https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil Northwestern Division News RSS Feed en-us Sat, 05 Dec 2020 13:29:00 GMT Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:54:31 GMT https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/2436330/kansas-city-district-celebrates-ribbon-cutting-at-gasconade-river-office-and-pr/ Col. Bill Hannan, commander of the Kansas City District, presided over a ribbon cutting for a new work facility and presented awards at our Gasconade River Office location, near Hermann, Mo. and later presented awards at our Missouri River Area Office in Napoleon, Mo., Dec. 1.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2020/Dec/05/2002546734/115/75/0/201201-A-ZR166-071.JPG' alt='Col. Bill Hannan together with the team who works at Gasconade River Office to cut the ribbon Dec. 1, 2020: left to right, Randall Faherty, Brandon Willis, Kenneth Schneider, Col. Hannan, Nick Slocum, Michael McMillian and Kevin Tune - cutting the ribbon symbolically opening the new building designed and built by Vazquez Commercial Contracting, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo. Photo by Jennie Wilson, Visual Information Specialist, Kansas City District, USACE.' /> <br /> Sat, 05 Dec 2020 13:29:00 GMT James F. Lowe, Kansas City District, Public Affairs https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/2436330/kansas-city-district-celebrates-ribbon-cutting-at-gasconade-river-office-and-pr/ Construction Disaster Prevention Leadership Navigation People U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/2409626/kansas-city-survey-crews-helping-define-restricted-areas-on-the-missouri-river/ The Kansas City District has two survey teams working long hours to identify locations and extent of shoaling in order to develop direct solutions in repairing the river training structures to improve the self-scouring function and to employ commercial dredgers to remove the sand shoals out of the river channel.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2020/Nov/02/2002532050/115/75/0/201006-A-A1408-0011.JPG' alt='Example of survey results on Missouri River chart compiled on Oct. 6, 2020 and available at https://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Navigation/ [on the right hand side, scroll down the screen]. The surveys are also emailed out to navigators on a distribution list for the daily boat reports. Each survey is titled as to the portion of the river that was surveyed. You can also put a shortcut on your phone to a web app at: www.nwk.usace.army.mil/navigation which gives shortcuts to the most-use reports relating to the river and our reservoirs including a link to the most recent surveys. Both Apple and Android have our downloadable app for phones or other mobile devices at the appropriate app store. Searc¬h for “USACE Kansas City District”.' /> <br /> Mon, 02 Nov 2020 15:32:00 GMT James Lowe https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/2409626/kansas-city-survey-crews-helping-define-restricted-areas-on-the-missouri-river/ Dredging Navigation Technology U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources