Competition, technology and safety are the key drivers in today’s heavy lifting industry
As industrial owners design vessels and structures that are heavier, taller and in increasingly tighter spaces, the facilitators of their installations—the heavy lifting industry—have...
Chinese investment in St. James Parish remains on track
Yuhuang Chemical’s multiphase, $1.85 billion methanol plant in St. James Parish is on track for a late 2016 groundbreaking despite uncertain market demand for...
Top 5 Louisiana oil and gas tech startups to watch in 2016
With the 8th annual New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW) March 11-18, all eyes turned to Louisiana. As the fastest growing entrepreneurial ecosystem in the...
Trimble releases new displays for monitoring crane sensors
California-based Trimble has announced the availability of the Trimble MBR Series Displays for quick, handheld or cab-mounted wireless monitoring of crane sensors. The MBR...
What will the industrial boom look like in the long term?
On paper, the sheer volume of announced industrial work in Louisiana is unprecedented—pegged by economists at as much as $140 billion since 2012. In...
With river frontage for industry dwindling, Ascension Parish eyes ways to maximize what’s left
For generations, Mark Noel’s family has owned 1,000 acres of riverfront property in the tiny community of Modeste, Louisiana, hugging the west bank of...
The Big Picture: Up and running
JOINT EFFORT
In September, Gov. John Bel Edwards, Incitec Pivot Limited Chairman Paul Brasher and Cornerstone Chemical CEO Greg Zoglio dedicated the $1.025 billion production...
Industrial investment surges in St. James Parish
Situated midway between the state’s two largest cities, St. James Parish has had a perfect vantage point to observe Baton Rouge and New Orleans as...
What causes project failures?
At the annual Construction Users Roundtable national conference in Arizona earlier this year, Ed Merrow, president of Independent Project Analysis, spoke frankly about what...
The Big Picture: Made in Louisiana
THE STEEL
Construction on the nation’s first offshore wind project began in mid-July, as steel went into the water off the coast of Rhode Island....
