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...
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Sep 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...
Apr 30, 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 9, 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...
Mar 8, 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...
Jul 8, 2019
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...
Oct 17, 2018
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...
Sep 3, 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...
Feb 20, 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...
Nov 10, 2017
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...
Sep 15, 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 8, 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 4, 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...
Mar 6, 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 11, 2016
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...
Feb 29, 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 1, 2015
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...
Oct 2, 2013
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...
Sep 12, 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...
Jun 10, 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,...
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