Expert Panel chides Army Corps’ levee system
On the 15 month anniversary of the worst engineering failure in US history, the American Society of Civil Engineers released their final report reviewing the work by the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce (IPET). The following paragraph comes from Chapter 9 on “Re-evaluating and Fixing the Hurricane Protection System” (highlighting is [...]
NEWS: The Big Uneasy
http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/220.html THE BIG UNEASYTranscript – May 19, 2006 BRANCACCIO: Welcome to NOW. Its coming up on nine months since hurricane Katrina drowned much of New Orleans, and whats going on there now requires our attention. Recovery is slow and painful. Many neighborhoods are still clogged with debris, and occasional bodies are still being pulled [...]
NEWS: Corps of Engineers
http://www.spl.usace.army.mil/cms/index.php The site noted above is for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. You can find local Corps offices and also learn more about different projects here in California. Please copy and paste the URL noted above into your browser to access the Corps of Engineers’ web site.
