As one of five projects that are part of the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction program, the West Bank and Vicinity project improves hurricane and flood-control protection, decreasing the potential for damage in New Orleans and the surrounding parishes.
During two-and-a-half years of construction on the $114.5-million Ray Braswell High School, crews had to contend with six months of 100-year storms, which included rain, snow and extremely muddy conditions during foundation, slab and major courtyard segments.
Widely known in Texas for its eponymous festival and its Czech roots, the city of West suffered an April 2013 explosion at a local fertilizer plant that caused several deaths and destroyed many homes and businesses and three of the district’s four schools.
Slated to be the first WELL-certified office in Texas, Stryker’s new regional distribution center combines a 320,000-sq-ft office and warehouse project with an open plan that was designed to inspire collaboration and increase productivity.