Construction and Excavation Activities

Visuals of construction sites with heavy machinery, showing land development, earthmoving, and transformation of natural landscapes.

Gold Mining. Arimu, Guyana

Renaturalized Boye, tributary of the Emscher, Emscher reconstruction, Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

View of construction machinery in action, with an excavator digging and a drilling machine boring into the earth, amidst a landscape of soil and concrete, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkiye.

Construction vehicles standing on the riverbed of the Ahr near Schuld, 11.07.2022. The region in the district of Ahrweiler in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate was particularly hard hit by the floods, which occurred on 15.07.2022. Leon Kuegelerphotothek.de, Schuld, Germany, Europe

Gold Mining. Arimu, Guyana

Construction of a new highway Motorway A 44 to Dusseldorf. View of a construction site area. Copyright: xZoonar.com/JFsxPicxFactory xThielemannx 10897560

Aerial view of construction site with heavy machinery amidst the raw earth and scattered materials, Avcılar, İstanbul, Türkiye.

Far Rockaway, N.Y., Dec. 12, 2012 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is removing debris from Far Rockaway, Long Island beaches boardwalk. Using a fleet of front-end loaders, crawler excavators and dump trucks, the Army Corps is working block by block to clear debris and make way for new sand. Replenishing the beach falls under the New York Department of Parks and Recreation authority. Eliud Echevarria/FEMA. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

New Housing Site in Prattsville. New York Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Aerial view of a residential apartments construction site in Naperville, IL, USA

Aerial view of bulldozers on a landscape

Bank protection of the Franco-Swiss border Hermance

View of the construction site with the yellow excavator and concrete structures under a sunny sky, İstanbul, İstanbul, Türkiye.

Aerial view of a construction site for a residential area in Vero Beach, Florida, United States.

Soil Sample Numbers: 1090, 1091, 1092 (removed chase), 1093, and 1094 with results facing Southeast , Operable Unit-1 - Landfill Area. Environmental Cleanup Operations at the Mound Site in Miamisburg, Ohio

Madrid, 11/23/2013. Works on the Vallehermoso Stadium, in the Chamberí neighborhood, which is being completely remodeled.

Construction work for a reconnaissance, or RECCE, range area is shown Aug. 4, 2022, near Range 26 on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The project, coordinated by the Army Corps of Engineers, was approximately 8 percent completed as of Aug. 2, 2022. The contract cost for the project is $9,972,321 and the completion date is February 2024.

Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement staff working at site of abandoned coal mine, the Horse Creek Mine, near Pinckneyville, Illinois

Aerial view of construction site with heavy machinery contrasting against the green landscape and adjacent parking, Avcılar, İstanbul, İstanbul, Türkiye.

Asphalt mixing plant: Aerial view of a quarry's stark geometry, where raw earth meets industrial precision, a contrast of textures under the sun, Manilva, Andalusia, Spain.

Construction site with excavator

Rheinfelden, construction site of the A98 near Minseln

Construction site of Rottweil Prison, drone photo. A total of 502 prison places are planned. The state of Baden-Wuerttemberg is investing around 280 million euros. The new prison building is scheduled for completion in 2027, Rottweil, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

An aerial view of the construction site for the Battalion Headquarters of the 105th Mechanized Infantry Battalion. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-358-63. Overflight. Hurricane Katrina

Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement staff working at site of abandoned coal mine, the Horse Creek Mine, near Pinckneyville, Illinois

Laying High-Voltage Cables Underground Through the Forest to Connect Wind Turbines to the Power Grid

Excavator and trench shield for construction workers at water pipe laying site

Construction continues on the new Louisville VA medical Center Sept. 26, 2022.

Strassenbau, Upper Austria, Austria Strassenbau, Upper Austria, Austria

Aerial view of heavy machinery at Halkalı Merkez construction site, with cranes and excavators amidst raw earth and concrete forms, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkiye.

An unfinished construction area with exposed concrete columns and sand piles, in Daejeon, South Korea, Asia

Construction of a hospital, cable wells, earthworks, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Jamestown, CO, October 2, 2013 Colorado Department of Transportation road crews work to put in a temporary culvert to make sure people can get in and out of town before the weather turns cold. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA. Colorado Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Construction continues on the new Louisville VA medical Center Oct. 18, 2022.

Brick production at Ziegelwerk Klaus Huber GmbH

Excavator filling a dump truck at a construction site in Westland, New Zealand, Oceania

Excavation in process facing East , Potential Release Site 441 - Railroad Yard. Environmental Cleanup Operations at the Mound Site in Miamisburg, Ohio

Sandbags & marker sticks at construction site

Coast Guard Personnel and Civilian Operations - 26-HK-72-3. civilian moving oil-spill boom material near waterfront. Hurricane Katrina

construction of new lawn in urban park construction of new lawn in urban park in sunny autumn day Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 12591436

Construction site of the future junction of the 172a with the B 172 on the Sonnenstein near Krietzschwitz. The new route will relieve the city centre of Pirna from through traffic in the future. DEGES is building the route, which is 3.8 kilometres long

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Concrete is poured into the trenches that will provide the foundation for the walls of the Propellants North Administrative and Maintenance Facility in Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.A tilt-up construction method is being used to erect a THERMOMASS concrete wall insulation system for the facility's walls. The facility will have a two-story administrative building to house managers, mechanics and technicians who fuel spacecraft at Kennedy adjacent to an 1,800-square-foot single-story shop to store cryogenic fuel transfer equipment. The new facility will feature high-efficiency roofs and walls, Cool Dry Quiet” air conditioning with energy recovery technology, efficient lighting, and other sustainable features. The facility is striving to qualify for the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, Platinum certification. If successful, Propellants North will be the first Kennedy facility to

Additional excavation needed in painted area (1598) facing Northeast , Operable Unit-1 - Landfill Area. Environmental Cleanup Operations at the Mound Site in Miamisburg, Ohio

Construction work continues on the site of the Louisville VA Medical Center July 14, 2022.

Excavator on a removed river bank, renaturation of the Salzach north of Tittmoning, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The first of three stages of the test load pad is given a concrete foundation during the construction of the MX facilities. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Gravel pit near Füssen, gravel extraction, construction machinery, Allgäu, Ostallgäu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Renaturalized Boye, tributary of the Emscher, Emscher reconstruction, Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Loading railcar facing Southeast , Potential Release Site 441 - Railroad Yard. Environmental Cleanup Operations at the Mound Site in Miamisburg, Ohio

Excavation of VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds) going west under the road facing West , Operable Unit-1 - Landfill Area. Environmental Cleanup Operations at the Mound Site in Miamisburg, Ohio

Aerial view of an industrial landscape contrasting raw materials, winding roads, and verdant trees, Avcılar, İstanbul, Türkiye.

The general plan for the construction of a one-story private house, a trench has been dug, formwork and reinforcement are being installed

Concrete pillars foundation for house construction

The construction area for a future transient training brigade headquarters in the 1600 block on the cantonment area is shown Sept. 9, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. A contract, totaling $11,964,432.87, was awarded June 9, 2022, to L.S. Black Constructors to build the fiscal year 2022 Transient Training Brigade Headquarters project at Fort McCoy. Construction operations began in August 2022. Location of construction is just across the street from where the same contractor has been building two new transient training troop barracks buildings in the same block. According to the Army Corps of Engineers, which is managing the project, the brigade headquarters project is based on the denser, more consolidated footprints of Fort McCoys Troop Housing Area Development Plan which states fewer, multiple story buildings allow facilities/functions to be sited closer together, allowing for a more walkable training environment, as well as saving money on utilities. The smaller footprint of the brigade hea

The construction area for a future transient training brigade headquarters in the 1600 block on the cantonment area is shown Sept. 9, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. A contract, totaling $11,964,432.87, was awarded June 9, 2022, to L.S. Black Constructors to build the fiscal year 2022 Transient Training Brigade Headquarters project at Fort McCoy. Construction operations began in August 2022. Location of construction is just across the street from where the same contractor has been building two new transient training troop barracks buildings in the same block. According to the Army Corps of Engineers, which is managing the project, the brigade headquarters project is based on the denser, more consolidated footprints of Fort McCoys Troop Housing Area Development Plan which states fewer, multiple story buildings allow facilities/functions to be sited closer together, allowing for a more walkable training environment, as well as saving money on utilities. The smaller footprint of the brigade hea

Pine Island, FL, USA--10/24/2022--A collection site for debris from Hurricane Ian has been set up on Pine Island. Trucks entering the site are strictly monitored for what is being brought into the site.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Reinforcement of the strip foundation with metal reinforcement

Apartment house in the foundation for a new building with cement

Flood disaster, restoration of a federal road after the flood in the Ahr valley, Altenahr, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Germany, Quedlinburg, aerial view of quartz sand pit in the evening

A construction crew improves erosion control on a road construction project led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District at Crooked Creek Lake in Ford City, Pennsylvania, Sept. 7, 2022. The construction office for the Pittsburgh District operates in a fast-paced environment, moving from one project to the next without a pause, juggling several jobs simultaneously.

Detroit, Michigan, Using heavy equipment, workers clear trees, shredding them into woodchips, from an abandoned railroad right of way. They are clearing the way for the Joe Louis Greenway, a 27.5 mile hiking and biking trail through the city

The new bridge on the Pirna southern bypass will be 916 metres long, 70 metres high and require 7, 250 tonnes of steel. DEGES is building the 3.8 kilometre long route. The route leads from the 172a to the B 172 on the Sonnenstein near Krietzschwitz and is intended to relieve Pirna city centre of through traffic in the future. For this purpose, a 50 metre long and 140 tonne heavy pre-build spigot will be pushed from the abutment on the Sonnenstein over the pillars that are already in place. The final push has been successfully completed and now the finishing work is underway, Gottleuba Valley Bridge, Pirna, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Gravel pit near Füssen, gravel extraction, construction machinery, Allgäu, Ostallgäu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Construction of a new extinguishing water reservoir, Neunhof near Lauf an der Pegnitz, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Excavator, Even almost two years after the flood disaster, destroyed houses are still being demolished. Mayschoss, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Truck mounted concrete pump Truck mounted concrete pump on a construction site Copyright: xZoonar.com/AlainxdexMaximyx 15224093

Manhole A-9 excavation facing North , Potential Release Site 7 - Abandoned Manholes and Sewer Lines. Environmental Cleanup Operations at the Mound Site in Miamisburg, Ohio

Site construction of house and building in logs Correze

A construction crew improves erosion control on a road construction project led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District at Crooked Creek Lake in Ford City, Pennsylvania, Sept. 7, 2022. The construction office for the Pittsburgh District operates in a fast-paced environment, moving from one project to the next without a pause, juggling several jobs simultaneously.

Pink crane on a barge working on new harbor construction along the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Pass Christian, Mississippi.

A contractor for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District walks up the new lock chamber at Locks and Dam 4 near Charleroi on the Monongahela River in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, April 5, 2022. As the excavation and demolition phase nears completion, the project has transitioned to construction, which includes prepping the miter sill for concrete placement, running electrical, finishing the foundation for the bulkhead sill, pouring concrete, anchoring the river wall and more. The Charleroi project began in 2004. The federal government funds half of the projects cost, while the other half is covered by navigation industry through taxes paid on diesel fuel.

Detroit, Michigan, Using heavy equipment, workers clear trees, shredding them into woodchips, from an abandoned railroad right of way. They are clearing the way for the Joe Louis Greenway, a 27.5 mile hiking and biking trail through the city

Man hoses sawdust off a slab of rimu timber cut from a large red pine log with a portable sawmill, Westland, New Zealand. Native timber is milled under permit in New Zealand

Aerial view of an excavator

$Harlem Springs, Ohio, A natural gas pipeline under construction in eastern Ohio, where gas exploration and fracking are widespread.$

Base for a windmill built in the wind farm

A contractor checks a forklift on the site of an avionics shop under construction. A contractor checks a forklift on the site of an avionics shop under construction.

Construction operations at Pigs Eye Lake, near St. Paul, Minnesota, July 19. USACE St. Paul District photo by Melanie Peterson

Installation of netting on market gardening beds to conserve moisture in the soil at the pot'iront shared garden in Decines, Metropole de Lyon, Rhone, France

Heavy Equipment Shovel

Operable Unit-1 Storage Area looking southwest , Operable Unit-1 - Landfill Area. Environmental Cleanup Operations at the Mound Site in Miamisburg, Ohio

Aerial view of the quarry's stark geometry contrasting with the surrounding green forest, a landscape of industry and nature's resilience, Plouasne, Brittany, France.

Man cutting up a large red pine log with a portable sawmill, Westland, New Zealand. Native timber is milled under permit in New Zealand

A Fort Drum Directorate of Public Works crew began repairs to a damaged dam July 5 at the heart-shaped pond in the Historic LeRay Mansion District. They have been working alongside their Environmental Division colleagues, to include a forester, a wetland biologist and archaeologists to restore the historic property. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)

May 4, 2024, Brazil. A backhoe working on the maintenance work of a sewage gallery in Ivinhema, Mato Grosso do Sul May 4, 2024, Brazil. A backhoe working on the maintenance work of a sewage gallery in Ivinhema, Mato Grosso do Sul. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RafaelxHenriquexdaxSilvax 21628790

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Marble Falls, TX, July 2, 2007 Workers clear debris from a local creek and work on a damaged bridge after last week's record rainfall of 19 inches in one night. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia riparia) vast colony in active quarry Buna village, Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina April

Liner 2 facing North , Operable Unit-1 - Landfill Area. Environmental Cleanup Operations at the Mound Site in Miamisburg, Ohio

The new Petroleum Operations building is nearly complete and flanked by the new refueling parking lot and circular wash rack. The new Petroleum Operations building is nearly complete and flanked by the new refueling parking lot and circular wash rack.

Aerial view of construction equipment and a tanker truck resting on a sandy lot near buildings and greenery, Opobo, Rivers State, Nigeria.

Aerial view of tractor in crop field

Construction of a new highway Motorway A 44 to Dusseldorf. View of a construction site area. Copyright: xZoonar.com/JFsxPicxFactory xThielemannx 10905906

Men setting off explosive charges in a seismic reflective survey looking for oil on the West Coast of New Zealand

06.04.2025, Deutschland, NRW, Landwirtschaft, Gemüse, Erntemaschine auf einem Spargelfeld, Spargelanbau, Spargel, Spargel stechen, Spargelernte, Deutschland *** 06 04 2025, Germany, NRW, agriculture, vegetables, harvesting machine on an asparagus field, asparagus cultivation, asparagus, asparagus harvest, Germany Copyright: xD.xKerlekin/SnowfieldxPhotographyx SF060425SpargelfeldD3

Aerial view of an industrial quarry site carved into the earth with snow-dusted piles and buildings casting shadows under a winter sky, Plainville, Massachusetts, United States.

construction of the promenade by the sea, construction equipment on the beach construction of the promenade by the sea, construction equipment on the beach, Baltic sea, Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad region, Russia, February 25, 2018 Copyright: xZoonar.com/seagullNadyx 14181381

Aerial view, quarry, basaltic rocks near Laacher See, Laach Lake, at Federal Motorway A61, Vulkaneifel region, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Excavators and construction equipment on the beach at dusk, sand flushing for coastal protection in Haffkrug, municipality of Scharbeutz, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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