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Maj. Gen. (ret) Bo Temple, RIP
Our Dawson colleague Bo Temple, whose 37 years of service in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers included serving as Deputy Commanding...
Nov 10, 2020

Congratulations, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon
On September 10, 2020, in a ceremony broadcast from Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia, Army Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon became the...
Sep 10, 2020

Getting the most from an infrastructure bill
Our founder Bob Dawson and our longtime Senior Advisor former Cong. Martin Lancaster (NC) have an article in The Hill this morning on...
Apr 30, 2020

Bory Steinberg, In Memoriam
Dr. Bory Steinberg, a water resources expert who served 35 years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, passed away recently. Bory was a...
Apr 9, 2020

Army Corps of Engineers & the Florida Everglades
E&E News recently reached out to us for an upcoming article on the Florida Everglades and soil subsidence. An editor interviewed our...
Mar 8, 2020
Life on the Mississippi
Recent rains across the Midwest and the South had severe impact in the Missouri River basin and now are putting stress on the Mississippi...
Jul 8, 2019

Understanding the new Corps of Engineers policy on mitigation credits and structure removal
Recently, the Army Corps of Engineers issued guidance titled “Determination of Compensatory Mitigation Credits for the Removal of...
Oct 17, 2018

Welcome Rick Stevens, former Deputy Commander in the Army Corps of Engineers
At Dawson & Associates, our team is our greatest attribute and the primary reason for our clients’ success. Today, we’re honored to...
Sep 3, 2018

The Corps of Engineers’ renewed focus on risk-based decision making
Last June, James Dalton, Director of Civil Works with the Army Corps of Engineers, issued a memorandum designed to help the Corps of...
Feb 20, 2018

Litigation hits the Corps of Engineers for Hurricane Harvey controlled releases. Was this a taking?
Last September, during the deluge caused by Hurricane Harvey, the Army Corps of Engineers found itself between a proverbial “rock and a...
Nov 10, 2017

Federal permitting after Harvey & Irma
Widespread economic devastation in Florida and Houston from Hurricanes Irma and Harvey have put major attention on the Federal permit...
Sep 15, 2017

Understanding Federal emergency flood response
Hurricane Irma’s devastation along Florida’s Gulf Coast and the ongoing flooding problems in Houston have put an unprecedented strain on...
Sep 8, 2017

Hurricane Harvey’s impact on Corps of Engineer permitting
What impact will Hurricane Harvey have on permitting decisions from the Army Corps of Engineers? And what steps will the Corps take to...
Sep 4, 2017

“The Trump administration can’t just say, ‘Well, we don’t like the rule, we’re going to vacate it.’”
One of the highest profile policy disagreements in Washington involves the Trump Administration’s effort to revoke the EPA’s 2015 Waters...
Mar 6, 2017

Founder Bob Dawson receives Gold de Fleury Medal
In the engineering industry, no award is more respected than the Army Engineer Association’s Gold de Fleury Medal. On August 5, 2016, at...
Aug 11, 2016

The Sixth Circuit’s decision to hear the CWA WOTUS Rule continues the legal quagmire
On February 22, a divided panel of Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers and EPA’s “Waters of the...
Feb 29, 2016
Will the VA send its healthcare construction to the Army Corps of Engineers?
Cost overruns on major VA healthcare projects such as this one in Aurora, CO have led to calls for the Army Corps of Engineers to take...
Feb 1, 2015

Oil in a day’s work
There’s a great article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal for anyone concerned about U.S. efforts to meet our energy needs while...
Oct 2, 2013
Two people we’ll miss – and a lesson from their lives
Mr. Dawson and Rep. Lindy Boggs During the summer, America lost a wonderful former public official who for nearly 20 years ably served...
Sep 12, 2013
Great trouble on the Great Lakes
D&A Senior Vice President Don Riley The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) estimates that inadequate harbor maintenance,...
Jun 10, 2013
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