Sappers from the 57th Sapper Company (C)(A)(RT) remove trees around the perimeter of Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU), N.C., Sept. 27, 2018. The Fort Bragg, N.C., based unit, along with experts from six districts of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and combat engineers from 161st Engineer Support Company (A) are assisting the installation following damage caused by Hurricane Florence.
Video by Jeremy S. Buddemeier, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District
Hurricane Florence battered MOTSU with piercing winds and destructive flooding Sept. 15, leaving the strategically critical logistics installation with eroded rail lines, washed out roads, and significant wharf damage. Col. Daniel Hibner, commander of the Savannah District, tapped into the Corps’ vast network of expertise, assembling a team of structural, hydraulic and civil engineers to assess damage and repair critical infrastructure. But...
SAVANNAH, Ga. – To say Spencer Davis has a few irons in the fire is an understatement.
As the senior project manager for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, or SHEP, Davis manages the multimillion-dollar project that has eight separate environmental mitigation features outside of the actual harbor and entrance channel deepening.
Now more than two years in, contractors continue to push the project forward on several fronts and are...
