Tag: Louisiana

December 28, 2023

The proposed Calcasieu Pass 2 liquefied natural gas export terminal and pipeline project in Louisiana appears to be advancing with owner Venture Global hiring Australian-based Worley as EPC contractor. But the megaproject is still pending government approval as it faces […]

July 13, 2022

ENR Texas & Louisiana is pleased to announce the winners of its 2022 Best Projects competition! After a month of hard work, an independent panel of experts from all corners of the AEC industry reviewed a total of 94 projects […]

December 21, 2021

The Leo Kerner Swing Bridge was the only vehicular bridge the 1,200 residents of Barataria had to the mainland. When a rogue barge destroyed that link in the storm, they were left stranded. The state Coast Guard installed a temporary […]

September 28, 2021

Construction started this summer on Texas Children’s Hospital for children and women in Austin. The freestanding hospital, which will serve families in Austin and Central Texas, is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2024. McCarthy Building Cos. […]

September 17, 2021

Between COVID-19, the five named storms that hit the state in 2020 and the industry’s ever-present labor shortage, Louisiana contractors have spent the last year trying to get by with a maxed-out workforce and pandemic-related supply chain shortages. Hurricane Ida […]

April 10, 2020

Flood protections, including a temporary floodwall made of HESCO barriers, were erected in Davenport, Iowa, with assistance from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Rock Island District on April 8 in anticipation of the Mississippi River cresting 18 ft, considered […]

September 24, 2018

Louisiana highway projects will get an extra $80 million boost from redistributed federal highway funds that other states did not spend. State officials say this is the largest amount of redistributed federal funds the state has ever received, although this […]