Hazelwood Energy announced in late-September that it will construct a $400 million crude oil storage and blending complex in St. Landry Parish, La. The facility is designed and will be constructed to blend ten types of crude oil on premise. It will include four salt dome storage caverns and above-ground tanks capable of storing up to 13 million gallons with options and space for expansion. When completed, the Hazelwood Energy Hub will be the world's largest blending operation, serving 17 Gulf Coast refineries.Contractors will construct a blending facility, pump facilities and an electrical substation along with power transmission lines and
Contractors will soon break ground on another building at The Water Campus in Baton Rouge, La. The 35-acre property along the Mississippi River is being developed to house 1.8 million sq ft of labs, research, facilities and commercial space for coastal science and engineering. Phase 1 of the project includes $55 million in commitments for the construction of three buildings. The latest facility to be constructed is a $22 million glass and metal building over the Mississippi River that will serve as the headquarters of the Water Institute of the Gulf. The 33,000 sq ft building will feature a gallery,
The Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transportation Terminal (LIGTT) will soon start construction on its offshore port concept. The structure is projected to span 2,250 acres over open water and cost $10 billion. Developers recently secured $25 million in financing to fund the project's first "vertical," a dry bulk facility that would be used to offload cargo from massive ships to smaller ships to be taken up the Mississippi River. The port will sit in open water three miles off the coast of Plaquemines Parish and twenty miles from the port of Venice.LIGTT spokesman and vice president Terry Easley says
The LA 1 Coalition announced construction will commence in the summer of 2016 on an elevated roadway leading to Port Fourchon, La. The $46 million project will include 3,400 ft of elevated highway connecting La. 3235 in Golden Meadow and Port Fourchon. The project is Phase 2C of the nearly-$2 billion, four-phase LA 1 Improvement Project to elevate roadways in the area.LA 1 Coalition Director Henri Boulet says the new road will clear an existing levee system by 22 ft to accommodate future levee-raising projects. A cement t-will will also be constructed 21 ft above the levee to just beneath
Louisiana is set to receive another $52 million to fund ongoing coastal restoration and construction work. The funds are being allocated from Clean Water Act fines paid by Transocean due to its liability in the 2010 BP Gulf Oil disaster. The money will go to pay for two projects ready to break ground, and for studies to lay the groundwork for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of large-scale coastal restoration efforts. Photo by Craig Guillot An aerial view of the Lake Borgne Surge Barrier. Related Links: The projects include $8.7 million for filling old exploration canals near Jean Lafitte
According to recent data from the Associated General Contractors of America, the New Orleans-Metairie metro area lost 2,700 construction jobs in the past year, more than any other city nationwide. Related Links: Louisiana AGC AGC reported 28,700 construction jobs in the area in June 2015, down 9% from June 2014. Louisiana Associated General Contractors CEO Ken Naquin says the job losses are largely attributed to the recent completion of several large projects. Two $1 billion hospital projects in New Orleans are wrapping up plus $14.5 billion in flood control work with the Corps of Engineers has ended.Naquin says New Orleans
Domain Cos. will construct another 15-story building in a fourth phase of development at its South Market District project in downtown New Orleans. The new building will be designed to house 89 upper-level condominiums and 24,000 sq ft of ground floor retail space. The condos, which will be known as "The Standard," will feature a mix of one, two and three-bedroom units. There will also be a resident clubhouse and bar with media lounge, a state-of-the-art fitness center. Construction will also include a 30,000-sq-ft amenity deck on the third flood with a pool, cabanas and an outdoor kitchen.The building is
Earl "Chip" Mitchell has joined CH2M as president of the firm's oil, gas and chemicals business group. Mitchell has spent the last 25 years at Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., where most recently he was the firm's group vice president for the upstream, midstream and pipeline business. Previously, Mitchell was head of Jacobs' oil, gas and chemicals operations in Canada and had worked at M.W. Kellogg (now KBR), Howe–Baker Engineers (now CB&I) and Allstates Engineering. FKP Architects has hired two employees. Jon Franklin rejoins FKP Architects as senior vice president and senior architect. He will manage FKP's team producing construction documents
Construction has started on a $24 million rehabilitation center in the Mid-City neighborhood of New Orleans. When completed, the Cobalt Medical Center will be a state-of-the-art medical facility and rehabilitation hospital to treat traumatic brain injuries, concussions, Parkinson's Disease and other services. While the project officially broke ground in the summer of 2014, construction was delayed for a year and recently resumed in late July. Courtesy of Cobalt Medical Development Cobalt Medical Center will be a state-of-the-art medical facility and rehabilitation hospital. Related Links: Groundbreaking on Cobalt Medical Center's $22 Million Rehabilitation Hospital The two-story, 64,000-sq-ft facility will feature 60
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