Insiders identify critical issues for Louisiana industry
To identify and discuss issues they feel will be most impactful, a four-member panel convened last fall at L’Auberge Casino in Baton Rouge during...
Amid intense capital expansion, industry braces for a surge of another kind in 2017—turnarounds
An expected surge in planned maintenance turnarounds across south Louisiana and the Gulf Coast in 2017 could have a minimal impact on manpower needs—or...
Corridor industrial plants faced ‘epic’ challenges after the storm of 2016
It didn’t take long for the record-breaking August deluge of 30-plus inches of rain in and around Baton Rouge—and the flooding that followed—to escalate...
Insight: Tax changes take aim at industry
So I’m a Dow baby. That’s right. Like so many in Louisiana, my dad spent three decades “at the plant,” joining the multinational manufacturer...
SWAT assembles an elite turnaround team and raises the productivity threshold
By 2014, Johnny Holifield and Jimmy Quick had several years of experience under their belts, along with some clearly defined notions about what it...
A lost generation of oil workers leaves few options for next boom
The oil industry is fighting a generation gap.
Already contending with a global price slump, U.S. explorers are also grappling with the demographic hangover of...
The first Louisiana Certified Workforce Developer class graduates
The Inaugural Louisiana Certified Workforce Developer (CWD) class was recognized at the June meeting of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, where graduates...
Why worker productivity is in decline and what contractors can do about it
Contractors typically lean upon established industry norms to calculate their expectations for a typical hour’s labor, or productivity rate, but some in the Gulf...
New chemical industry group convenes in Gonzales to discuss federal funding and workforce needs
A newly designated consortium of local, state and federal leaders met in Gonzales in April to discuss federal funding needs for Louisiana’s chemical industry, particularly...
Insight: Our structural workforce gap
Despite years of attention, a large share of Louisiana’s population continues to live in poverty at the same time that business and industry is...
