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Federal Response Plan Emergency Support Function #3: Public Works and Engineering
Emergency Support Function (ESF) #3 (Public Works and Engineering), part of the Federal Response Plan, provides technical, advice and evaluation, engineering services, contracting for construction management and, inspection, contracting for the emergency repair of water and wastewater treatment facilities, potable water and ice, emergency power, and real estate support to assist the State(s) in, meeting goals related to lifesaving and life-sustaining actions, damage mitigation, and recovery, activities following a major disaster or emergency.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
1999-04
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Statement of Colonel Norbert Doyle before the U.S. House of Representatives Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation For and Response To Hurricane Katrina
Statement provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting. Doyle discusses the Corps' pre-disaster planning, contracting during response operations, returning to normal operations, and the utilization of small and local businesses during recovery operations.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
2005-11-02
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Performance Evaluation of the New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana Hurricane Protection System: Draft Final Report of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force, Volume I - Executive Summary and Overview
"This report is the result of an intense performance evaluation of the New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana hurricane protection system during Hurricane Katrina. It was conducted by the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force, a distinguished group of government, academic, and private sector scientists and engineers who dedicated themselves solely to this task from shortly after Katrina struck through the start of the next hurricane season. Created by the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and peer reviewed literally on a weekly basis by an equally distinguished external review panel of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the group applied some of the most sophisticated capabilities available in civil engineering to understand what happened during Katrina and why. Their purpose was not just new knowledge, but application of that knowledge to the repair and reconstitution of protection in New Orleans as well as improvement to engineering practice and policies."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
2006-06-01
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Performance Evaluation of the New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana Hurricane Protection System: Draft Final Report of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force, Volume III - the Hurricane Protection System
"There are nine volumes in the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task force (IPET) performance evaluation of the New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana hurricane protection system report. Volume I provides an overview of the findings and lessons learned for the broad multidisciplinary evaluation performed. This volume, Volume III, of the report addresses the design criteria for the pre-Katrina hurricane protection system, any changes that have occurred during construction, and the operation and maintenance of the system after construction. The purpose of this volume is to synopsize and appropriately summarize this information and not to draw recommendations on the information. This volume is also intended to provide insight and direction on where additional information relating to the design, constructed, and maintained condition of the hurricane protection system can be found."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
2006-06-01
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Transportation Analysis Update: North Carolina Hurricane Evacuation Restudy - Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender, and Onslow Counties
This study presents a transportation analysis update for Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender, and Onslow Counties in North Carolina. The update revises the evacuation zones for each county, quantifies the potential evacuation population for each zone and scenario, notes improvements to the evacuation roadway network, determines clearance times, identifies bottlenecks, and recommends general traffic control strategies.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Post, Buckley, Schuh and Jernigan, Inc.
1996-11
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USACE Update
This monthly newsletter by the United States Army Corps of Engineers [USACE] highlights issues related to disasters and disaster engineering.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
2011-10
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Antiterrorism Measures for Historic Properties
"Abstract: Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-010-01 establish the minimum antiterrorism (AT) standards for Department of Defense buildings. Those standards apply not only to new buildings, but also to existing buildings, including properties defined as historic under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Because achieving the specified level of protection may involve significant modifications of an existing building, compliance with UFC 4-010-01 may create its own set of preservationrelated compliance challenges. The objectives of this study were to (1) identify common circumstances in which UFC 4-010-01 undertakings will conflict with the requirements of the NHPA and (2) develop specific guidelines that will help installation command, AT, cultural resources, and facilities personnel to rapidly resolve those conflicts in a way that satisfies both sets of requirements."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Webster, Julie L.; Reicher, Patrick E.; Cohen, Gordon L.
2006-09
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Hurricane Georges September 1998
This report gives an extremely detailed summary of Hurricane Georges in September 1998. It includes charts, graphs, and photos of the hurricane's track and effects.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
2007?
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Hurricane Georges: Storm Surge in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida
"Hurricane Georges (pronounced 'Zhorzh') made landfall Monday, September 28th 1998 along the Gulf Coast in the Ocean Springs/Biloxi, Mississippi area. Hurricane Georges' rain and wind caused severe coastal erosion, record flooding and several fatalities. The Mobile District Corps of Engineers (COE) was tasked by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to locate and survey High Water Marks (HWM) along the Gulf of Mexico beaches, river bays, sounds and estuaries where significant storm surge occurred. The Gulf Coast area was limited to the coastlines of Alabama, Mississippi and Northwest Florida. The purpose of this report is to present the HWM data."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
1998?
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Corps Responds: A History of the Susquehanna Engineer District and Tropical Storm Agnes
In June 1972, the tropical storm Agnes struck Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Basin. The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) was called upon to help recovery efforts following the storm. To do this USACE created a new entity called the Susquehanna Engineer District. This document describes the new entity and the recovery effort.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Walker, Paul
1974
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Tri-State Hurricane Property Loss and Contingency Planning Study Phase II: Executive Summary and Technical Data Report
This report presents the results of the Phase II of a two-phase program designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of various property damage mitigation measures from such storms along the central Gulf coast. This Phase II study was designed to assist local planners and decision makers with preparing local mitigation plans for their areas so that future damages to public and private property can be greatly reduced. The full report from phase I of this study series is also available on LLIS.gov.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
1990-01
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Hurricane Surge Predictions for Chesapeake Bay
This report presents a comprehensive investigation of hurricane surge problems for the Chesapeake Bay area. Methods and techniques are presented, and are calibrated with available surge data, so that the computational procedures result in reasonable estimates of maximum hurricane surge for design purposes.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
1959-09
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Lower Southeast Florida Hurricane Evacuation Study: Technical Assessment for Monroe County
This study is an update of the 1983 study for Monroe county and is intended to provide emergency management officials with detailed data quantifying the major factors involved in hurricane evacuation decision making. The development of the SLOSH model, as well as regional development and population growth, necessitated this update.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
1991-06
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Protecting Buildings and Their Occupants from Airborne Hazards
"This document presents a variety of ways to protect building occupants from airborne hazards -- to prevent, protect against, and reduce the effects of outdoor and indoor releases of hazardous materials. It contains guidance for building managers, designers, and security planners on how to minimize the potential effects of hazardous materials released in accidents, malicious acts, or natural phenomena."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
2001-10
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National Dialogue about America's Water Resources Challenges for the 21st Century: National Report on Identified Water Resources Challenges and Water Challenge Areas
Water plays a major role in how we live and work. Our Nation is facing a series of important water resources challenges with serious implications. In this document, the Army Corps of Engineers defines and shows an understanding of National water resources issues that are the result of research and Listening Sessions that were held during the year 2000.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
2003
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Unified Facilities Criteria Installation Design
Military installations should provide efficient, harmonious, and visually compatible physical environments conducive to attracting and retaining skilled and motivated personnel. The Installation Design Guide is prepared to provide direction for the improvement of visual quality on a military installation. This installation design manual is a clear, comprehensive approach to preparing an Installation Design Guide. This installation design manual is written for the consulting design professional that will probably be responsible for the preparation of the Installation Design Guide, and for military personnel who will be responsible for review, adoption, and/or implementation of the Installation Design Guide.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
2000-06-30
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Technical Instructions: Army Planning and Design Execution in the National Capital Region
These technical instructions (TI) provide the Army planning and design execution guidance for the intergovernmental coordination requirements of the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) and the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) that apply to all Army installations in the National Capital Region. The TI will be applied to all Army installation master plans; the Short Range Component - Five Year Development Plan of the Capital Investment Strategy; and all construction projects located on the installations regardless of the sponsoring department or agency.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
1998-10-23
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Daily Key Messages and General Mission Talking Points: Daily Messages - Tuesday, 13 September 2005
"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is continuing to work primarily in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, carrying out a wide variety of missions in response to Hurricane Katrina. In addition to our efforts to get the water out of New Orleans we are also providing services throughout the affected areas to include providing ice, water and temporary power; as well as debris removal and temporary roofing. Our three priorities are: First, supporting efforts to save lives and find people; Second, sustaining lives (water and shelter); and Third, setting conditions for recovery (cleanup, restoring infrastructure and navigation)."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
2005-09-13
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Protecting Buildings and Their Occupants from Airborne Hazards [Draft]
"This document presents a variety of ways to protect building occupants from airborne hazards -- to prevent, protect against, and reduce the effects of outdoor and indoor releases of hazardous materials. These protective measures can be as simple as defining a protective-action plan. Some are design measures for new construction or retrofit that can reduce the likelihood that releases will affect building occupants. Others are security measures intended to prevent an internal release or an external release close to the building."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
2001-10
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Technical Data Report: Lower Southeast Florida Hurricane Evacuation Study
"The objective of this study is to provide a quantitative framework upon which each county in the Lower Southeast Florida study area can update and refine existing hurricane evacuation plans. To accomplish this objective, technical data were developed to identify and measure the critical elements of the hurricane evacuation process."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Post, Buckley, Schuh and Jernigan, Inc.
1983-06
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South Florida High Water Marks - Post Georges: Key West to Key Largo Florida; from Flamingo to Fort Meyers Florida
"The purpose of this report is to cover the survey methodologies and to summarize the description and location of the high-water marks that resulted from Hurricane Georges in South Florida. It contains detailed tables that include coordinate points, addresses, elevation measurements, and photographs of each mark."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Sea Systems Corporation
1998
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Technical Guidelines for Hurricane Evacuation Studies
"This document was prepared using previous hurricane evacuation study procedures and is intended to be a flexible framework with which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can effectively develop important information and translate it to local officials. A broad use of these guidelines should provide uniformity of terminology and content to a complex study process."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
1995-09
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National Water Safety Program [website]
"Did you know that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the leading provider of outdoor recreation on all Federally-managed public lands in the United States? With a recreation base that is primarily built around water, the Corps has a dedicated focus on water safety. The pages of this web site will provide you with the opportunity to view current water safety materials available through the Corps program, as well as offer tips on programming, help you find a local point of contact and offer some useful downloadable information."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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After Action Report: May 2010 Flood Event Cumberland River Basin, 1-3 May 2010, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
"The May 2010 Cumberland River Basin flood was an unprecedented event that greatly exceeded all forecasts. Flood damages from this event could not have been prevented. This After Action Report (AAR) examines the Corps operations and contains measures to better prepare for future flood events. In May 2010 the Cumberland Basin experienced 36 hour rainfall event that produced record flooding. The historic rainfall and flooding across Tennessee and Kentucky was the result of a rare convergence of conditions that produced nearly stationary and intense storm activity on May 1 and 2 that created a large scale flash flood along the Cumberland and lower Tennessee Rivers and their tributaries. The two day storm was estimated to be far greater that a thousand year rain event. The Corps operated all flood risk management projects to reduce downstream flooding and initiated emergency management operations to provide assistance to state and local governments. The vast majority of the rainfall occurred in drainage areas uncontrolled by Corps flood risk management projects. During the event, the full storage capacity of Wolf Creek, Dale Hollow, and Center Hill dams was unable to be used because the rain fall was concentrated in drainage areas downstream of the projects. The J. Percy Priest dam, located just upstream of Nashville, was nearly overtopped during this event. Its flood storage capacity was exceeded requiring operation of the spillway gates to avoid overtopping. The navigation project, Cheatham Lock and Dam was overtopped."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
2010-07-21
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Connecticut Hurricane Evacuation Study and Technical Data Report
"The primary purpose of the Connecticut Hurricane Evacuation Study is to provide the State of Connecticut, local emergency management agencies, and evacuation decision-makers with data necessary to plan for and evacuate areas vulnerable to hurricane flooding. To accomplish this. the Study provides information on the extent and severity of potential flooding from hurricanes, the associated vulnerable population, capacities of existing public shelters and estimated sheltering requirements, and evacuation roadway clearance times. The report also provides guidance on how this information can be used with National Hurricane Center advisories for hurricane evacuation decision-making. Products developed from the Study include the Connecticut Hurricane Evacuation Study, Technical Data Report, and two companion atlases. The first atlas, the Inundation Map Atlas, shows the areas of communities most vulnerable to flooding from hurricanes: . The second atlas, the Evacuation Map Atlas, shows the evacuation zones developed from the Inundation Map Atlas in. close cooperation with community officials. The Evacuation Map Atlas also gives the locations of public shelters, medical/institutional facilities, and mobile home/trailer parks."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
1994-04
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Corps Hurricane Response: Task Force Hope Status Report [August 14, 2009]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers remains committed to its goal of achieving "100-Year Level Protection" for the greater New Orleans area by 2011. Task Force Hope Director Karen Durham-Aguilera describes the goal as "ambitious and aggressive, but achievable." This newsletter describes responsibilities for the Corps, the State of Louisiana, the levee authorities and the parishes, and provides samples of project complexities and challenges to the schedule.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Spaht, Susan
2009-08-14
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Sustainability and the Missions of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) [presentation]
This presentation is from the National Defense Industrial Association's (NDIA) 2011 Environment, Energy Security, and Sustainability Symposium and Exhibition. The presentation provides an overview of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lines of operation, missions, perspective on sustainability, and water resources and sustainability challenges.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Ensch, Michael G.
2011-05-10
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Divine Providence: The 2011 Flood in the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project
From the Government Printing Office (GPO) description: "Provides a transparent depiction of the 2011 flood within the Mississippi River and Tributaries footprint. It also provides necessary historical context for greater understanding of key features of the project. It is the story of prudent foresight, heroic actions, agonizing decisions, and extreme personal sacrifice."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Camillo, Charles A.
2012
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Procedures to Evaluate Sea Level Change; Impacts, Responses and Adaptation; U.S. Army Corp of Engineers' Approach
From the thesis abstract: "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, (USACE) has embarked on a comprehensive approach to climate change that is flexible enough to incorporate new knowledge and changing conditions. A tiered analysis is recommended for the inclusion and assessment of sea level change impacts on a project and the project alternatives. Inherent in this approach is the understanding that review and decision points exist after each analysis tier that allow the engineers and planners to reassess the required data and analysis. The three primary tiers include: (1) establishing a strategic decision context, (2) determining project area exposure and vulnerability, and (3) developing and evaluating alternatives for addressing sea level change at the project site. In essence, what is being assessed at the strategic decision context level is whether there is potential for significant or catastrophic consequences to life safety, property, critical infrastructure, and ecosystems."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Moritz, Heidi; White, Kate; Langlois, Henri . . .
2012
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Missouri River Flood 2011 Vulnerabilities Assessment Report Volume I: Summary
"The 'Missouri River Flood 2011 Vulnerabilities Assessment' report is presented in two volumes. Volume I provides a summary of the flood event, overview of the system and flood damages, description of actions necessary to return the system to pre-flood condition and operability, and recommendations for reducing future flood risks. Volume II contains a detailed technical assessment of the flood risk reduction infrastructure, its performance during the flood event, flood damages and post-flood repairs, and recommendations for mid- and longer-term actions needed to address the remaining vulnerabilities. Volume II also addresses vulnerabilities along tributaries to the mainstem Missouri, which may predate the 2011 flood, in order to give a holistic basin perspective. The technical volume also considers social and economic impacts, water management operations, the ecosystem, Tribal and cultural resources, and communications and outreach. Both the summary report and technical assessment focus on the Corps of Engineers' missions as authorized by Congress, although some non-Corps infrastructure and local policies and regulations are also discussed. These documents were authored by Corps of Engineers' technical experts, who were directly involved with the 2011 flood event."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
2012-10
