Contractors have broken ground on a $3 billion chemical plant complex in Southwest Louisiana. The project is a joint venture between Lotte Chemical Corp. of South Korea and Axiall Corp. of Georgia.

Construction has started on a $10 million project to erect a large canopy at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.

Hurricane Katrina damaged much of New Orleans’ public housing more than a decade ago.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now roughly a year away from completing a six-year, $100 million drainage project in New Orleans.

Ochsner Health Systems recently announced plans for a $360 million expansion project at its hospital campus in Jefferson, La.

Major construction is nearing completion at the new Veterans Affairs Hospital in New Orleans, La.

Contractors broke ground in mid-February on a new state-of-the-art pediatric hospital in Baton Rouge, La.

A coastal restoration task force has granted approval for planning and engineering work to begin on $74 million worth of coastal restoration projects in Louisiana.