When Texas A&M had the chance to snag a “superstar” to join an academic team for the first national study of urban flooding scope and consequences, it knew just who to ask: Gerry Galloway.

After Hurricane Harvey caused $125 billion in damage to Harris County, Texas, in 2017, discussions at Harris County Flood Control District turned to recovery and building resilience against future storms.

In 2018, Ehab Meselhe and a team at the Water Institute of the Gulf, a Louisiana nonprofit research group, sat for hours with residents of St. Bernard and other coastal parishes in Louisiana, modeling their potential solutions to coastal land loss.

With construction of the $1 billion North Terminal entering its final stages, officials with the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport are considering the future of the old airport building, which will become vacant when the new terminal opens on May 15.

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

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

Dodge offers data on projected 2018 construction starts in the Little Rock area.

Dodge offers data on projected 2018 construction starts in the Lake Charles area.

An unusual countersuit by a surety is dismissed by a Texas judge.