Engineering

Purpose: a. Current planning and management guidance for civil works studies requires careful technical activity management. Hydrologic engineering is a critical item, especially for feasibility investigations. b. Successful study completion requires management of time, money, and human resources to accomplish …Read More

FOREWORD: Floods are the most frequent natural disaster in the United States and cause large losses of life and property. The problem is worsening as population growth and urbanization outpace implementation of flood loss reduction measures. A key reason for …Read More

Foreword:  One of the goals of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is to mitigate, in an economically efficient manner, damage due to floods.  Assessment of the risk of flooding is a critical step in deciding how best to accomplish …Read More

Purpose: This pamphlet disseminates a monograph compiled by Margaret Sara Petersen, Emerita Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, the University of Arizona.

Purpose: This pamphlet provides general guidance and information concerting dam safety preparedness within the Corps of Engineers.

Purpose: This pamphlet disseminates the results of research conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory on the causes and possible solutions to ice jam flooding problems.

Purpose: a. This publication describes study processes performed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) hydrologic engineers for Federal flood damage reduction project. The goal is to enable Corps staff and cost-share partners to gain an understanding of hydrologic engineering …Read More

Purpose: The purpose of this pamphlet is to advise field offices of the availability and source of plastic liquid limit grooving tools, meeting Corps of Engineers specifications.

Purpose: This pamphlet is intended to support: (i) the USACE policy for the prevention, control, reporting, and contingency planning for spills of oil and hazardous substances; and (ii) the USACE goal to use, generate, transport, store, handle, and dispose of …Read More

Purpose: This pamphlet provides information on the capabilities and potential uses of the Site Characterization and Analysis Penetrometer System (SCAPS) direct-push technology for the investigation of hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste (HTRW) sites.

Purpose: The standard Scope of Work (SOW) described in this Engineer Pamphlet (EP) provides a framework for developing site- and project-specific scope of work for completion of lead inspections/ risk assessments for DA property transfers.

Purpose: The standard Scope of Work (SOW) described in this Engineer Pamphlet (EP) provides a framework for developing project-specific scope of work to complete pre-design lead/asbestos surveys preliminary to DA project design.