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....
The Big Picture: Heavy lifting
THE LIFT
Fracht USA/Germany, a global freight forwarder, completed one of the heaviest project cargo lifts in Port of New Orleans history Jan. 12, successfully...
The Big Picture: Super gate
16 GIANTS
Crews move a steel rolling gate at the Panama Canal in Cocoli near Panama City, April 2015. Crews from the Panama Canal Authority...