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Former Army Asst. Director of Civil Works Ada Benavides joins Dawson & Associates
Dawson & Associates is pleased to announce that Ada Benavides, who was recently a US Army Corps of Engineers senior leader on policy,...
Sep 18, 2022


Creating permitting efficiencies for U.S. hydropower projects
For many years, both Democrat and Republican administrations have promoted federal policy advancing the use of hydropower for the benefit...
Sep 12, 2022


Former USACE Director of Military Programs Lloyd Caldwell joins Dawson
Dawson & Associates is pleased to announce that Lloyd Caldwell, whose 40-year career with the US Army Corps of Engineers includes nearly...
Jul 18, 2022


Contract management and post-Covid education
Few areas have seen greater change during the Covid pandemic than education, particularly higher education. Colleges and universities...
Jun 19, 2022


Dawson colleague Bob Sinkler cited for Mississippi River advocacy work
Our colleague Col. (Ret) Bob Sinkler's 30 year career in the Army Corps of Engineers was marked with success including command of the...
Jun 6, 2022


Dawson colleague Bob Flowers receives Golden Eagle Award
One of the highest honors for an engineer is the Society of American Military Engineers Golden Eagle Award. This award recognizes...
May 8, 2022


Art Williams, General, statesman & artist extraordinaire
Tom Stoppard was a Czechoslovakian-born British playwright who once said, “What is an artist? For every thousand people there’s 900 doing...
Apr 27, 2022


Dawson & Associates supports SAME's 2022 Capital Week
More than 675 professionals attended the recent Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) 2022 Capital Week in Washington, DC. The...
Apr 11, 2022


Emeritus Day at the Corps of Engineers – 2022
Dawson & Associates takes great pride in the experience and expertise provided by our US Army Corps of Engineers alumni. Our Senior...
Apr 5, 2022


A brief history of WOTUS
Dawson colleague Larry Liebesman, who was a federal environmental litigator for 11 years at the US Justice Department, was a featured...
Mar 31, 2022


Hydropower – Vision and Opportunity
The US Army Corps of Engineers recently sponsored a Pacific Northwest regional outreach program for retired Corps leaders, including...
Mar 22, 2022


Former Commander of Corps of Engineers New Orleans & Charleston Districts joins Dawson & Associates
Dawson & Associates is proud to announce that Col. (Ret) Edward Fleming, whose 25 years in the US Army Corps of Engineers included...
Mar 20, 2022


Clean Water Act debate – gaping loophole or safeguards in place?
Our colleague Dave Barrows, who joined our firm in 1999 has more than 40 years’ experience working on Section 404 regulatory issues, of...
Mar 18, 2022


Congress gears up for 2022 Corps of Engineers water legislation
This spring, the Senate and House will unveil draft language for the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022. WRDA is Congress’...
Mar 1, 2022


Understanding Congressional and Corps of Engineers funding processes
Recently, the Programs Division of the Army’s Civil Works Directorate issued its Work Plans for both the Emergency Supplemental and the...
Feb 10, 2022


Assessing the impact of Navigable Waters Protection Rule Vacatur
On January 5, 2022, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a “Navigable Waters Protection Rule Vacatur” (NWPR) press release stating in...
Jan 19, 2022


Engineer Regimental Icon Col. (ret) Edward C. Gibson, RIP
On December 26, 2021, the country and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lost a great man. Ed Gibson, former Commander of the Army Engineer...
Jan 16, 2022


Why “Engineering With Nature” Is Increasingly Important to Army Corps of Engineers Policies
Our colleague Rob Vining spent 32 years in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and served as Chief of Civil Works Program Management...
Dec 15, 2021


WOTUS deliberation enters a new phase. Will a durable rule ever happen?
Since 2015, the legal definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) has changed 3 times and there is still no end in sight....
Dec 13, 2021


Thoughts on Veterans Day
On November 11, the Dawson & Associates family once again salutes our nation’s Veterans. This annual Veterans Day commemoration holds a...
Nov 10, 2021
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