Streamlined processes help Louisiana contractors strike a balance between safety and productivity
Contractors are engaged in a classic struggle between productivity and prudence as they ramp up manpower in Louisiana’s swiftly growing industrial space.
As they strive...
Clean Hydrogen Works taps McDermott as designer of Ascension Parish ammonia project
Clean Hydrogen Works announced on Thursday that it had awarded McDermott the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Ascension Clean Energy (ACE)...
Could a second Trump term spur oil and gas hiring? What a Louisiana recruiter...
President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office could result in an uptick in oil and gas hiring—at least at first.
That’s according to Dave...
Ports and unionized dockworkers are in negotiations―again
Unionized dockworkers resumed labor talks last week with employers at ports across the nation as the deadline for a new contract looms two months...
Reform proposals won’t change Louisiana’s most lucrative tax break
While many of the state’s tax breaks face the ax as Gov. Jeff Landry’s tax reform proposal swaps them for lower income tax rates,...
ABC executive Jeb Bruneau meets workforce challenges head on
Some of Jeb Bruneau’s earliest memories are of his father–long-time state legislator Peppi Bruneau–standing up for right-to-work legislation in the 1970s.
It was a critical...
Louisiana’s multipronged push toward industrial- and utility-scale solar is making big waves
First Solar’s Georges Antoun can hardly contain his excitement about the future of the state’s solar energy market.
What began as a trickle could soon...
More than 250 students attend GBRIA’s Women in Industry Forum
The Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance (GBRIA) hosted its inaugural Women in Industry Forum on Oct. 9 at the PACE Center in Gonzales, bringing...
State board extends ITEP emergency rule another 180 days
The Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry extended the Industrial Tax Exemption Program emergency rule, which was set to expire last week. The renewal...
Mid South Extrusion to invest $17 million in Ouachita Parish facility
Mid South Extrusion will invest $17 million at its facility in Ouachita Parish to install two new state-of-the-art blown film extrusion lines to support...
