUDI ARABIA U.A.E. OMAN KAZAKHSTAN INDIA THAILAND CHINA PHILIPPINES JAPAN
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
>$2.7B in FY-09
>$2B in FY-09
Research & Development • Military engineering • Terrain & Geospatial • Installations & Environment • Water Resources • DOD, Federal • State & Local • International
Plus:Homeland HomelandSecurity Security Plus:
Civil Works
• Acquire, manage & dispose • DOD recruiting facilities • Contingency operations
Interagency Support
•Military construction •Base operations •Environmental restoration •Geospatial Engineering
Real Estate
Military Programs
Support to the Army and the Nation USACE Missions
• Navigation, Hydropower • Flood control, Shore Protection • Disaster response • Environmental restoration • Water Supply • Regulatory • Recreation
Support to the Army and the Nation Engineer Research and Development Center 2014 2014Employees Employees 1029 Scientists 1029 Scientists&&Engineers Engineers 533 Master’s Degrees 533 Master’s Degrees 266 266Doctorate DoctorateDegrees Degrees $1.2 $1.2Billion BillionininResearch ResearchFacilities Facilities&& Equipment Equipment $568 $568Million MillionAnnual AnnualProgram Program
Cold Regions Research Engineering Hanover, NH
Construction Engineering Research Champaign, IL
Topographic Engineering Center Alexandria, VA
Coastal and Hydraulics Environmental Geotechnical and Structures Information Technology Vicksburg, MS
USACE Terrain Walk Civil Works Value to the Nation
Recreation areas
¼ of Nation’s Hydropower: $500 M + in power sales
376 M Visitors/yr Generate $15 B in economic activity, 500,000 jobs
11,000 miles of Commercial Inland Waterways: ½ the cost of rail 1/10 the cost of trucks
299 Deep Draft Harbors
627 Shallow Draft Harbors 8500 Miles of Levees Emergency Operations Stewardship of 11.7 Million Acres Public Lands Environmental Restoration
• US Ports & Waterways convey > 2B Tons Commerce • Foreign Trade alone creates > $160 B Tax Revenues
Regulatory Responsibilities
USACE Terrain Walk MACOM Overview
North Atlantic Div
(Civil Works Boundaries) Alaska Seattle
Walla Walla
Portland
Northwestern Div
Great Lakes & Ohio River Div
St. Paul
New England
Buffalo Detroit New York Rock Island
Omaha Sacramento San Francisco
South Pacific Div
Little Rock
Tulsa
Los Angeles Albuquerque Honolulu
Pacific Ocean Div
St. Louis
Kansas City
Southwestern Div Ft. Worth
Philadelphia Baltimore
Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Huntington
Norfolk Louisville Nashville
Atlanta Vicksburg
Wilmington
Memphis Charleston Savannah Mobile Jacksonville
Dallas New Orleans
8 Divisions 41 Districts 2 Centers ERDC 1 Engineer Battalion
Mississippi Valley Div
Galveston
Districts outside the United States: Europe (Germany) Far East (Korea) Japan
South Atlantic Div
USACE Terrain Walk MACOM Organization HQUSACE Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (FOA)
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
Mississippi Valley Division
North Atlantic Division
Northwestern Division
Civilians: 35,033 Uniformed: 610
Pacific Ocean Division
South Atlantic Division
South Pacific Division
Kansas City Vicksburg
Baltimore
Memphis
New England
New Orleans
New York
St Paul
Norfolk
Rock Island
Philadelphia
St Louis
Europe
Buffalo
Southwestern Division
Alaska
Charleston
Albuquerque
Far East
Jacksonville
Sacramento
Omaha Portland
Chicago Detroit
Seattle
Huntington
Fort Worth Galveston Little Rock
Honolulu
Mobile
Los Angeles
Japan
Savannah
San Francisco
Tulsa
Walla Walla Wilmington
Louisville Nashville Pittsburgh
Finance Center (FOA)
Marine Design Center (FOA)
Institute for Water Resources (FOA)
249th Prime Power Battalion (FOA)
TransAtlantic Programs Center
Huntsville Engineering and Support Center
Engineer Research and Development Center (7 Labs)
North Atlantic Division At a Glance
• 14 Governors • 28 Senators • 105 Congressional Districts •Population: 60 million (over 21% of U.S. Population) New England • Oldest Cities and Harbors •Flood Damage Reduction •Military Construction
New York
61 Army Installations 13 States, District of Columbia Europe/Asia Minor/ Greenland/Labrador
Philadelphia
Baltimore
•Division Workforce Norfolk Europe
3,763 Civilian Employees 34 Military Personnel
Colonel Philip T. Feir Commander, New England District Engineers on point for the Army and the Nation!
Agenda • Corps of Engineers Overview • Environmental Work in New England • Business Opportunities
The World of the Chief of Engineers Dual Roles Chief of Engineers, Army Staff
Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Vision: • The world’s premier public engineering organization responding to our Nation’s needs in peace and war • A full spectrum engineer force of high quality, dedicated soldiers and civilians: Trained and Ready Vital Part of The Army Dedicated to Public Service Army Values-Based
Global Engagement USACE Construction Support EUROPE RUSSIA UKRAINE KOSOVO BOSNIA GERMANY ITALY BELGIUM
CENTRAL AMERICA HONDURAS EL SALVADOR
SOUTH AMERICA COLUMBIA ECUADOR PERU BOLIVIA ARGENTINA
ASIA GEORGIA TURKEY ISRAEL JORDAN SAUDI ARABIA KUWAIT BAHRAIN QATAR UAE JAPAN SOUTH KOREA
PUERTO RICO
WEST AFRICA
EAST AFRICA
SENEGAL GHANA MALI NIGER CAMEROON CENT. AFR. REP.
EGYPT ERITREA CHAD KENYA RWANDA MOZAMBIQUE
OCEANIA REP. OF PALAU GUAM ANTARCTICA
Global Engagement USACE Technical Assistance EUROPE UNITED KINGDOM NETHERLANDS DENMARK NORWAY SWEDEN FINLAND ESTONIA LITHUANIA POLAND HUNGARY MOLDAVIA ROMANIA BULGARIA MACEDONIA ALBANIA
NORTH AMERICA CANADA GREENLAND HAITI JAMAICA MEXICO HONDURAS GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA COSTA RICA PANAMA
SOUTH AMERICA ECUADOR BRAZIL PARAGUAY CHILE URUGUAY ARGENTINA
OCEANIA EAST TIMOR REP. OF PALAU N. MARIANA ISL. MICRONESIA MARSHALL ISL.
AFRICA NIGERIA SUDAN MOZAMBIQUE
ASIA SAUDI ARABIA U.A.E. OMAN KAZAKHSTAN INDIA THAILAND CHINA PHILIPPINES JAPAN
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
>$2.7B in FY-09
>$2B in FY-09
Research & Development • Military engineering • Terrain & Geospatial • Installations & Environment • Water Resources • DOD, Federal • State & Local • International
Plus:Homeland HomelandSecurity Security Plus:
Civil Works
• Acquire, manage & dispose • DOD recruiting facilities • Contingency operations
Interagency Support
•Military construction •Base operations •Environmental restoration •Geospatial Engineering
Real Estate
Military Programs
Support to the Army and the Nation USACE Missions
• Navigation, Hydropower • Flood control, Shore Protection • Disaster response • Environmental restoration • Water Supply • Regulatory • Recreation
Support to the Army and the Nation Engineer Research and Development Center 2014 2014Employees Employees 1029 Scientists 1029 Scientists&&Engineers Engineers 533 Master’s Degrees 533 Master’s Degrees 266 266Doctorate DoctorateDegrees Degrees $1.2 $1.2Billion BillionininResearch ResearchFacilities Facilities&& Equipment Equipment $568 $568Million MillionAnnual AnnualProgram Program
Cold Regions Research Engineering Hanover, NH
Construction Engineering Research Champaign, IL
Topographic Engineering Center Alexandria, VA
Coastal and Hydraulics Environmental Geotechnical and Structures Information Technology Vicksburg, MS
USACE Terrain Walk Civil Works Value to the Nation
Recreation areas
¼ of Nation’s Hydropower: $500 M + in power sales
376 M Visitors/yr Generate $15 B in economic activity, 500,000 jobs
11,000 miles of Commercial Inland Waterways: ½ the cost of rail 1/10 the cost of trucks
299 Deep Draft Harbors
627 Shallow Draft Harbors 8500 Miles of Levees Emergency Operations Stewardship of 11.7 Million Acres Public Lands Environmental Restoration
• US Ports & Waterways convey > 2B Tons Commerce • Foreign Trade alone creates > $160 B Tax Revenues
Regulatory Responsibilities
USACE Terrain Walk MACOM Overview
North Atlantic Div
(Civil Works Boundaries) Alaska Seattle
Walla Walla
Portland
Northwestern Div
Great Lakes & Ohio River Div
St. Paul
New England
Buffalo Detroit New York Rock Island
Omaha Sacramento San Francisco
South Pacific Div
Little Rock
Tulsa
Los Angeles Albuquerque Honolulu
Pacific Ocean Div
St. Louis
Kansas City
Southwestern Div Ft. Worth
Philadelphia Baltimore
Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Huntington
Norfolk Louisville Nashville
Atlanta Vicksburg
Wilmington
Memphis Charleston Savannah Mobile Jacksonville
Dallas New Orleans
8 Divisions 41 Districts 2 Centers ERDC 1 Engineer Battalion
Mississippi Valley Div
Galveston
Districts outside the United States: Europe (Germany) Far East (Korea) Japan
South Atlantic Div
USACE Terrain Walk MACOM Organization HQUSACE Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (FOA)
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
Mississippi Valley Division
North Atlantic Division
Northwestern Division
Civilians: 35,033 Uniformed: 610
Pacific Ocean Division
South Atlantic Division
South Pacific Division
Kansas City Vicksburg
Baltimore
Memphis
New England
New Orleans
New York
St Paul
Norfolk
Rock Island
Philadelphia
St Louis
Europe
Buffalo
Southwestern Division
Alaska
Charleston
Albuquerque
Far East
Jacksonville
Sacramento
Omaha Portland
Chicago Detroit
Seattle
Huntington
Fort Worth Galveston Little Rock
Honolulu
Mobile
Los Angeles
Japan
Savannah
San Francisco
Tulsa
Walla Walla Wilmington
Louisville Nashville Pittsburgh
Finance Center (FOA)
Marine Design Center (FOA)
Institute for Water Resources (FOA)
249th Prime Power Battalion (FOA)
TransAtlantic Programs Center
Huntsville Engineering and Support Center
Engineer Research and Development Center (7 Labs)
North Atlantic Division At a Glance
• 14 Governors • 28 Senators • 105 Congressional Districts •Population: 60 million (over 21% of U.S. Population) New England • Oldest Cities and Harbors •Flood Damage Reduction •Military Construction
New York
61 Army Installations 13 States, District of Columbia Europe/Asia Minor/ Greenland/Labrador
Philadelphia
Baltimore
•Division Workforce Norfolk Europe
3,763 Civilian Employees 34 Military Personnel
