Through five technical laboratories (Environmental, Geotechnical, Structures, Information Technology and Coastal Engineering), WES conducts research in a diverse number of scientific and engineering fields, including:
 
 

The five laboratories are supplemented by support staff, including the Public Affairs Office, the Office of Counsel, the Equal Employment Opportunity office, the Directorate of Public Works, the Contract office and the Audit office.

WES is the Tri-Service Reliance Lead Laboratory in the Civil Engineering subareas of Airfields and Pavements, Sustainment Engineering, and Survivability and Protective Structures and the lead in the Environmental Quality subarea of Installation Restoration. The Army Civil Works Research Program and the Army and Department of Defense RDT&E Programs are complemented by diverse reimbursable programs for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Districts and Divisions, USACE Headquarters, the Defense Special Weapons Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Air Force, the Navy, numerous Army Major Commands, and state and local governments.

WES manages half a billion dollars in research facilities. These facilities include the Centrifuge Research Center, home of the world's largest research centrifuge, and a DoD High Performance Computing Center for the Director of Defense Research and Engineering. The Tri-Service Computer Aided Design Drafting and Geographic Information System Technology Center is managed, operated and maintained by WES. WES operates and maintains one of two Corps of Engineers Central Processing Centers for the purpose of processing management information systems information for about 60 percent of Corps offices worldwide. WES manages five Information Analysis Centers:  Coastal Engineering, Concrete Technology, Hydraulic Engineering, Soil Mechanics, and Airfields, Pavements, and Mobility.
 

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