GBRIA recognizes contractor safety winners during 27th annual event
The Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance last week announced the winners of its 27th annual Safety Excellence Awards.
GBRIA members nominated 63 companies representing more...
Performance Contractors earns national Contractor of the Year honors
Performance Contractors Inc. of Baton Rouge has been named Contractor of the Year by Associated Builders and Contractors.
The Baton Rouge-based contractor received the national honor...
Venture Global sanctions second phase of Plaquemines LNG project
Venture Global LNG Inc. said Monday that it would go forward with the second phase of its Plaquemines export terminal under development in Louisiana...
Three Baton Rouge contractors rank among nation’s top five in performance
Three Baton Rouge-based companies made the top five on Associated Builders and Contractors’ annual Top Performance list, a ranking of its commercial and industrial...
Baton Rouge area set for industrial surge, but where will the workers come from?
The labor forces of many industrial contractors in the Capital City are already maxed out and it could get a lot worse should an...
Enrollment in Capital Region trade programs dips as need grows
Enrollment for welding programs and other in-demand trades has fallen in Louisiana over the last five years even as demand for skilled workers for...
U.S. energy transition runs into a bottleneck
The energy transition poised for takeoff in the U.S. amid record investment in wind, solar and other low-carbon technologies is facing a serious obstacle...
CF Industries, LOTTE to explore clean ammonia production in Louisiana
CF Industries Holdings Inc., the world’s largest producer of ammonia, recently announced that it has entered into an agreement with LOTTE CHEMICAL Corp. in...
PBF Energy, Eni Sustainable Mobility partner in Chalmette biofuels project
Eni Sustainable Mobility and PBF Energy Inc. have announced plans to partner in a 50-50 joint venture, St. Bernard Renewables LLC (SBR), for the...
Hwy. 70 widening to support industry in Ascension, St. James parishes
State and local officials broke ground last week on the $53.2 million widening of Hwy. 70 from the Sunshine Bridge in St. James Parish...
