Video by Katelyn Noland | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters | 09.19.2025
Prioritizing work on levees is often necessary, particularly when resources are limited. To make informed levee management decisions, as well as plan for future investments, it is important to understand costs associated with a levee activity. This video provides an overview for how to use the Levee Cost Estimating tool. The Levee Cost Estimating tool aims to help users with this understanding......
Video by David Adams | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 09.25.2024
Alex Baldowski, a Baltimore District civil engineer and former Levee Safety Program manager, explains the purpose behind an annual exercise at the site of the 17th Street closure, a post-and-panel structure in the Potomac Park Levee System along the National Mall in Washington, D.C., September 25, 2024. The Potomac Park Levee System project's most visible component, the closure at 17th Street......
Video by David Adams | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 09.25.2024
Alex Baldowski, a Baltimore District civil engineer and former Levee Safety Program manager, explains the purpose behind an annual exercise at the site of the 17th Street closure, a post-and-panel structure in the Potomac Park Levee System along the National Mall in Washington, D.C., September 25, 2024. The Potomac Park Levee System project's most visible component, the closure at 17th Street......
Video by Katelyn Noland | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters | 06.03.2024
This video provides an overview of the recently updated National Levee Database, operated and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Take a look at what's new and visit the National Levee Database at nld.sec.usace.army.mil. This video was produced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Katelyn Noland and Nadia Mohandessi wrote the script, and Nadia Mohandessi created the video using Canva....
Video by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 12.14.2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and the city of Middlesboro, Kentucky, celebrated the completion of a channel clearing project Dec. 14, 2023, that removed sediment and vegetation from Yellow Creek and armored a levee that provides flood protection for nearby business and homes. (Video Report by Leon Roberts and Avery Schneider)...
Video by Trevor Welsh | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District | 11.29.2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District and the City of Wharton, Texas, celebrated the official beginning of their Colorado River Levee Project Phase 1 with a groundbreaking ceremony in Wharton, November 29, 2023. U.S. Army video by Trevor Welsh. View the full groundbreaking ceremony here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVmX1AwuJL4...
Video by Brannen Parrish | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District | 10.18.2023
The Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, the Hon. Mr. Michael Connor, visited the Tulsa District, Oct. 17-18. During his visit, Connor hosted a town hall, toured district facilities, met with Oklahoma tribal leaders and witnessed the signing of the design amendment agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Tulsa County Drainage Levee District 12 for the Tulsa and West Tulsa......
Video by Kenneth Wright | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District | 09.26.2023
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District contractors install 7,500 feet of levee rock slope protection and a seepage berm along Prospect Slough, Sept. 26, 2023. The levee runs south of Interstate 80 in West Sacramento, California, a major commercial gateway. Improvements along the Yolo Bypass East Levee’s southern reach began in July 2023 and are planned to continue along the......
