A lot still needs to happen before the state of Louisiana can replace the 70-year-old, dilapidated Calcasieu River Bridge on Interstate 10 in Lake Charles, and one official says it could take until at least 2024 for the project to break ground. But officials believe they are starting 2020 in a better position to move the project forward.

Developers expect to break ground in mid-2020 on a $100 million project to completely transform a 50-year-old suburban shopping center into an open-air retail concept that will blend shopping and dining with upscale apartments and office space. The redevelopment of the 35-acre site will be one of the largest retail projects in the New Orleans metro area.

The demolition and recycling contractor, named Specialty Contractor of the Year, grows its regional revenue, footprint and workforce.

Among the challenges the project team faced were unprecedented flood threat and maintaining critical functions during construction.

A nonprofit representing the National World War II Museum is working toward a settlement but preparing for a jury trial in its lawsuit against the structural engineer of its $65-million hotel and conference center, under construction in downtown New Orleans.

After two years of delays, crews are in the final stages of construction on a $63.7 million project to broaden a 1.6-mile section of U.S. 90 in Broussard to make it part of the future I-49 corridor between Lafayette and New Orleans.

Approval for $2.5 billion oil terminal on the lower Mississippi River is contingent on study findings.