Army Corps of Engineers Announces Reforms to Balance Critical Infrastructure Workload

The raft of reforms covers five main areas of effort, with the intent to bring infrastructure projects along quicker and at less cost.

The U.S. flag and the flag of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Baltimore District Whitney Point Lake project in Broome County, N.Y., on July 1, 2025. Thomas I. Deaton/U.S. Army via DVIDS

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a series of reforms on Feb. 23, in the hopes of more efficiently delivering on its portfolio of critical infrastructure projects.

With roots stretching back to the Continental Army and the American Revolution, the Army Corps of Engineers oversees a mix of military construction, as well as domestic critical infrastructure and other civil works projects. The Army’s construction agency is also responsible for ensuring the navigability of U.S. waterways and oversees about a quarter of the hydropower generation capacity within the United States.