COL Brian D. Sawser

Commander

Memphis District

February 20, 2024

INDUSTRY DAY

MEMPHIS DISTRICT
2 CUI

CUI

Grand Prairie – Electrical Substation

Haggerty’s staff (40+) tour of the MR&T

SFB – Huxtable Engine Rebuild

Caruthersville Floodwall 

St. Francis Basin – 90 Miles of 

Ditch Cleanout

MLGW Signing Ceremony

32 New Contracts Awarded

30 Construction Completions (6 advanced from FY24)

$226M in Obligations (2nd highest in District History)

Met 137/147 HQ Tracked Milestones – 93%

Actual Obligation vs Basic Schedule – 104%

MVM WINNING – Innovation, Partnerships, Project Delivery!

Fall 2023 Congressional Visits

Water Sustainability

Bayou Meto 3.1

Dredge Iowa
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FY 24 SCHEDULED CONSTRUCTION AWARDS

2024 Program

Regular Program (with Community Directed 

Funding)

FY24 Workplan

Disaster Relief Supplemental Act

Multiple Year Funding – 11 Projects

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Multiple Year Funding – 20 Projects

Disaster Relief Supplemental Act

Multiple Year Funding – New Orleans to Venice
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Project Location Anticipated 

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Upper Little River Channel Castor River / Ditch 39 Aquilla, MO 2nd Quarter FY24 $1M to $5M

15 Mile Bayou Channel Enlargement, Item 3 West Memphis, AR 3rd Quarter FY24 $5M to $10M

Ditch 19 Channel Cleanout Kennett, MO 3rd Quarter FY24 $5M to $10M

North Mound City, IL Sump Mound City, IL 3rd Quarter FY24 $500K to $1M

Belle Fountain Phase 1 Caruthersville, MO 4th Quarter FY24 $1M to $5M

Wilson, AR Slope Flattening Wilson, AR 4th Quarter FY24 $1M to $5M

Bayou Meto Canal 1000 Phase 3.2 Scott, AR 4th Quarter FY24 $20M to $30M

Horseshoe Lake, AR Horseshoe Lake, AR 1st Quarter FY25 $1M to $5M

Ditch 9 & 10 Channel Maintenance Trumann, AR 2nd Quarter FY25 $5M to $10M

Barfield, AR Slope Flattening Blytheville, AR 2nd Quarter FY25 $1M to $5M

Fish Market Gate / Highway 51, IL Cairo, IL 2nd Quarter FY25 $1M to $5M

Pecan Point, AR Slope Flattening Joiner, AR 3rd Quarter FY25 $1M to $5M

LEVEE 

& 

CHANNEL 

WORK

DITCH 251 NASH SLOPE FLATTENING
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Project Location Anticipated 

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System 1 & 3, Gravity Flow Structures Renovation Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee 2nd Quarter FY24 $1M to $5M

Helena, AR Floodwall Helena, AR 1st Quarter FY25 $10M to $25M

FLOODWALL & CULVERT REPLACEMENT WORK

FRITZ FLAP GATE

MID-LAKE CULVERT

CARUTHERSVILLE FLOODWALL
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HARBOR & RIVER

WORK

Project Location Anticipated 

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Non-Corrosive 16-Block Wire Mesh for Articulated Concrete Mattress Memphis, TN or Vicksburg, MS 2nd Quarter FY24 $20M to $30M

FY24 Revetment Maintenance Stone Repairs Varies 3rd Quarter FY24 $1M to $5M

FY24 River Repairs IDIQ Varies 3rd Quarter FY24 NTE $48M

DONALDSON POINT

MHOON BEND

DREDGE IOWA

SUNFLOWER DIKES

NEW MADRID BOAT RAMP

RIBBON CUTTING
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PUMP STATION 

WORK

Project Location Anticipated 

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Cottonwood Slough Pump Station Mound City, IL 3rd Quarter FY24 $500K to $1M

Goosepond Pump Station Future City, IL 3rd Quarter FY24 $1M to $5M

DD 17 PUMPING 

STATION

DRINKWATER PUMPING 

STATION

W.G. HUXTABLE PUMPING STATION 

WRENCH TURNING
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MISCELLANEOUS

Project Location Anticipated 

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Richardson Landing Casting Field Automated Mat Casting Facility Tipton County, TN 3rd Quarter FY24 $30M to $40M

FY24 Design-Build Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) Varies 3rd Quarter FY24 NTE $99M

AUTOMATED MAT CASTING FACILITY

DESIGN BUILD MATOC 
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POINTS OF CONTACT

Operations Division

Andrea Williams

(901) 299-1414

Regulatory Branch

Gregg Williams

(901) 647-3385 

Small Business Programs

Sherrie Cordi

(901) 568-0614

Contracting Division

Priscilla G. Sweeney

(901) 834-9204

Memphis District Commander

Colonel Brian D. Sawser

Deputy District Engineer for 

Programs and Project Management

Donny Davidson

(901) 201-1261

Engineering & Construction 

Division

Shane Callahan

(901) 834-8361

Construction Branch

Gary Billingsley

(901)-233-8464 

On the Web

www.mvm.usace.army.mil

On Social Media
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