This year’s regional Best Projects competition drew more than 100 entries from contractors, design firms and project stakeholders across Texas and Louisiana.
The judges selected the winning ENR Texas & Louisiana entries based on the following criteria: overcoming challenges and teamwork; safety; innovation and contribution to the industry and community; construction quality and craftsmanship; and design function and aesthetics.
Shell Chemical announced Nov. 30 its final investment decision to increase alpha olefins production at its existing chemical manufacturing site in Geismar, La. As part of the plan, Shell will construct a fourth AO unit, adding 425,000 tonnes of capacity.
ENR Texas & Louisiana is honored to announce that Charlie Nelson, senior project executive at Gilbane, is the 2015 recipient of our second annual Legacy Award.
A new high-speed rail project is gaining traction, having reached a 50% milestone in development capital this month and will move forward with engineering and pre-construction with the announcement of its design-build development partnership.
Six construction workers were injured when the scaffolding on the side of a seven-story, 400- unit apartment complex currently under construction collapsed on Friday morning.
The continued prevalence of energy projects across the Gulf Coast is one of the main reasons specialty contractors are seeing largely stable or increasing workloads in Texas and Louisiana.
With four offices spanning Texas and Louisiana, and a team of 2,100 “associates,” Baton Rouge-based ISC Constructors LLC is bringing its collaborative approach to electrical and instrumentation work to more customers across the region. The firm saw one of its strongest years in 2014, bolstered by the continued strength of oil and gas-related work in both states that brought a steady project load from clients such as ExxonMobil, Sasol and Shell Oil Co.
