Federal, state and local officials broke ground July 26 on a levee project along the western shores of Lake Pontchartrain. It's designed to provide hurricane and storm protection to a three-parish area where 60,000 people have little to no defenses in place.

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Updates about construction professionals in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.

Dodge offers data on projected 2021 construction starts in the New Orleans area.

Reports from key industry events across the Texas and Louisiana region.

The challenges of 2020 forced contractors to be nimble, and now regional firms are seeing signs of a promising remainder of 2021.

The private facility in New Orleans now is installing the last major component of its massive Bollinger Canopy of Peace structure while two separate construction lawsuits linked to its $400-million addition proceed.