In a city that sits below sea level and is surrounded by water, drainage projects can be complex and crucial undertakings. Now more than halfway complete, the Pump to the River project will improve drainage in part of New Orleans by increasing capacity and shortening the distance to the basin. Related Links: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project Corps of Engineers Brings $100 Million Drainage Project To New Orleans Corps of Engineers Begins $48M Underground Drainage Project In New Orleans Designed and constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the project spans almost
First comes natural gas, then the infrastructure needed to support it. That's a formula that has meant growth for the Texas and Louisiana construction industry over the past few years. The end result is continuing strength for the region's specialty contractors. Related Links: Engineering News Record Architectural Record This year's ENR survey of Texas and Louisiana's Top Specialty Contractors drew 98 responses. Firms reported more than $7.425 billion in regional revenue across both states. That's a gain of nearly $300 million over the top 98 firms in last year's ranking.Bolstered MarketsFive of the top 10 firms in this year's ranking
The Colony, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, is the site of a new 1.9-million-sq-ft home-furnishing mecca quickly nearing completion. Nebraska Furniture Mart's latest store, and its first in Texas, is a $156.8-million behemoth that will include 564,000 sq ft of retail space; a 1.3-million-sq-ft warehouse and pickup area; an 800,000-sq-ft, 2,000-space, five-story parking garage; and a data center and central utility plant. Related Links: Nebraska Furniture Mart NFM Blog Turner Construction Co. 2013 Top Starts in Texas & Louisiana Work began on the project in March 2013, and Turner Construction Co., the construction manager, anticipates a Dec. 1 completion, well
Rick Whitney has been appointed CEO of Adolfson & Peterson Inc. (A&P), effective Oct. 1. He succeeds interim CEO Steven Pinney, who held the position since CEO Doug Jaeger stepped down in December. Pinney will continue to serve A&P as chairman of the board of directors. Whitney spent the last six years as president and CEO of M+W U.S. Inc., based in Watervliet, N.Y. Related Links: People: Texas & Louisiana: August 2014 People: Texas & Louisiana: June 2014 FKP Architects has added several new staff members.Elizabeth Nilsen joins FKP as the new chief financial officer. Nilsen assumes the position following
Combining a booming construction market like that in Texas and Louisiana with a strategy to maximize opportunities in the right places is working out well for Baton Rouge, La.-based electrical contractor The Newtron Group. Related Links: ENR Texas & Louisiana's Top Specialty Contractors: Main Ranking ENR Texas & Louisiana's Top Specialty Contractors: Rankings by Sector The firm posted regional revenue of $282.25 million in 2013, a gain of nearly $100 million over 2012, placing it at No. 6 on ENR Texas & Louisiana's annual ranking of Top Specialty Contractors. That's up five spots from last year. The firm was ranked
Hard Rock Construction of Metairie, La., is preparing to break ground on a $13.3 million intermodal terminal at the Port of New Orleans. Related Links: Hard Rock Construction Port of New Orleans The 12-acre project will feature 10,000 linear ft of rail track and five acres of heavy duty paving to accommodate the transfer of intermodal containers between ships, trucks and trains. Hard Rock Construction will also install electrical, drainage and utility systems along with new water feeds for additional fire hydrants.Port of New Orleans spokesperson Matt Gresham says the project is part of the ongoing expansion of the Napoleon
Cobalt Medical Center recently broke ground on a $22 million rehabilitation hospital in New Orleans. Construction of the 64,000-sq-ft facility is expected to take twelve months with an opening scheduled in summer 2015. Courtesy of Ascension Group Architects Cobalt Medical Center's $22 million rehabilitation hospital in New Orleans is scheduled top open in summer 2015. Related Links: Cobalt Medical Center DeAngelis Diamond Construction Peter Cacciapaglia, Cobalt vice president of design and construction, says the two-story building will feature a full service kitchen, dining area, administration offices, loading dock, emergency room department and 60 beds.The facility will consist of typical steel
Building a collegiate football stadium for 30,000 spectators is no easy task, but doing it in a small footprint in a residential neighborhood and on a short schedule takes skill and experience. After facing hurdles and delays well before groundbreaking, a New Orleans contractor is making a mad dash to finish Tulane University's stadium in time for the football team's season home opener in September. Related Links: Tulane University Yulman Stadium small footprint, tight timelineThe $63-million Yulman Stadium will be the university's first on-campus stadium since historic Tulane Stadium was demolished in 1980. From 1926 to 1975, the old structure
San Antonio is home to a new military medical center, now rising at Lackland Air Force Base. The $457-million, 645,000-sq-ft Lackland Ambulatory Care Center is a state-of-the-art replacement hospital that will become the largest ambulatory care center the Dept. of Defense has built to date. Related Links: Design Firm of the Year: HDR Development of the new facility was driven by the Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC) of 2005, an initiative that consolidated all military medical training and health care in the San Antonio area."BRAC 2005 directed that Wilford Hall at Lackland was going to become a large outpatient
RSS
