The Yankee Engineer is a monthly publication of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, highlighting our civil works projects and military programs within the six New England states.
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Will Burgess has the formidable task of guiding the New England District’s information and business practices into the 21st Century.
As the District’s... read more
Will Burgess has the formidable task of guiding the New England District’s information and business practices into the 21st Century.
As the District’s Knowledge Management Officer, Burgess is responsible for streamlining the District’s entire universe of information and developing workable policies and practices, otherwise known as Knowledge Management Initiatives (KMI’s). “I help achieve solutions through a happy medium of people, technology and processes,” he summarized. “The end result is information gets to the right people, at the right time, in the right way.”
This article originally appeared on page 3 of the October 2017 edition of the Yankee Engineer.
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This issue includes:
• New England District Team inspects Woonsocket Dam
• Yankee Voices:
o Survey Technician retires after nearly three... read more
This issue includes:
• New England District Team inspects Woonsocket Dam
• Yankee Voices:
o Survey Technician retires after nearly three decades
o New England District's Maine Project Office moves to new location in Augusta
• Knowledge Management: For Your Information
• New England District project sites celebrate National Public Lands Day
• Buffumville Lake hosts pollinator event
• District awards contract to dredge North Cove Federal Navigation Project in Old Saybrook
• District awards contract for Slack Brook riverbank erosion protection project in Leominster
• Retirement celebration held for Robert Russo
• Barre Falls Park Manager retires with over 40 years of service
• 'Testing the Limits' on the Journey to the Corps of Engineers, New England District
• Dredging Up the Past
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After a demanding nation-wide tour, the Corps of Engineers’ star mascot Bobber the Water Safety Dog returned to the Cape Cod Canal Visitors Center in... read more
After a demanding nation-wide tour, the Corps of Engineers’ star mascot Bobber the Water Safety Dog returned to the Cape Cod Canal Visitors Center in Sandwich, Massachusetts, July 25, to help save lives in New England.
Bobber is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Safety Program’s ideal spokes dog. He travels the country performing the impossible, no, not walking on his hind legs, but impressing water safety upon audiences of all ages.
Bobber joined Park Rangers Samantha Gray and Elisa Carey at the Canal Visitors Center. The Rangers don’t have a popular animated web-series like Bobber, but together they are vital to the Corps’ water safety efforts ensuring proper safety measures are put into practice.
This article originally appeared on page 6 of the September 2017 edition of the Yankee Engineer.
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To kick of the beginning off the Boston Harbor Navigation Improvement Project, Col. William Conde, New England District Commander, and members of his staff... read more
To kick of the beginning off the Boston Harbor Navigation Improvement Project, Col. William Conde, New England District Commander, and members of his staff gathered with Congressionals and members of state and local agencies, Sept. 15, for a ceremonial event in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Navigation improvements from this project will increase the efficiency for harbor operations and reduce tidal delays for larger vessels.
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History has shown that team members of the New England District readily respond to emergencies anywhere, anytime. The situation could be an earthquake... read more
History has shown that team members of the New England District readily respond to emergencies anywhere, anytime. The situation could be an earthquake recovery all the way across the country, or it could be as close as a few cubicles away.
In the late afternoon on Aug. 15, a member of the Contracting team experienced a medical emergency that caused her to collapse in her work area.
“Nothing like this has ever happened to me before,” said the team member. “Just a couple of minutes before, I was speaking with Julio (Hall) about some year-end work and I sent out an e-mail. Suddenly, I felt very unwell and the next thing I knew I woke up in the Emergency Room.”
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As Park Ranger and Natural Resources Specialists in the New England District, we have many disciplines to manage. They include our primary mission of... read more
As Park Ranger and Natural Resources Specialists in the New England District, we have many disciplines to manage. They include our primary mission of operating and maintaining our flood control dams to our other missions such as recreation management of the parks. Environmental stewardship encompasses our environmental regulations -- in particular our natural resource management of wildlife, forestry, fisheries and cultural resources. Other disciplines are interpretive services, visitor assistance (rules and regulations enforced under Title 36), and the administrative work of time keeping, credit card procurement, contract administration, data calls, reports, etc. Needless to say we are multifaceted professionals within our duties and responsibilities.
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