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1 Presentation to Associated General Contractors COL Mark Deschenes Commander US Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District February 2014 US Army Corps of Engineers

2 Rock Island District 78,000 Square Miles Operate 582 Miles of Navigation Channel 20 Locks and Dams 12 on Mississippi River 8 on Illinois River 5 Reservoirs 3 flood retention in Iowa 2 dry in Illinois 65 recreation sites 94 PL Levee Systems totaling 817 miles

3 Value to the Nation District Workforce Our workforce provides value to the nation, employing experts in a variety of professions across our District s 78,000 square miles. Approximately 820 employees 2/3 work at 27 field operating sites Lock operators, mechanics, rangers 1/3 work in the Clock Tower complex in Quad Cities Engineers, surveyors, biologists, realty, legal 3

4 Rock Island District Value to the Nation Business Lines -- Value Navigation $1 Billion in annual transportation savings Flood Risk Management (FRM) More than $1 Billion in savings (FY13) FRM -- Reservoirs $2.1 Billion in savings to date Recreation Visits = $19.8 M in value to local economies (FY11) Environment 100,00 acres restored, invaluable social benefit Contracts, Support to Military Programs $47.1M in value to regional economy (FY13) Land Management Annual rent = $1.5M in value to National Treasury 4

5 Funding Trends TOTAL FUNDING (FY10-13 average)* O&M (81%) FY 14 Omnibus Bill* O&M (74%) Construction (16%) Construction (25.7%) Investigation (3%) *Funding average is $124,827,219 Investigations (0.3%) *Total funding for FY 14 is $168,711,000

6 Rock Island District Contracts FY13 Totals 1,016 actions = $50+M Contracts Breakdown 52.6% Construction 1.34% A/E 11.4% Services 36.3% Supplies

7 Current, Ongoing Contracts CONTRACT AMOUNT L&D 20, 21, 22 Miter Gate Replacement (Fabrication) $11.2M Rice Lake Rehab & Enhancement Stage 1 $8.7M Water Treatment Plant, FRM, Davenport, IA $8M L&D 17 and 18, Miter Gate Replacement $7.2M Peoria Riverfront Development, Section 519, Stage 2 $5.2M Pool 12 Overwintering HREP, Stage 1 $4M Fox Island Habitat Rehab, Enhancement $3.9M L&D 13 and 16, Miter Gates $2.9M 88 th RSC, repair HVAC, Southfield, MI $2.9M L&D 18 Bulkhead Slots $2.4M Red Rock Tainter Gate Mechanical Rehab $6.7M

8 Anticipated FY14 contracts Construction General and Operations & Maintenance Project Lockport Stage IC Forebay Wall, Phase One Saylorville Big Creek Diversion Dam Control Structure ILWW Marseilles Permanent Dam Repairs Mississippi Bulkhead Slots L/D 12, 13, 17, 20 and 21 Range $10 M (plus) $1-5 M $10 M (plus) $1-5 M

9 Anticipated FY14 contracts Ecosystem Restoration Project EMP Lake Odessa Levee Repairs, New Spillway Huron Island Stage 1 Rock HREP IL River Basin 519 Pekin Lake South Section 206 Blackhawk Bottoms Range $5-10M $1-5 M $1-5 M $1-5 M

10 Other Anticipated FY14 contracts Project Contracts Range PL Emergency Levee Repairs 10 $100K-$5M Facilities and O&M 4 $100K-$1M Fabrication 2 $1-$5M 88 th RSC Support 11 $500K-$10M

11 Recent Projects Completed Davenport FRM Project Project originally authorized in the 1970s Protects Davenport Water Treatment Center Bulkhead Slots Lock and Dam 18

12 The Future Navigation Ecosystem Restoration Program (NESP) Unfunded $4B program combining two interests Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Plan (COMP) Systemic flood damage reduction Finding innovative investment strategies for aging infrastructure

13 Inland Navigation Design Center- MCX Mission: Provide engineering, design, and review services for studies, new locks, navigation dams, major rehabilitation of inland navigation locks and dams, and select inland navigation lock and dam O&M projects.

14 Commander COL Mark Deschenes (309) Points of Contact Chief, Engineering Denny Lundberg (309) Chief, Construction Barbara Lester (309) Chief, Contracting Sally Duncan (309) Chief, Emergency Operations Rodney Delp (309) Chief, Operations Mike Cox (309) Chief, Programs & Project Management Gary Meden (309) Chief, Regulatory Ward Lenz (309) Chief, Small Business Doug Davis (309) Rock Island District Website:

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