New Orleans Officials Select Developer for $1-Billion Riverfront Project Autumn Cafiero Giusti March 30, 2021 No Comments Construction of the sprawling, 39-acre entertainment district should begin in 2022.Read More
New Orleans’ $2.3B Public Works Program Gains Momentum Autumn Cafiero Giusti March 8, 2021 No Comments Currently, work is progressing on 73 projects totaling $562 million, according to the city.Read More
Building Still Standing on Anniversary of Hard Rock Collapse New Orleans Project plagued with delays, lawsuits Autumn Cafiero Giusti October 9, 2020 No Comments Monday, Oct. 12 marks the one-year anniversary of the collapse, and work to tear down the structure is not even halfway complete.Read More
How Hurricane Katrina Changed Thinking on Risk and Resilience Autumn Cafiero Giusti August 28, 2020 No Comments Fifteen years after the storm hit, its lessons are still being applied.Read More
Workers' Bodies Are Finally Removed from Collapsed New Orleans Hotel Autumn Cafiero Giusti August 18, 2020 No Comments Bodies had been trapped in rubble since Oct. 12, when upper-floors of the 18-story Hard Rock hotel collapsed, killing three site workers.Read More
Water Resources $250M Corps Dredging Project Will Deepen Lower Mississippi River Louise Poirier August 6, 2020 No Comments Plan calls for deepening the river from Baton Rouge to the Gulf to 50 ft., from 45 ft. now.Read More
WWII Museum Hotel Suit Headed for 2021 Federal Court Trial Autumn Cafiero Giusti June 18, 2020 No Comments Trial in suit alleging structural design errors in New Orleans hotel-conference center was delayed after judge dismissed an engineer's claim to be exempted from case.Read More
Demolition Begins Around Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans The work starts almost seven months after the building collapsed, killing three workers Autumn Cafiero Giusti May 15, 2020 No Comments With numerous lawsuits pending over the collapse, evidence preservation will be a key consideration during the demolition process.Read More
New Orleans Prepared To Issue Hard Rock Demolition Permit Autumn Cafiero Giusti April 30, 2020 No Comments The city approved the plan to bring the precarious top floors down in a standard demolition.Read More
Judge Orders New Orleans, Hard Rock Developer to Decide on Demolition Autumn Cafiero Giusti April 23, 2020 One Comment If approved, the conventional demolition would take down the upper floors of the collapsed building by July.Read More