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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
Former Commanding General, US Army Corps of Engineers Joins Dawson
Dawson welcomes Lt. Gen. (Ret) Robert Flowers Dawson & Associates is delighted and honored to announce that Lt. Gen. (Ret) Robert...
Jun 4, 2013
Thoughts on Memorial Day
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is guarded 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and in any weather by Tomb Guard sentinels. What a tremendous...
May 22, 2013
CEQ-ing compromise on energy exports
The Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest is a focal point in the ongoing debate about the proper parameters of environmental...
May 17, 2013


The right way forward for Gowanus
A recent New York Times article about the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn describes in stark detail the local community opposition to dredging...
May 8, 2013
“Sovereign Immunity” & the Fifth Circuit
New Orleans, LA September 21, 2005 – Repairs are underway at one of the three sites where the levee was breeched. Photo by Greg Henshall...
May 2, 2013
Water, water everywhere
The Housatonic River Forty years ago this week, President Richard Nixon signed the Clean Water Act of 1972. That legislation spawned a...
Apr 22, 2013
Carter Cornick, former Deputy Asst. Secretary at HUD, joins Dawson
Dawson welcomes Carter Cornick Regulatory and lobbying efforts in Washington increasingly demand not only policy knowledge but also an...
Apr 3, 2013
Dawson welcomes Scott Cameron, former Deputy Asst. Secretary at Interior
Scott Cameron, the newest Senior Advisor on the Dawson’s team With personnel budgets tightening, the private and public sectors are both...
Mar 25, 2013
Life is a highway
Highway contruction in Texas Photo courtesy of the Federal Highway Administration Earlier today, The New York Times began its article on...
Mar 19, 2013
“Pride in public service” crucial to success, Dawson members tell Corps
Lester Edelman, Senior Counsel / Senior Advocate Earlier today in Fairfax County, Virginia, our firm’s leadership had the honor of...
Mar 4, 2013
Life on the Mississippi: Costs & Benefits
Mississippi 2011 Flood Report In April and May 2011, residents along the Mississippi River experienced the area’s largest flood in modern...
Feb 27, 2013
Thoughts on President’s Day
“[President James Garfield] was a forceful and widely respected advocate for what he believed in, inspired trust among many and felt...
Feb 18, 2013
Public private partnership opportunities: Flood risk reduction projects
Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Q: Which natural disaster during the past 30 years has caused the greatest loss of life and property...
Feb 16, 2013
Dawson welcomes Elizabeth Fagot, Assistant Chief Counsel for Real Estate at the Corps of Engineers
Liz Fagot, Dawson & Associates’ newest Senior Advisor (Washington, D.C.) – A crucial aspect of almost all projects performed by the U.S....
Jan 15, 2013
The right way forward on oil & gas development
Media attention on America’s energy independence has been significant recently. To take just two examples: Washington Post columnist...
Jan 11, 2013


New Directions on Long Term Superstorm Sandy Recovery
Recently, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate testified before Congress about a new Presidential directive transferring long-term federal...
Dec 13, 2012
A supreme taking
Holding for a unanimous Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote, “There is thus no solid grounding in precedent for setting flooding...
Dec 5, 2012
Water resources development: The long and winding road
Though the 112th Congress is coming to an end this month, interest and appreciation in Congress for the Nation’s water resources...
Dec 4, 2012
The gold castles on his lapel
A tip of the hat to Senior Advisor Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Arthur Williams for a wonderful profile of his 30-year career in the U.S. Army Corps...
Dec 1, 2012
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