Summit KeynoteMr. Denver Heath, Director of ContractingUS Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters

Mr. Denver S. Heath was selected as the Director of Contracting for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in February 2024.  In this role, Mr. Heath serves as the principal staff advisor, facilitator, and reviewer for the Commanding General, USACE and staff.  He is responsible for leading the USACE contracting activities and overseeing the annual spend of nearly $30B across Military, Civil Works, Environmental, Emergency Operations, and Research and Development missions. 

Prior to this assignment, Mr. Heath served as the Senior Contracting Official (SCO), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Directorate of Contracting (DOC), Dallas, TX since August 2012.  He was responsible for the contract execution and technical compliance of a multi-billion-dollar mission including multiple programs (Military, Civil Works, Interagency & International Support (IIS), Environmental and strategic sourcing).  His responsibility included the oversight of approximately 600 personnel located in four (4) USACE Divisions (NWD, POD, SPD, SWD) and seventeen (17) District Offices throughout the western part of the United States to include Hawaii, Alaska, Japan, and Korea.  He served as Senior Contracting advisor to the Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA).

Prior to this SCO appointment, Mr. Heath served as the Regional Contracting Chief for the Southwestern Division (SWD) located in Dallas, TX from April 2007 to July 2012 and was appointed as the first USACE Deputy Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting. He accordingly served as a senior advisor to the Commanding General, SWD and was responsible for contract execution of all major programs across the Division. 

Mr. Heath has served in the following capacities: Senior Contracting Official, Regional Contracting Chief, Chief of Contracting, Program Manager, Sr. Procurement Analyst/Contracting Officer, and Park Ranger.  Mr. Heath has worked at every level in USACE from an Operations Field Office, Construction Area Office, District Office, Division Office to HQUSACE and has worked in four separate USACE functional areas: Operations, Construction, Program Management & Contracting.

Mr. Heath holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Tarleton State University and an Executive Graduate Certificate in Construction Management from Auburn University.  Mr. Heath is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps, holds a Level III Contracting certification and is a member of NCMA and SAME.  He is a recipient of two Department of Army Commander’s Awards for Civilian Service, the Vice President Golden Hammer Award, and two Superior Civilian Service Awards.

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The Offices of US Senator Thom Tillis and US Senator Ted Budd and the North Carolina Military Business Center are pleased to announce the Southeast Region Federal Construction, Infrastructure & Environmental Summit on April 14-16, 2026 in Wilmington, North Carolina.

When. April 14-16, 2026

Where. Wilmington Convention Center, 515 Nutt Street, Wilmington NC, 28401

​​​​​PURPOSE.  “The Summit” brings together over 800+ representatives of the Corps of Engineers, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Fort Liberty, Marine Corps Installations East, Seymour Johnson AFB, other Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps installations, US Coast Guard, Department of Veterans Affairs, General Services Administration, other federal agencies, general and specialty contractors, designers and construction suppliers from throughout the Southeast of the United States. 

ATTENDANCE. Attendance is encouraged for:

  • General and specialty contractors that work in VA, NC, SC, GA and FL.
  • Design firms that work in VA, NC, SC, GA and FL.
  • Construction supply firms that work in VA, NC, SC, GA and FL.
  • Companies that provide facility-support contracts in VA, NC, SC, GA and FL.
  • Current federal contractors seeking partners and suppliers

WHY ATTEND THE SUMMIT?

  • The Summit is the premier, best-established and most-recognized federal construction event in the Southeast– businesses who are already engaged or want to perform in the federal market need to be there!
  • “Program and Requirements Dialogues” address future projects and acquisition strategies, contractor experiences, teaming and supplier opportunities and other issues related to acquisition and execution of projects at military bases and government throughout the Southeast.  These sessions also include information on federal opportunities in environmental engineering and remediation, energy and horizontal infrastructure (including roads and intersections, water, wastewater, natural gas and other utilities)
  • Other Summit sessions address critical and timely topics, including supplier, service contract and public-private opportunities, small business programs and utilization, budget impacts, contracting processes and pre- and post-award legal issues for federal contractors
  • Summit networking and trade show activities allow businesses to market their services and products to over 800+ general contractors, specialty contractors, engineers, architects and suppliers
  • In addition, Summit networking opportunities include a golf event hosted and organized by the Cape Fear Post of the Society of American Military Engineers  and an evening Summit Social at the Embassy Suites in downtown Wilmington – a huge hit from for the past several years!