Nov 10, 2020Maj. Gen. (ret) Bo Temple, RIPOur Dawson colleague Bo Temple, whose 37 years of service in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers included serving as Deputy Commanding...
Sep 10, 2020Congratulations, Lt. Gen. Scott SpellmonOn September 10, 2020, in a ceremony broadcast from Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia, Army Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon became the...
Apr 30, 2020Getting the most from an infrastructure billOur founder Bob Dawson and our longtime Senior Advisor former Cong. Martin Lancaster (NC) have an article in The Hill this morning on...
Apr 9, 2020Bory Steinberg, In MemoriamDr. Bory Steinberg, a water resources expert who served 35 years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, passed away recently. Bory was a...
Mar 9, 2020Army Corps of Engineers & the Florida EvergladesE&E News recently reached out to us for an upcoming article on the Florida Everglades and soil subsidence. An editor interviewed our...
Jul 8, 2019Life on the MississippiRecent rains across the Midwest and the South had severe impact in the Missouri River basin and now are putting stress on the Mississippi...
Oct 17, 2018Understanding the new Corps of Engineers policy on mitigation credits and structure removalRecently, the Army Corps of Engineers issued guidance titled “Determination of Compensatory Mitigation Credits for the Removal of...
Sep 3, 2018Welcome Rick Stevens, former Deputy Commander in the Army Corps of EngineersAt Dawson & Associates, our team is our greatest attribute and the primary reason for our clients’ success. Today, we’re honored to...
Feb 20, 2018The Corps of Engineers’ renewed focus on risk-based decision makingLast June, James Dalton, Director of Civil Works with the Army Corps of Engineers, issued a memorandum designed to help the Corps of...
Nov 10, 2017Litigation 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...
Sep 15, 2017Federal permitting after Harvey & IrmaWidespread economic devastation in Florida and Houston from Hurricanes Irma and Harvey have put major attention on the Federal permit...
Sep 8, 2017Understanding Federal emergency flood responseHurricane Irma’s devastation along Florida’s Gulf Coast and the ongoing flooding problems in Houston have put an unprecedented strain on...
Sep 4, 2017Hurricane Harvey’s impact on Corps of Engineer permittingWhat impact will Hurricane Harvey have on permitting decisions from the Army Corps of Engineers? And what steps will the Corps take to...
Mar 7, 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...
Aug 12, 2016Founder Bob Dawson receives Gold de Fleury MedalIn the engineering industry, no award is more respected than the Army Engineer Association’s Gold de Fleury Medal. On August 5, 2016, at...
Mar 1, 2016The Sixth Circuit’s decision to hear the CWA WOTUS Rule continues the legal quagmireOn 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 2, 2015Will 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...
Oct 3, 2013Oil in a day’s workThere’s a great article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal for anyone concerned about U.S. efforts to meet our energy needs while...
Sep 12, 2013Two people we’ll miss – and a lesson from their livesMr. Dawson and Rep. Lindy Boggs During the summer, America lost a wonderful former public official who for nearly 20 years ably served...
Jun 11, 2013Great trouble on the Great LakesD&A Senior Vice President Don Riley The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) estimates that inadequate harbor maintenance,...