May 31, 2016: Holly Carpenter, who is the Project Manager with the USACE, came to speak to our Rotary Club about their current project to study and provide the design for the Charleston harbor shipping channel deepening project.
Currently, the channel is at a depth of 45ft. As larger ships come to the Charleston Port, the channel will need to be deeper to accommodate them. The USACE is responsible for the harbor deepening and other responsibilities in the state. USACE is divided into districts. Civil Works covers various watersheds in state and is an agency under the Army. Civilians are employed but overseen by the Army mainly because of navigational issues. They have a local field office with regional HQ in Atlanta. Civil Works is responsible for: navigation, hurricane preparedness, regulatory programs, etc. In SC their projects include the maintenance of Intracoastal Waterway. Continue reading “Holly Carpenter: Army Corps of Engineers”