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  • January

    PHOENIX - Drew Savage, a project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's Arizona/Nevada Area Office, speaks with business representatives during the first Business Opportunities Open House held Jan. 29 at the Phoenix office. The event was an open forum designed to let business owners learn about contract opportunities and to learn how to do business with the Corps.

    Arizona/Nevada Area Office hosts Business Opportunities Open House

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Arizona/Nevada Area Office hosted its first Business Opportunities Open House at its downtown office Jan. 29. The event was an open forum designed to let business owners learn about contract opportunities and to learn how to do business with the Corps.

  • December

    TUCSON, Ariz. -- Col. Mark Toy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, speaks to the Tucson Post of the Society of American Military Engineers during a Dec. 19 meeting. Toy discussed the District and how the businesses represented by the SAME members could support the work the Corps is doing throughout its area of responsibility.

    LA District commander meets with Tucson engineers, lauds District members

    Col. Mark Toy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, attended the Society of American Military Engineers, Tucson Post’s, monthly meeting Dec. 19 to present information on the District and to let the assembled business leaders know how they can participate in Corps projects across the District’s area of responsibility.
  • FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District completed construction on a new bridge across Thorpe Rd which more than triples the flow capacity in the area. The "classic-looking" bridge project also contains retaining walls and the wing walls with a malapai rock veneer to provide aesthetic enhancement to the flood risk management project.

    Corps completes Thorpe Rd. Bridge

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District put the finishing touches on the bridge across Thorpe Road over the Rio de Flag in Flagstaff, Ariz. and reopened the thoroughfare to complete the project in December.
  • PHOENIX - Bill Miller, a senior project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's Regulatory Department in the Arizona-Nevada Area Office, speaks with a group of USACE tribal liaisons during the 9th Annual Tribal Nations Community of Practice meeting which ran from Dec. 5-7 at the Area Office. Meeting participants spoke on several topics including impediments to working with tribes, a discussion with USACE headquarters Office of Counsel on legal issues, regulatory issues and a presentation on Gregory Canyon

    LA District hosts meetings with tribal representatives, Corps tribal liaisons

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted a series of meetings and training sessions the week of Dec. 3 to Dec. 7. Training included discussion from seasoned tribal liaisons and marked the first time the Corps brought together a Tribal Panel of tribal representatives who shared their ideas on how the Corps of Engineers can improve the way it participates with tribes.

  • November

    WHY, Ariz. -- Shari Brandt, resident engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's Tucson Resident Office, accepts a plaque of appreciation for the work done by the Corps from Jack Jeffreys, U.S. Customs and Border Protection patrol agent in charge of the Ajo Station, during a Nov. 27 ribbon-cutting ceremony at the station. The District served as the managing agent during construction of the new facility.

    USACE completes Ajo Border Patrol Station

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District participated in a ceremony Nov. 27 to cut the ribbon at the new Customs and Border Patrol Agency's Ajo Station. The facility covers more than 30 acres and contains more than 54,000 sq feet of working space. The new $30 million project is designed to meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver standard.
  • LOS ANGELES -- Tomas Beauchamp-Hernandez writes notes while Terri Kaplan speaks with her team during a Nov. 8 breakout session at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's Strategic Planning Meeting in which various teams worked through workable applications of the South Pacific Division's Implementation Plan. During the three-day event, LA District team members heard from leaders in industry, public service and academia about the aspects of leadership and how they can apply them to their daily work life.

    District’s leaders meet at Seal Beach

    Senior leaders and emerging leaders with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District met for a three-day planning meeting Nov. 7 - 9 to highlight District commander Col. Mark Toy’s vision of “Building Strong and Taking Care of People!” and discuss plans to continue that District imperative along with implementing directives from senior commands over the course of the next year.
  • TUCSON, Ariz.- Col. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, ceremonially completes the project at the Nov. 2 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Tucson Arroyo Project Phase II B Park Avenue Basins project while a group of students from the nearby Highland Free School cut the ribbon with Ramon Valadez, the Pima County Board of Supervisors chairman. The project, developed in partnership with the Pima County Regional Flood Control District; the City of Tucson; the Tucson Unified School District and the Corps of Engineers is designed to provide for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration along the Tucson Arroyo within the Arroyo Chico watershed.

    District helps dedicate Tucson project

    Members of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District were on hand Nov. 2 for a dedication ceremony of the Arroyo Chico Tucson Arroyo Project Phase II B Park Ave. Basins. The project provides flood risk management in the area and it is also an ecosystem restoration project. The project runs along the Tucson Arroyo in the Arroyo Chico watershed.
  • PHOENIX - Rich Fontanilla, the Area Engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's Arizona-Nevada Area Office, receives the Chief of Engineers Award of Excellence for Environmental Design Nov. 1 from Col. Mark Toy, the LA District commander, for work done at the Tres Rios Environmental Restoration Project, Phase II Flow Regulating and Overbank Wetlands while U.S. Representative Ed Pastor and Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton look on. In partnership with the City of Phoenix and Archer-Western Contractors, Ltd., and Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.the Corps' project "does an outstanding job of natural treatment for wastewater effluent while providing valuable wetland habitat," according to the write up for the award.

    District project earns environmental design award

    Col. Mark Toy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, presented the Chief of Engineers Award of Excellence for Environmental Design to the City of Phoenix and representatives from the District’s Arizona-Nevada Area Office, Archer-Western Contractors, Ltd., and Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., for work done at the Tres Rios Environmental Restoration project, Phase II Flow Regulating and Overbank Wetlands, during a ceremony held Nov. 1 at Phoenix City Hall.

  • District helps clean up Papago Park Military Reservation

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District is helping clean up the remnants from a decades-old underground fuel tank at Papago Park Military Reservation. The District is working with a contractor on the site to operate and monitor a dual-phase soil vapor extraction system which is designed to remove hydrocarbon vapors from the ground while pumping out contaminated groundwater.

  • October

    PHOENIX - Ann Palaruan, a member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, talks with a young attendee during the Tres Rios Nature and Earth Festival held Oct. 27. The Corps joined with other exhibitors for the one-day event to celebrate the project and raise awareness of the recreation opportunities available.

    LA District participates in Tres Rios festival

    Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined with exhibitors and vendors at the Tres Rios Nature and Earth Festival held Oct. 27 at the Base Meridian Wildlife Area. The festival celebrates the recreational and educational opportunities available in Phoenix's West Valley and throughout the area.
  • PHOENIX - Kevin Thomas (left), chief of the Construction Support Branch at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Arizona/Nevada Area office in Phoenix and Nick Erwin, a District intern, speak with high school students about opportunities with the Corps during the 2012 Arizona Construction Career Days held Oct. 4 at the Papago Park Military Reservation in Phoenix. The District joined area construction firms and schools to give students information on educational and career opportunities in the construction field.

    District participates in Arizona Construction Career Days

    Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined with construction firms, schools and other exhibitors to be a part of the Association for Construction Career Development to participate in the 2012 Arizona Construction Career Days held Oct. 4 at the Papago Park Military Reservation in Phoenix.
  • PHOENIX - The Tres Rios Phase III Flow Regulating Wetlands, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, received the 2012 Crescordia award from the Valley Forward Association in the Site Development and Landscape: Public Sector category. As part of Phase III, the District removed invasive plants along the river in order to help bring back a riparian corridor populated by more native vegetation.

    Tres Rios project wins Valley Forward award

    The Tres Rios Phase III Flow Regulating Wetlands received the 2012 Crescordia award from the Valley Forward Association in the Site Development and Landscape: Public Sector category. The awards program is the benchmark in Phoenix for promoting livability, conserving natural resources and sustaining the valley's desert environment for future generations.
  • Rep. Darrell Issa (center) cuts the ribbon to symbolically open the Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station in Bisbee, Ariz., following a dedication ceremony Sept. 18. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District constructed the station which was named for the Border Patrol agent killed in the line of duty Dec. 15, 2010.

    New Border Patrol station named for Brian A. Terry opens

    Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined with state and national representatives along with family and friends to honor Brian A. Terry, a border patrol agent who was fatally shot while on duty Dec. 14, 2010, during the dedication ceremony of the Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station held Sept. 18 in Bisbee, Ariz.
  • DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, Ariz. - Dr. Christine Altendorf, USACE Headquarters Chief of Environmental Division, pauses for a photo with Air Force Col. Kevin E. Blanchard, the commander of the 355th Fighter Wing Aug. 30. Altendorf visited the base to tour military and Corps projects in the Southern Arizona area to see how the USACE Los Angeles District is implementing sustainaibility initiatives and how they could be taken to a Corps-wide level.

    USACE Environmental chief visits southern Arizona

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted Dr. Christine Altendorf, the USACE Environmental Division chief during a two-day visit Aug. 29-30 to the southern Arizona area. Her visit focused on sustainable projects by the District and other agencies on and around military and federal properties.
  • Fran Firouzi, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District project manager for Formerly Used Defense Sites, looks at the surface of a property near Kingman, Ariz., for signs of hazardous material. The District is working on a plan to contact residents about a Time Critical Removal Action for the site which was used as a skeet range when the area was part of the Kingman Ground-to Gound Gunnery Range.

    District readies FUDS work for Kingman area

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District is preparing for work at the Formerly Used Defense Site just outside of Kingman, Ariz. The District has approved the Time Critical Removal Action for the former Skeet Range, which is referred to as Munitions Response Site 03, of the former Kingman Ground-to-Ground Gunnery Range.

  • September

    During the graduation event, Leadership Development Program participants gave presentations for Col. Mark Toy, Los Angeles District Commander, and other senior leaders. Presentations ranged from proposed sponsorship packages so new employees would feel more welcomed into the District to a totally new way of distributing employees across the District to maximize productivity and increase quality of life.

    District celebrates future leaders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District celebrated a successful completion to another year of Leadership Development Program (LDP) Level I and LDP Level II,during a ceremony held at the District headquarters Sept. 12.

  • May

    David Rodriguez (left) speaks with Louis "Dutch" Bonnet and Col. Mike Wehr, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division commander (who has since been promoted to Brig. Gen. since the time this image was taken) during Wehr's visit in November 2011 to the Tres Rios Ecosystem Restoration Project in Phoenix. Rodriguez recently received a commission as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserves.

    District employee dons Navy blue and gold

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District now has a new Navy Reserve officer in its ranks of civilian employees. David Rodriguez, a field engineer with the District’s Arizona-Nevada Area Office, recently received his commission in the Reserves.

  • April

    Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District team and their families recite the Pledge of Allegiance before the 2012 Engineer Day Celebration held in Phoenix at the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park April 6. The Arizona-Nevada Area Office holds the celebration earlier than the official June timeframe in order to allow for more participation before the Arizona summer sets in.

    Arizona-Nevada team members enjoy Engineer Day

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Arizona-Nevada Area Office held its annual Engineer Day Celebration April 6 at the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Phoenix.