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TOP 10 OF 2012 • 2011 PROJECT UPDATES • ON THE RADAR EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS

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Introduction Tracking the major projects can be like herding stray cats

eeping track of major construction projects in New Orleans is like herd- King cats. When it comes to writing, I really hate using similes but this one couldn’t be more appropriate. More on that later. What’s important at this point is to provide an explanation of how our Top 10 projects are chosen. There’s more to it than sorting out dollar amounts. Back in 2008 when major jobs after Hurricane Katrina FedEx Freight Terminal began to gain momentum, we chose to focus on ongoing St. Rose, Louisiana work for the Top 10 projects. But we also wanted to include in the publication other developments that were nearly com- Kenner, LouisianaanaisiuoL,renneK 504.466.14488441.664.405 www.favcon.commoc.nocvaf.www plete or still in conceptual phases. We added “In Progress” and “On the Radar” to our line- TheTThhhee DesignDeesssiiigggnn /BuildBBuuuiiillldd PPrProfessionalsrrooofffeeessssssiiiooonnnaaalllss up to serve as a catchall, but even then we know there are Greg LaRose going to be projects left out or moved back and forth from different categories as progress, or the absence of it, warrants. Our selection process is subjective, but we make the best effort to cover the work generating the most interest in the construction industry. In 2008 for example, the lock replacement project on the Inner Harbor a Company Navigational Canal was No. 2 on our Top Projects list with a cost of $823 million. There’s an update on the IHNC work on page 19 in the “On the Radar” section, but the short version is that nothing has taken place since then and probably won’t for the foreseeable future. Algiers Crossing and Lake Forest Plaza were also on the list four years ago, and both have failed to materialize beyond site preparation in the interim. But we’ve also seen work at Orleans Parish Prison and the Mid-City hospital campus take shape, projects that weren’t on the radar until just recently and the latter of which is likely to stay on our Top Projects list for the next few years. So you can see how keeping track of everything presents a challenge but one that we gladly accept. It’s comparable to recent efforts to bring a stray cat population under control in my neighborhood. With the help of a wonderful volunteer, more than two dozen cats were captured, fixed and returned to our block within a week. But with each cat sighting, we have to determine whether it’s one of the ani- mals that was trapped or one that still needs to be caught. It’s hard to see whether they have the telltale clipped ear to signify that they’ve been spayed or neutered. The effort continues, and so will our work at CityBusiness and the Daily Journal of Commerce, our sister publication devoted to contractors, to keep tabs of the exploding construction scene in the New Orleans region. My advice would be to signup for our daily email updates at neworleansci- tybusiness.com. Hardly a day goes by when we aren’t reporting on a ground- breaking, renovation or completion of a new structure. By all means, those of you who are in the construction trade should get in touch with our newsroom to make sure we’re up to speed with the latest news about your companies and projects and to share industry insight so that we can provide the coverage you need. Like you, we don’t turn away from the tough jobs in our line of work — even if they involve herding cats.

Editor Greg LaRose can be reached at 293-9299 or [email protected]

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TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

$1.8 billion

ine new schools will open to students in 2012 as the first Nsegment of a planned six-phase endeavor to rebuild and renovate public schools in Orleans Parish comes to a close. Ramsey Green, chief operating officer of the Recovery School By Robin Shannon District, which developed the Contributing Writer rebuilding master plan, said [email protected] Mildred Osborne, William Frantz, Carter Woodson, Fannie C. Williams, Charles J. Colton, Crocker Arts and Technology, Parkview and Bienville elementary schools will open by the summer months. Hynes Elementary started classes in January. “We are aiming to open as many as 10 schools in 12 months, or one opening every 1.2 months” Green said. “It is the most amount of school construction in the history of the city and an incredibly exciting project at this point.” Green said the RSD recently started designing the schools involved in Phase II of the rebuild, which will include 17 new schools, 12 renovations and 23 refurbishments. “Carver High goes to bid in the spring with a budget of $48 million,” Green said. “The rebuild of Phillis Wheatley is expected to bid out in June with a budget of $22 million. Fisk Howard, Livingston, Bradley, Dunbar and Wallace are all in the executive Workmen install windows and finish the brickwork on the new Bienville Elementary School in the Filmore neighborhood. design phase.” Green said the RSD had an $838.3 million budget for Phase I and expects to use another $85 million to $100 million on the “Many of these are quick designs and won’t involve a tremen- reduce the number of public schools in Orleans Parish from refurbishments that are involved in Phase II. dous amount of work,” Green said. “Some of the work should about 120 to about 80, a number the RSD deems more suitable be done in 2012.” for student population projections. The project in its entirety has an estimated budget of $1.8 The downsized system will have 67 pre-kindergarten Project description: a six-phase plan to rebuild schools damaged in million. Green said it is still too early to tell whether the money through eighth-grade schools and 17 high schools. The remain- flooding from levee failures after Hurricane Katrina will sustain the project through its sixth and final phase slated ing 50 or so facilities will be demolished, put up for sale or used Start date: June 3, 2008 Expected completion date: 2016 or 2017 for completion as late as 2017. for other purposes. Peak construction employment: estimated 25,000 full-time through “We have been the largest recipient of FEMA money of any The RSD held a series of public meetings to gather pub- the life of the project state entity, and we are doing our best to spend wisely,” he said. lic opinion on school facility assignments and will make final Owner/developer: Recovery School District “The existing projects have only averaged about 3 percent on assignments this year. Other public meetings will be held to Project manager: Jacobs/CSRS change orders, which is really good.” discuss the results of a demographic study of the student The master plan, which was amended in July, is designed to population.

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Project description: widening the Huey P. Long Bridge from two 9-foot- Traffic rolls by on one lane of the Huey P. Long bridge while construction crews build a wider two-lane section. wide lanes to three 11-foot wide lanes in each direction with 8-foot outside and 2-foot inside shoulders; total of 43-feet wide on each side Start date: 2006 Expected completion date: Fall 2013 Peak construction employment: 200 TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Owner/developer: New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Project manager:Tim Todd, project engineer for Louisiana TIMED HUEY P. LONG Managers, a joint venture of GEC Inc., Parsons-Brinckerhoff Inc., and the LPA Group Inc. 2 General contractors: Phase I (pier widening), Massman Construction Co.; Phase II (railroad modification), Boh Brothers Construction Co.; Phase BRIDGE III (main-bridge widening), joint venture between Massman Construction Co., Traylor Brothers Inc. and IHI Inc.; Phase IV (approaches and roadway), joint venture between Peter Kiewit Sons Inc., Massman Construction Co. and Traylor Brothers $1.2 billion Subcontractors: Barriere Construction, Thomas Industrial Coatings

t’s just the appetizer before the main course but for the By the fall of 2013 when the project is completed, the $1.2 into position using massive devices known as strand jacks. I50,000 Huey P. Long Bridge travelers per day who are ready billion bridge will be 43 feet wide on each side with three 11- The sturdy design of the original bridge, allowing for to say goodbye to the old, tightly squeezed lanes foot lanes, an 8-foot outside shoulder and a 2- unique construction and engineering methods during the on the span, their long awaited wishes will soon foot inside shoulder — more than double the widening, has earned the Huey P. Long Bridge a National By Tommy Santora be fulfilled. current 18-foot wide driving surface. Historic Civil Engineering Landmark designation by the Contributing Writer By late spring or early summer, Huey P. Long [email protected] The bridge is supported by steel beams called American Society of Civil Engineers, a distinction given to Bridge traffic will be switched to two new lanes “stringers” ranging from 45 to 60 feet long and just 250 ASCE landmarks in the world, including the Eiffel on the bridge in each direction so the old lanes weighing as much as 7,200 pounds. The girders Tower, Panama Canal and the U.S. Capitol. can be demolished. Once rebuilt, the bridge will be expanded are hoisted into place by 12-ton cranes that slide on rails. But there have been issues with the original span and the to three wider lanes in each direction, said Tim Todd, resident The project also includes construction of new, elevated area surrounding it, Todd said. Crews have removed 10,000 engineer on the project and a project engineer for Louisiana bridge approaches and ramps, and new intersections with traf- feet of asbestos-laden cement and contaminated water line. Transportation Infrastructure Model for Economic fic light signals at Bridge City Avenue and Jefferson Highway. Another challenge has been traffic flow and preparing Development Managers. “We are entering the final phase of the project, and now motorists for bridge closures. The bridge closes at 10 p.m. night- But drivers will have to wait another year or so before the that the project is much more visible and people see the new ly for several hours so construction crews can prepare for the fol- bridge is complete. Two temporary 10-foot-wide lanes on the approaches being worked on to the right and left side of them, lowing day of work and get equipment in place, Todd said. There new approaches are just a foot wider than the existing lanes, and they are getting excited as we’re closer to the end,” Todd said. have also been several 24-hour, weekend closures and a 48-hour there will still be no shoulder on either side. But that will be tem- The widening of the bridge is being carried out using two con- closure that took place during the “Big Lift” phase in April 2011. porary, Todd said, as crews remove the old roadway. Coming struction methods — the standard stick-built method and a new “The public has been very smart and patient. They’re from the West Bank, the new approaches will have an overpass technique known as the span-by-span method, in which pre- used to the repeated lane closures each night by now, and if option of either Clearview Parkway or Jefferson Highway. assembled span sections are constructed on barges and hoisted we’re even a minute off, they let us know,” Todd said.•

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New apartment units are near completion at the former B.W. Cooper housing development.

Project description: rebuild four former public housing sites as mixed- income communities TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Start date: January 2008 Expected completion date: between 2015 and 2017 Peak construction employment: 300 for Lafitte; 275 for St. Bernard; PUBLIC HOUSING 328 for B.W. Cooper Owner/developer: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 3 Development, Housing Authority of New Orleans Project manager: Housing and Urban Development REBUILD General contractors: Central City Partners (McCormack Baron Salazar, New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative, KAI Design and Build), Woodward Design+Build, Providence Community Housing, Enterprise, L&M, Bayou District Foundation, Columbia Residential, KBK Enterprises Subcontractors: Julien Engineering, Louisiana Demolition, Integrated $1.16 billion Pro Services

he brick tenements that once made up the sprawling pub- “There are about 131 units occupied in Phase I, which now known as Columbia Parc, is about 25 percent complete. Tlic housing developments in various New Orleans neigh- wrapped up in May,” Eugene said. “Phase II just finished in Eugene said all 48 units of the phase should be ready by borhoods have given way to mixed income December and 17 of the 142 units are occu- November, and contractors received clearance in December to communities as a multimillion dollar overhaul pied. move forward with vertical construction of phase III. of public housing. By Robin Shannon In addition to new traditional Treme-style “This project includes 120 units designated for seniors Work was completed last year on the $156 Contributing Writer housing structures, Faubourg Lafitte also only and has an anticipated completion date of March 2013,” [email protected] million redevelopment of the former C.J. Peete includes the Sojourner Truth Neighborhood she said. “The redevelopment also includes a community development, now known as Harmony Oaks in Center, which provides community and sup- facility, playground and swimming pool with future plans for Central City. portive services to former Lafitte families, residents of the new an early learning center and commercial component.” Construction began in 2007 and the last of the 460 mixed- Faubourg Lafitte community as well those within the sur- At the former B.W. Cooper site on Earhart Boulevard, con- income rental units were open for tenants by the end of last rounding Treme, Tulane and Gravier neighborhoods. tractors are about 75 percent complete with the first half of year, Housing Authority of New Orleans spokeswoman Eugene said the development team is planning to work with Phase 1, which includes 250 units. The project has a target Lesley Eugene. Lafitte residents on the construction of one or more play- completion date of July. “At last check, there were about 458 residents at Harmony grounds, and they hope to reopen the tennis courts adjacent to The second half of Phase I, which involves 160 units, began Oaks,” Eugene said in late January. “It has been a steady flow the neighborhood center. in October, with completion slated for December. Eugene said back as buildings became free throughout last year.” Additionally, two of the existing historic buildings are being the entire first phase has a price tag of about $127 million. Construction on the third phase of the $450 million rehabilitated into a Head Start Center and daycare facility. “Construction began in 2009 after 1,200 of the original rebuild of the Faubourg Lafitte community in Treme will start Eugene said rehabilitation is about 35 percent complete and 1,500 units were demolished,” Eugene said. “Once complete, in March, with the fourth phase following in June. The third should be finished by September 2013. the new community will include 740 mixed-income units, in phase consists of 141 units, while the fourth adds another 100 In Gentilly, construction on Phase II-B of the $435 million addition to a renovated daycare center, maintenance building to the mix. redevelopment of the former St. Bernard housing complex, and community center.”•

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The historic McDonogh 11 School is being relocated to make room for the new University Medical Center in lower Mid-City.

TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

UNIVERSITY Project description: A new teaching hospital to replace Charity Hospital Start date: end of 2011 4 Expected completion date: spring 2015 Peak construction employment: 2,500 MEDICAL CENTER Owner/developer: State of Louisiana, Louisiana State University Construction manager: Skanska-MAPP Subcontractors: The Beverly Cos.; Malin Construction; Gulf South Piling and Construction; Coastal Fire Protection; Broadmoor; Gallow Mechanical; $1.06 billion MCC Mechanical

niversity Medical Center is coming closer to a reality almost tion team. Owner Malin Maitrejean said his team is also updat- his team is overseeing the procurement process while the site is Useven years after Charity Hospital was closed following ing a sprinkler system in another building, and the company has being prepared. So far, Louisiana contractors have won 80 per- Hurricane Katrina. The new $1.06 billion, 424- submitted bids for additional work on the proj- cent of the bids. bed medical center is scheduled to open in 2015. ect. “That’s a great statistic and we’re proud of it,” he said. The first phase of the new UMC medical cam- By Kerry Duff The Beverly Cos. of Metairie is in the process “We’ve held a number of contractor outreach events for local pus will have five buildings — an ambulatory care Contributing Writer of delivering 15,000 truckloads of Mississippi contractors, small businesses and disadvantaged enterprises to [email protected] building, an inpatient tower, a diagnostic and River sand to the project site. Tom Rish, senior get them engaged in our project.” treatment facility, a parking garage for 1,355 vehi- manager of facilities planning and control for the UMC’s ambulatory care building is going to be built out of cles and a utility building. The hospital will provide comprehen- state of Louisiana and project director for University Medical structural steel. The rest of the hospital buildings will be con- sive medical treatment and trauma services as well as medical Center, said construction crews are using the sand to augment crete. Hergenreder said it will take about 12 months to raise the education. the construction area. structures, and then they will put on the roofs and enclose the The 38-acre campus is in Mid-City and bound by Canal and “Once the ground reaches consolidation, we can start driv- buildings. During peak construction, he estimates 1,500 to South Galvez streets and Tulane and South Claiborne avenues. ing the piles to support the building, which will take about three 1,800 workers will be on the jobsite every day. Skanska MAPP, the construction manager, is being paid months,” he said. “After that’s done, it’ll be a mad rush to get the Skanska plans to prefabricate a number of interiors for the $696 million to oversee the 2 million-square-foot project. building out of the ground.” hospital in a warehouse onsite. The process saves time, Construction crews started working on the site in December. Gulf South Piling of Metairie is manufacturing the 6,200 pre- improves safety and quality and reduces costs of the project, Malin Construction of Metairie, the first subcontractor hired on cast concrete piles for the project. They make between 400 and Hergenreder said. Plans call for prefabricating 550 bathrooms the project, renovated an existing four-story office building on 450 pilings a week and deliver them to the construction site. and 1,100 ceiling corridor racks that are 20 feet long and 8 Roman Street that serves as the headquarters for the construc- Don Hergenreder, project director for Skanska MAPP, said feet wide.•

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In addition to numerous road repair projects around New Orleans, the inside lane of Loyola Avenue is being prepared for a new streetcar line. NEWTOP 10 CONSTRUCTION ORLEANS PROJECTS Project description: road reconstruction and resurfacing work through- 5 out the city, including streetscape and sidewalk projects. Start date: 2006 STREET REPAIRS Expected completion date: varies among projects Peak construction employment: undetermined Owner/developer: City of New Orleans, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development $997 million Project manager: Deputy Mayor Cedric Grant

he battle against beleaguered streets continues in New for the Plum Orchard neighborhood. Rocheblave streets, includes new sidewalks and other pedestri- TOrleans with more nearly $170 million in spending Administration officials are hopeful that additional FEMA an improvements, including bikeways, traffic and pedestrian planned on road repair and other enhancements in 2012. money in the tens of millions will be secured as the result of fed- signs and signals, landscaping and lighting. Plus Concrete Inc. That brings the total amount devoted to street projects in eral and state road and sidewalk reassessments that so far have was awarded the project for $700,000. New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina close to been completed in some two-thirds of the city’s Meanwhile, the city’s continues to address its pothole problem. $1 billion. By Gary Boulard 73 neighborhoods. “In 2011, we filled over 50,000 of them,” Berni said. “We’re Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced that the Contributing Writer “The good news is that the money is coming very aggressive in going after this. It’s just that there has been a Federal Emergency Management Agency was [email protected] in,” city spokesman Ryan Berni said. lot more work to be done than there have been available allocating $52 million for street and sidewalk Cedric Grant, deputy mayor in charge of city resources.” repair work. The allocation followed FEMA awards of $45 mil- infrastructure, contends that repair work and the results of Berni additionally notes that many streets in New Orleans lion for streets in the Lower 9th Ward, $21.8 million for repair street construction can be found in almost any part of the city. were in a dilapidated condition well before Katrina as a result of work in the St. Claude corridor, $16.7 million for the Lakeview “We’re working through the issues,” he said. years of deferred maintenance. area, $7.5 million in Lake Vista and Lakeshore, $4.8 million for A project on Elysian Fields Avenue, awarded to RMD That may be of scant comfort to drivers who want to see Broadmoor and $1.3 million for Milneburg. Holdings, has a construction cost of $1.5 million and includes more work now. In January, Landrieu announced another $14 million in the rehabilitation of that roadway through milling the existing Grant points out that because New Orleans is a city made FEMA spending with $6.9 million earmarked for surface and laying down new asphalt. up of more than 1,600 miles of roads, “There is always going to Pontchartrain Park, $3.6 million for St. Roch and $3.4 million A Bayou Road streetscape project, running from Broad to be more work to do.” •

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Site preparation continues in lower Mid-City at the new Veterans Affairs Hospital.

TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Project description: acute care facility serving military veterans in the Gulf Coast region VETERANS AFFAIRS Start date: May 2010 Expected completion date: 2014 6 Peak construction employment: 2,000 Owner/developer: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs HOSPITAL Project manager: Mark Brideweser, VA Office of Construction and Facilities Management General contractor: Clark McCarthy Healthcare Partners; Landis Construction Co.; Woodward Design+Build Subcontractors: Alack Refrigeration; Allied Construction; BFM Corp.; $995 million BMG Enterprises; Coastal Fire Protection

$995 million Veterans Affairs Hospital is under construc- two 1,000-car garages for patients and staff. allow federal buildings to be within 50 feet of a perimeter road Ation in Mid-City to expand health care services to military Medical campus buildings include inpatient, diagnostic or above parking garages. At the previous medical center, which service members while providing a venue for and treatment, outpatient, transitional living was built in the 1950s, the nursing home was above an eight- medical education and research. and rehabilitation, research and administra- story parking deck. By Kerry Duff The 200-bed facility is on track to open in late tion. It will also have a central utility plant to The design of the new facility calls for gardens, courtyards, a Contributing Writer 2014 and is expected to serve more than 70,000 [email protected] maintain services such electricity, water and gymnasium, a pool and walking paths. Each entry will also have veterans in the Gulf Coast region. waste management for 1,000 people over seven color-coded signage to show visitors where they are, how to nav- “This state-of-the-art medical complex is days in the event of a disaster. igate the building and get to a restroom. one of the largest construction projects ever undertaken by Contractor Steve Maslen of Clark McCarthy Healthcare In terms of patient care, the new hospital will conform to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,” VA project execu- Partners said power generators and other critical components modern medicine and use a holistic approach that focuses on tive Mark Brideweser said. “It will be a prototype for future would be housed in a second-floor utility room 19-feet above individual care. hospitals.” ground level. “At the old hospital, multiple people stayed in the same Brideweser refers to the new development as Project Legacy. “The medical center is also going to have a water collection room, so it was like checking into a barracks,” Brideweser said. VA employees voted on the name with the idea that the hospital system on site that will collect rainwater and supply patients and “Our new hospital will have private rooms and focus on the will be a tribute to veterans from southeast Louisiana and the staff in the event of an emergency,” he said. individual.” Gulf Coast region, he said. The VA medical center will be built to meet International The VA medical center will be affiliated with Louisiana State Project Legacy is on a 30-acre site in New Orleans bound by Building Code requirements for the New Orleans region and be University and Tulane medical schools and share select services Canal, South Galvez and South Rocheblave streets and Tulane able to withstand a Category 3 hurricane. Maslen said they will with the adjacent University Medical Center. Staffing at the VA Avenue. Once built, it will be about 1.6 million square feet with also follow the VA’s physical security guidelines, which do not Hospital will reach 2,200 once the medical center opens.•

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The framework of the U.S. Freedom Pavilion is taking shape as part of the expansion of the National World War II Museum.

TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Project description: a multiphase expansion featuring six pavilions Project cost: $300 million NATIONAL WWII Start date: March 2005 Expected completion date: 2015 7 Peak construction employment: 125 Owner/developer: National World War II Museum MUSEUM Project manager: Erin Comeaux General contractor:Woodward Design+Build (Freedom Pavilion); Brice Building Co. (Campaigns Pavilion) Subcontractors:The Solomon Group; Atherton Pictures; The Taylor $300 million Group; Explus Inc.

onstruction on the National World War II Museum’s $300 uled to take place first, but money from the U.S. Department of state government and $147 million from private donors. To date, Cmillion, six-phase expansion is nearing the halfway mark as Defense and a $15 million gift from Boeing came through for the officials still need $27 million from Congress, $17 million from the U.S. Freedom Pavilion rises in the Warehouse District. Freedom Pavilion quicker. both tax credits and the state, and $75 million in private money. Bob Farnsworth, senior vice president of capital projects Ground has been broken for the Campaigns phase, and The first phase, the E.J. Ourso Discovery Hall, opened in with the museum, says that fourth phase is sched- Farnsworth expects construction to begin on that 2006 to provide new educational facilities and spaces, followed uled to open on later this year, either on Veterans By Christian Moises $35 million project at the beginning of March, by the Solomon Victory Theater, Stage Door Canteen and Day, Nov. 11, or the anniversary of the attack on News Editor with an anticipated opening in mid-2013. American Sector restaurant in November 2009, and the Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7. [email protected] Pile driving is expected to begin within the next Restoration Pavilion in June 2011. “It’s going to be a significant work of archi- 60 days on the final phase, the Liberation Pavilion, The museum had 406,251 visitors in 2010, the latest figures tecture,” Farnsworth said. “It’s a very powerful building we with an estimated opening in 2014. That phase will highlight the available. Of those, 296,563 stayed in a hotel for an average of think will become one of the iconic buildings in the city.” closing months of the war and immediate postwar years. 3.6 nights, according to a quarterly study the museum commis- A key feature of the that exhibit, which will show visitors Even though construction is kicking into high gear on the sions the University of New Orleans’ Division of Business and what it was like to participate in the war on land, at sea and in second half of the expansion, Farnsworth said there’s still a ways Economic Research to conduct. the air, is an interactive submarine experience on the USS to go in terms of fundraising. The study also found that the museum was responsible for Tang in the Pacific where visitors will be able to man specific “We’re doing a good job … but still have a big challenge to 119,437 of all visitors who came to the city that year. positions and perform the battle actions of crewmembers. raise more,” he said. Farnsworth said the entire expansion should be complete by Construction of the Campaigns of Courage Pavilion, which The museum’s goal was to receive $60 million from Congress, 2015, “while we still have some veterans to be alive to be hon- will show what led to the fight in Europe and Asia, was sched- $33 million from state and federal tax credits, $60 million from ored, because this is for them.”•

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The new main building of the Orleans Parish Prison is expected to open in 2014.

TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Project description: The main facility includes inmate housing, an intake-processing center and administrative offices. A kitchen facility is also under construction. ORLEANS PARISH Start date: August 2011 Expected completion date: 2014 8 Peak construction employment: 350-400 Owner: Orleans Parish Sherriff’s Office PRISON COMPLEX Project management: Ozanne Construction Co. of New Orleans, d.b.a. OMK; Montgomery Watson Harza General contractors: Main facility — The McDonnel Group and Archer Western Ltd.; kitchen — Woodward Design+Build Subcontractors: Fisk; Frischhertz Electric Co.; Baker Pile Driving and $224 million Site Work; Gootee Construction; Cajun Concrete; New Orleans Glass

onstruction of the $145 million Orleans Parish Prison that Jefferson Davis Parkway to Broad Street. The new building is secure holding facilities, medical screening, inmate release, Ckicked off in August is well under way. being constructed using American Correctional Association property rooms and two courtrooms. It will also have a secure Work crews are installing underground standards. Project Manager Ken Ball of Ozanne and enclosed vehicle port where arrested individuals can be drainage, permanent power sources and water Construction Co. in New Orleans said OPP is safely taken into custody. By Kerry Duff service that will feed the fire suppression sys- going to be an ultra-modern facility with the The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office is going to be located in Contributing Writer tem of the building. [email protected] most up-to-date security technology. the three-story administration area that will also accommodate Allan McDonnel, president of The “This facility is going to provide safe, secure specialized training and education programs. McDonnel Group, a general contractor on the living and working conditions for the inmates A $79 million kitchen and warehouse is also under construc- project, said crews are working six days a week and everything and deputies,” he said. “It will have good visual site lines, differ- tion on the property. Woodward Design+Build of New Orleans is on schedule, so the new prison should open in 2014 as ent levels of security based on different classifications of inmates is the contractor for the three-story, 165,000-square-foot project planned. housed there, natural light and better space for inmate training that is on schedule to be completed by late 2012. “Right now we have a crew of 50 working diligently from 6 and education programs.” The first floor will be warehouse space with more than a mile a.m. to 10 p.m. six days a week installing foundations and infra- Inside the new 433,409-square-foot prison will be inmate of shelving, if it were laid end to end. Food services and kitchen structure on the site,” he said. “The new structure will sit on housing, an intake-processing center and administrative offices. equipment will be on the second floor. 3,000 concrete pilings that are 160 feet deep, so we have two The four-story housing area will accommodate 1,438 inmates. It will be able to prepare 25,000 meals in a 12- to 14-hour pile-driving rigs working 70 hours a week. It will take about six It will have 20 housing units with 30 cells per unit, and each cell period and maintain prepared meals in its freezer for 45 days. months to put them all in. Then about July or August, we will will house two inmates. The central plant will occupy the third floor and is capable of start putting up concrete walls. The entire project is going to The cells are precast concrete and will be fabricated offsite in producing eight megawatts of emergency power generation. take approximately 30,000 cubic yards of concrete, which is Baton Rouge, transported by truck and put together like an erec- Federal Emergency Management Agency reimbursements enough to fill an entire football field 18 feet deep.” tor set, McDonnel said. and 2008 voter-approved bonds issued are the funding sources The site of the new facility is on Perdido Street and runs from The intake center will contain processing and booking areas, for both projects.•

12A CITYBUSINESS TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Photo by Tracie Morris Shaefer/Port of New Orleans Morris Shaefer/Port Tracie by Photo

Major port projects New Orleans Cold Storage facility Cost: $35 million The Royal Caribbean vessel Voyager of the Seas docks at the improved Julia Street Cruise Terminal. Expected completion date: July General contractor:The McDonnell Group, Primus Builders Inc of Atlanta

Cargo crane installation TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Cost: $26.5 million Completed: February PORT OF NEW General contractor: Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Intermodal freight yard 9 Cost: $24.3 million Expected completion date: To be determined ORLEANS EXPANSION General contractor: To be determined Julia Street Terminal Expansion Cost: $17.5 million Opened: November $103.3 million General contractor: Ryan Gootee General Contractors

he Port of New Orleans is putting the finishing touches Deborah Keller, port development director. Keller said refrigeration equipment continues to arrive to be Ton the the installation of two new container cranes with a For many ports, such an extensive and expensive addition installed at the new facility. combined price tag of $26.5 million. to its infrastructure would be enough for one year. But the port Port officials are also laying the groundwork for the con- Capable of lifting up to 65 tons each, the is in the middle of a wave of new construction struction of a new intermodal freight rail terminal, a project cranes are installed at the Napoleon Avenue By Gary Boulard that combined two separate cruise ship termi- long sought and finally made real as a result of an award Container Terminal. With a 110-foot lift height Contributing Writer nals into one at the Julia Street Cruise Ship announced in December from the federal Transportation and 167-foot reach, they are twice as long as the [email protected] Terminal. It was completed in November at a Investment Generating Economic Recovery grants program. four cranes already in use at the port. cost of a $17.5 million. The $16.7 million TIGER award is specifically targeted for Their length alone required extensive prepa- At the Henry Clay Avenue Wharf, work is near- the creation of a specialized rail yard near the Napoleon Avenue ration, port spokesman Chris Bonura said. ing completion on a $35 million cold storage terminal that will Container Terminal. The terminal will be built on 12 acres of rail “There is only naturally a stability issue,” he said. “The far- provide a new deep draft location for New Orleans Cold Storage, yard and include an adjacent four-acre cargo marshaling yard. ther you reach out, the more you need a wider and more stable which has had a presence at the port for more than a century. The Port of New Orleans and the Louisiana Port Construction base so that the cranes don’t tip over.” “We needed some place on the river where refrigerated and Development Priority Program have committed a combined Following a testing and quality assurance program that con- ships could come and dock,” Bonura said. $7.6 million for the construction of the new facility. cluded in mid-February, the cranes were put to work. The cold storage terminal, which will augment New As of press deadline, construction had not begun on the inter- “When you are putting something into operation as sophis- Orleans Cold Storage’s longtime facility at the Jourdan Road modal facility. Bonura said preliminary engineering was under ticated as this, there is a lot of quality control involved,” said Terminal, is scheduled to be ready for use by the summer. way in advance of a public bidding process for contractors.•

FEBRUARY 24, 2012 13A Image courtesy Bayer Properties Image courtesy Bayer

An artist’s rendering of the Shoppes at Fremaux, which is planned near Interstate 10 in Slidell.

TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Project description: mixed-use development in Slidell, with the Phase I retail component consisting of about 300,000 square feet of leaseable space, THE SHOPPES to be built on Interstate 10 just south of the junction with interstates 12 and 59, between Fremaux Avenue and Old Spanish Trail. Start date: summer 2012 10 Expected completion date: fall 2013 AT FREMAUX Peak construction employment: undetermined Owner/developer: Developed, managed and leased by Birmingham- based Bayer Properties, in partnership with Robert Levis and Corporate Realty Project manager: Scott Bloomston, Bayer Properties General contractor: Hoar Construction, Birmingham, Ala. $100 million Subcontractors: to be announced

fter four years of waiting out a sluggish economy and lack of regional retail development in the Slidell area.” gauge retail, office and residential building interest for possible Aretail investment nationwide, Bayer Properties is ready to The project began in 2008 when Bayer acquired 400 acres on further development in the area. move forward with the first phase of its $100 mil- the site in a partnership with businessman Robert Silverstein said the city of Slidell has finished several infrastruc- lion retail development project in Slidell. It features By Tommy Santora Levis and Corporate Realty. The original projec- ture improvements around the project site, including the building 300,000 square feet of leasable space off the Contributing Writer tion for the site called for about 700,000 square feet of Summit Boulevard to access the development; drainage Interstate 10 Fremaux Avenue exit, between [email protected] of mass and specialty retail and restaurants, com- improvements and installation of water and sewer lines along the Fremaux and Old Spanish Trail. bined with residential units, education, research road; relocation of a drainage ditch; and widening a drainage canal. Confirmed retail tenants include Best Buy and medical facilities and outparcel space. The This infrastructure work was critical in attracting retailers to (30,000 square feet), T.J. Maxx (26,000 square feet) and project was to be comparable to Bayer’s mixed-use retail devel- the site, Silverstein said. Michael’s (21,300 square feet). Approximately 10 more retailers opments in Birmingham, Ala.; Louisville, Ky.; and Reno, Nev. In December, the Slidell City Council cut in half a 1-cent are in the works with a planned opening date of the fall of 2013, “Retailers were just reluctant to open any stores in the down- sales-and-use tax that was put in place in 2008 for retailers invest- said Bayer Principal David Silverstein, who would not release the turn of the economy, and so we just had to wait for the economy ing at The Shoppes at Fremaux. The revenue reimburses Bayer names of possible tenants until the leases are finalized. to improve, and now retailers are focusing on new opportunities for infrastructure improvements around the site. Construction will begin this summer. again,” Silverstein said. “We have a substantial investment in this “We have had a very solid relationship with the parish and “We’re looking forward to finally going vertical on this proj- project, and we feel as strongly about it today as we did in 2008 city of Slidell throughout the entire process, and we look forward ect,” Silverstein said. “The access to the site is advantageous and when we partnered on the project.” to bringing a top-notch, retail development to the area where attractive to retailers and the public, and there is a need for a Silverstein said after the first phase is complete, they will again businesses will invest in the future of the city,” Silverstein said.•

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012 15A An upcoming project in the City Park master plan is the construction of a miniature golf course. It’s expected to open this summer.

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CAUSEWAY-INTERSTATE 10 EXCHANGE

2011 — $86 million (Causeway interchange work)

Phase 1 of the interchange was scheduled to be complete in early 2011 after the new ramp Aymami Frank by Photo from I-10 West to North Causeway opened in December 2010. Work on Phase 2, which includes an onramp from southbound Causeway to I-10 West, CITY PARK REDEVELOPMENT was scheduled for completion by the summer of 2012. Meanwhile, the state was scheduled to let a $50 million to $70 million contract to widen 2011 — $143 million I-10 between Veterans Boulevard and Clearview Parkway in March. Work will include Park administrators had raised $84 million for upgrades and repairs, but the price of the expanding the 1.2-mile stretch from three to five lanes, in addition to bridge and ramp work master plan has risen more than $10 million. and a construction of a sound wall. Plans for 2011 included moving into the new administration building, which was finished in January, starting work on a miniature golf course, additional road repairs and 2012 — $128 million installing more than 100 streetlights. (Interchange work and Causeway-Veterans widening) The park also was expected to break ground on a new festival area and build the Arbor Phase 2, which will provide elevated eastbound and westbound ramps for southbound Room venue at Popp Fountain. Future projects include new golf courses and clubhouses, a Causeway Boulevard to I-10, is still on track to be completed by this summer. The south- new skate park, an addition to the Botanical Garden’s conservatory and construction of an bound onramp from Causeway to I-10 East opened earlier this month. environmental education center. The final stretch of I-10 work, which will widen 1.2 miles of the interstate from three to five lanes in each direction between Veterans and Clearview, was awarded to Baton Rouge- 2012 — $143 million based JB James Construction last summer. Work started in October on the $42.4 million The Arbor Room opened in September, while a nearly $3.4 million contract was awarded to project, which will include ramp and bridge work to accommodate the widening and a create a new 50-acre festival space on part of the former South Golf Course behind Christian sound wall, and is expected to be completed in late summer or early fall 2013. Brothers School. Plans call for a three-quarter-mile pedestrian path, soccer fields, a shelter, bathrooms and an open space that will accommodate a 40,000-person event. The site will serve as the new home for the Voodoo Music Experience. Park officials plan to put a nearly $1 million miniature golf course out to bid in March in addition LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 1 UPGRADES to a multimillion dollar championship golf course, which will take up parts of the former east and west golf courses, later this year. Plans also call for a $5 million splash park contract to be up for grabs. 2011 — $1.54 billion The first phase of Louisiana Highway 1 upgrades was completed in September, with a two-lane elevated highway south of Leeville to Louisiana Highway 3090 and a new Leeville Bridge. FEDERAL CITY Nearly $3.5 million in preconstruction work was underway on the second phase, a $360 million project to elevate about 9 miles of highway from Leeville to Golden Meadow. 2011 — $750 million In addition to securing 21 rights-of-way from property owners along the corridor, Federal City, a 155-acre mixed-use development that would serve as the new national head- which was expected to be complete by July, workers are focused on geotechnical work, quarters of the Marine Corps Reserve, was set to be completed by April 1 and open by June 1. drilling every 200 feet to make sure the pilings that will be installed can withstand a 1-in- The 411,000-square-foot Marine Force Reserve building is only about 15 percent of the 100 year storm surge. A timeframe for work after that is completed is unknown. entire project. The facility will also include a $21 million retail center with 32,000 square feet of shopping space and 1,000 parking spots, scheduled to open in June. A second retail center 2012 — $1.5 billion with similar specs is in the works, and a third may go up. The Louisiana Highway 1 Coalition is still trying to secure funding for Phase 2, which was The retail is part of the Town Center portion, with two other components intended to broken up into three segments to spread out the estimated $320 million price tag. The first benefit military members, their families and the surrounding community. One is an existing part will include a $45 million upgrade and elevated highway around Golden Meadow. The fitness center the YMCA has agreed to renovate and operate, and the other an 11,000-square- second $215 million phase will be the elevated highway from Golden Meadow to Leeville, foot multipurpose auditorium. followed by the final $60 million section that will connect with the recently opened Leeville Bridge. A $12 million design contract for the first segment was expected to go out for bid 2012 — $750 million before the end of February. The YMCA branch at Federal city is expected to open this month, with a new aerobic studio In addition to Phase 2, officials continue to look for funding for Phase 3, a $380 million and basketball gym. The town center retail complex was completed in 2011, and the New project to continue Louisiana Highway 3235 for about 19 miles from Larose north to U.S. Orleans Police Department 4th District moved from its old headquarters on Sanctuary Drive to Highway 90, and Phase 4, a $580 million project to add an elevated two-lane highway Federal City in January. between Golden Meadow and Port Fourchon. The Navy Federal Credit Union also has opened a branch on the site.

16A CITYBUSINESS TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS CityBusiness file photo The last phase of the Interstate 10 Twin Span replacement project involves tearing down the old approaches and using a portion for recreational purposes.

RIVERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT TWIN SPAN REBUILD

2011 — $250 million 2011 — $803 million Construction on Crescent Park, the first part of a six-phase, $250 million redevelopment of The new Interstate 10 Twin Span Bridge was in the final stages of construction and on time for unused industrial space along the Mississippi River, started in November 2010. The $30 mil- completion at the end of the year. lion section spans 1.4 miles of public open space from Elysian Fields to Poland avenues. The Demolition work on the bridge that was damaged during Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge park will include 20 acres of landscaping, bike paths, playgrounds and a dog run. The was nearly complete as of February 2011, while caps and girders were in place for the west- Mandeville Street Shed and Piety Street Wharf will be converted into multi-use pavilions. bound bridge, with about six segments remaining on the South Shore remaining and about 10 The park was scheduled to be ready by November 2012. left on the North Shore end. Roadwork was about 85 percent complete. Crescent Park is the only phase Mayor Mitch Landrieu had approved, but other segments In the summer of 2009, the eastbound span opened, while the westbound span opened in may come online after the initial phase is complete and more money becomes available. The the spring of 2010, with traffic being funneled to the westbound bridge while work on the South other five phases would extend the park from the Industrial Canal to Jackson Avenue. Shore approaches continued.

2012 — $250 million 2012 — $803 million Crescent Park, the only phase that has been approved, has been delayed. Construction along the The eastbound approaches on the South Shore were opened Aug. 15, and both bridges were river was stalled because of higher water levels in the spring of 2011. completely opened Sept. 13. Roof demolition and remediation of the Mandeville Wharf columns and deck are under Electrical work is expected to be completed by April, while crews continue to install light- way along North Peters Street. Repairs to the underside of the Mandeville Wharf shed and ing protection for overhead structures such as signs and message boards. the Piety Wharf deck will create crossings for residents in the Marigny and Bywater neigh- The Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration was given 658 spans and 586 substruc- borhoods into the park. ture elements from the original bridges to be used for a shoreline protection project on Lake Additional water and sewer improvements, landscaping work and site grading along the Borgne. The state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will use rubble from the damaged entire length of the park are also underway. spans to develop a coastal reef in the middle of Lake Pontchartrain. St. Tammany Parish also started work on a fishing pier that uses 71 spans from the original TASK FORCE HOPE bridges. It will include a water station, lighting, a small covered pavilion and other amenities. 2011 — $14.6 billion VALERO ENERGY NORCO FACILITY Work on the region’s Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System, which falls under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ $14.6 billion Task Force Hope project, was expected to be finished on schedule by June 1. 2011 — $1.4 billion More than 70 prime contractors were engaged in multiple projects that included raising After a delay of more than a year because of the economy, Valero Energy Corp. was on the verge levees and replacing floodwalls. The new system also includes surge barriers, state-of-the-art of building a $1.4 billion expansion at its Port of South Louisiana refinery. Work initially was esti- pump stations and coffer dams spanning 350 miles in five parishes. mated to be finished by the end of 2013 once construction of the new Norco refinery was Task Force Hope will retain staff beyond June for continuing construction. In one extend- relaunched, but plans were reconfigured for a late 2012 completion. ed project, the corps will add more soil to the region’s levees in periodic “lifts” to combat Michael Kreider, major projects director for Valero said pile driving was the only work done subsidence or sinking. before the project was put on hold. No major mechanical contracts had been awarded, and all subcontract work was suspended when work was paused. 2012 — $14.6 billion As of January, $10.8 billion has been obligated toward ongoing phases of Task Force Hope. 2012 — $1.3 billion The system, a 133-mile perimeter system capable of withstanding a 100-year storm surge, is Construction is on schedule to be completed by the end of the year. The new hydrocracker now 98 percent complete. will process about 60,000 barrels a day of crude oil into diesel fuel and gasoline. Houston- Construction continues on three major projects including the Causeway Bridge ramp and based engineering firm CB&I Inc. was awarded the contract for the project, which has floodwall at Lake Pontchartrain; the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Surge Barrier on the employed about 1,000 contract construction workers. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at Lake Borgne, which is 95 percent complete; and the Seabrook The majority of the work left involves bringing together components of the hydrocracker, Floodgate Complex on the Industrial Canal, which is 55 percent complete. assembling it and erecting and connecting it at the site. The entire project is expected to be All pump station repairs are complete and all storm proofing construction projects have complete by the end of 2012 with the startup of the unit coming in early 2013. been awarded. The bulk of the work remaining is now being overseen by the Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration and Team New Orleans, the local branch of the corps. FEBRUARY 24, 2012 17A ON THE RADAR Entergy Louisiana Nine Mile Point Facility Rendering courtesy Entergy Corp. Rendering courtesy Entergy he regulatory approval is falling into tricity that will come from the Westwego site. Tplace for Entergy Louisiana to build a Parent company Entergy Corp. chose to $721 million electricity genera- build the new unit outside the tion unit at its Nine Mile Point By Greg LaRose city so that in case a natural dis- power plant in Westwego. Editor aster directly impacted New The Louisiana Public Service [email protected] Orleans, power could be Commission is reviewing plans obtained from a nearby facility for the natural gas-powered, 550- to provide a quicker recovery. megawatt generator. Company officials esti- The project is expected to create hun- mate the new unit will save customers $26 mil- dreds of jobs, Entergy officials said, and 17 lion to $53 million a year. new positions with the utility company. If approval goes as expected, Entergy will In addition to Entergy New Orleans, plans begin construction on the generation unit also call for Entergy Gulf States, which serves this year with the goal of bringing it online by the Baton Rouge region, to buy power from petroleum coke. Almost three years ago, the Entergy wants to build a $721 million mid-2015. Once up and running, it will Nine Mile Point. utility was seeking the Public Service electricity generation unit at its Nine replace two older power units that were built The project marks another move by Commission’s approval to make the switch to Mile Point power plant in Westwego. in the 1950s. Entergy to replace its legacy power plants with what was at the time a less expensive power The unit will also allow Entergy New more efficient natural gas-burning units. In source than natural gas. Orleans customers to tap into a new power sup- addition to its construction plans, Entergy also Environmentalists voiced strong objec- ply to reduce its dependency on the outdated purchased one of two natural gas-fueled gener- tions to the idea, and anticipated regulatory Michoud power plant in eastern New Orleans. ators at the Acadia Energy Center near Eunice. compliance measures sent the cost of the con- The New Orleans City Council gave its The Nine Mile Point marks an about-face version from $1 billion to $1.76 billion. OK in February for Entergy New Orleans from fairly recent plans Entergy had to con- Entergy announced in April 2009 that it was customers to pay 20 percent of the construc- vert its Little Gypsy power plant in St. shelving its plans for Little Gypsy for at least tion costs, in line with the share of their elec- Charles Parish from natural gas to coal and three years.•

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t’s more likely that the structure that of federally maintained levees, the corps’ Iallows ships to travel between the funding and spending priorities have been Mississippi River and Gulf altered. Subsequent disasters Intracoastal Waterway will By Greg LaRose have stretched its resources reach its 90th anniversary next Editor thinner, and federal money for year than the project to replace [email protected] the IHNC lock project hasn’t it will be funded. been allocated since 2009. The Inner Harbor Navigation If it ever materializes, the Canal lock has far exceeded its 50-year life new lock structure will be built north of cycle, but a $1.3 billion upgrade is on hold Claiborne Avenue near the former Galvez while a federal court considers the environ- Street Wharf. mental impact of the U.S. Army Corps of Plans for the new lock call for a 36-foot Engineers’ plan. depth, a 4.5-foot increase from the existing Even with the court’s blessing, the money structure. It would also be widened from 75 to to build a new lock remains in question. 110 feet and doubled in length to 1,200 feet. Work on building a new lock structure in the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal is on hold while a court considers Congress originally authorized a replacement Since its replacement was approved in the environmental impact of the project. Congress has not authorized the money needed for the $1.3 billion in 1953, but actual construction wasn’t 1956, the federal government has spent more replacement. approved until 1998. than $100 million on design and testing. Planning has spanned years, and the corps In 2001, when the demolition of the has purchased land from the Port of New Galvez Street Wharf and other site prepara- Orleans to allow for construction. URS Corp. tion work was approved, the replacement was awarded the design contract in 2002, and project had a $603 million price tag. soil, sediment and water samples were being Once approved and funded, the work to collected in late summer of 2005. replace the lock is expected to take more than Since Hurricane Katrina and the failure a decade.•

FEBRUARY 24, 2012 19A ON THE RADAR General ContractingClarneGe o . Design-BuildD.ngictatrn dliuB-gnise CoConstructiontsn r ManagementanaMnoitcu g tneme MRGO restoration he U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has real estate acquisition and other costs.” Tbegun a final draft report on a $2.9 bil- Mueller said the corps’ plan would remedi- lion project to restore lake and ate an area in southeast Louisiana marsh ecosystems the Mississippi and southwest Mississippi By Robin Shannon River Gulf Outlet shipping chan- encompassing Lake Borgne, Lake Contributing Writer nel has altered, using extensive [email protected] Pontchartrain, the central wet- public comments from a series of lands, Biloxi Marsh in St. Bernard public hearings held in Louisiana Parish, West Mississippi Sound and Mississippi. and Cat Island. Originally opened in the 1950s to expedite The corps wants to divert fresh water from shipping traffic from the Gulf of Mexico, MRGO the Mississippi River to reduce salinity and was closed to deep-draft navigation in 2009 help rebuild wetlands. The site for the diver- when it was determined that the channel had sion channel is still being vetted by residents acted like a funnel, concentrating Hurricane and government leaders. Forty sites were under Katrina’s storm surge and compromising the consideration, and the corps has narrowed its region’s levees and flood protection. alternatives down to four. The plan for MRGO’s future includes the The project, which could span up to 10 restoration of more than 6,000 square miles of years, includes restoring cypress trees and other land and water. vegetation to build new marshes. The shore- Lee Mueller, a public affairs contractor for lines will be shored up with rock breakwaters, the corps, said the project development team and oyster reefs will be created. has reviewed and responded to 27,000 com- The plan also includes the development of ments obtained through the public review recreational sites in the Lower 9th Ward, process, and the final report is being drafted. It Meraux and Shell Beach. will undergo an internal review process and will Mueller said the corps intends to present be provided to the public for another round of the final plan to Congress this fall. The federal reviews this summer. government has authorized the program, but “The tentatively selected plan, which con- construction money still must be allocated. sidered several alternatives, would result in the If the corps can find a required, nonfederal greatest ecosystem restoration benefits for the sponsor to share costs, and if Congress approves www.bricebuilding.comwwwww.mbecirb ui idl ng oc. study area,” Mueller said. “The current price the plan and appropriates funding, rehabilitation tag does not include engineering and design, around MRGO could begin in 2016.•

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he panel responsible for reviewing pro- selection committee, Provident-DAG represen- Aymami Frank by Photo Tposals to redevelop the former Six Flags tatives provided a sizeable list of prospective site in eastern New Orleans has tenants for the New Orleans outlet narrowed its choices to one. By Greg LaRose mall — including Nordstrom, On Feb. 6, a city selection com- Editor Victoria’s Secret and Brooks mittee rejected a proposal to put [email protected] Brothers — but later acknowledged another amusement park on the that there are no confirmed tenants 150-acre property in favor of an yet for the Jazzland site. upscale outlet mall. The outlet mall proposal will next enter a The joint venture of Provident Realty public comment stage, after which it will go Advisors and DAG Development is behind back before the selection committee for a Jazzland Outlet Mall, a $40 million plan that final endorsement. If the mayor’s office gives includes 400,000 square feet of retail and its approval, it will trigger the start of a six- entertainment space. The developers say they month to one-year due diligence period dur- will adapt some of the remaining theme park ing which the city will pledge not to pursue elements that remain in place at the site. other proposals. Future phases of the proposal call for an Any incentives that are part of the deal amphitheater, a water park and a hotel. would require vetting from the appropriate Developers who are proposing turning the Six Flags site in eastern New Orleans into an outlet mall say they RCS Entertainment was proposing to authorizing body. Tax increment financing plan to retain some of its amusement park features. reopen an amusement park on the property, would involve the Louisiana Legislature and but committee members cited the group’s City Council setting up a special taxing district and interested retailers. would develop a Nickelodeon network-themed inexperience in rejecting the idea. and agreeing to divert collections to pay for The Six Flags site has been dormant since park at the site in 2010. Developers had request- While Provident has build comparable development. If money from municipal bonds Hurricane Katrina, and the city has sought ed $100 million in Gulf Opportunity Zone outlet malls throughout the country, questions is used to pay for construction, the Industrial alternatives since it took over the property in bonds from the Industrial Development Board. remain about the ability of developers to pay Development Board must approve their sale. late 2009. That was when a bankruptcy judge Viacom, the parent company of for the Jazzland project. They readily admit Some site preparation is expected to take allowed Six Flags Inc. to exit its lease with the Nickelodeon, backed out of the deal three that some sort of financial incentive from the place during the due diligence period, but the city in exchange for cash payments. months later when Southern Star couldn’t city will be needed to start work. developers could walk away from the deal if Former Mayor Ray Nagin announced in secure the money needed to meet a deadline During their January presentation to the they can’t pull together the necessary money August 2009 that Southern Star Amusement for moving the project forward.•

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Woodward 822-6443 $248 270 construction, design, 65 percent 25 OPCSO warehouse, kitchen and Paul H. Design+Build 822-9493 million 1924 engineering, steel, 10 percent percent central plant, WWII Museum Freedom Flower 1000 S. Jefferson Davis [email protected] millwork 0 percent 5 percent Pavilion, 313 Carondolet, Blue Plate president Parkway www.woodwarddesignbuild.com Lofts, Benson Tower, Federal City and CEO New Orleans 70125 Marine Corps Support Facility, parking garage, auditorium and YMCA Walton Construction - 733-2212 $225 175 pre-construction, 100 percent 0 percent Jefferson Parish Administration William a CORE Company 733-2214 million 2003 construction, design- 0 percent 0 percent Building, Bienville Elementary School, Petty 2 Commerce Court [email protected] build, construction 0 percent 19th Judicial District Courthouse, president New Orleans 70123 www.waltoncore.com management BRAC Package 1A at Naval Air Station - Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Fort Polk Barracks renovation Gibbs Construction 733-4336 $151 160 commercial general 100 percent 0 percent Superdome grand staircase, U.S. Larry Gibbs 5736 Citrus Blvd., Suite 734-1417 million 1976 construction, design- 0 percent 100 Custom House renovations, Rice Mill CEO 200 [email protected] build 0 percent percent Lofts, Rouses Supermarket, New Harahan 70123 www.gibbsconstruction.com Orleans BioInnovation Center, Walk- On's Bistreaux & Bar MAPP Construction 833-6277 $138 198 general contractor 83 percent 0 percent Global Green, USA Holy Cross Michael A. 601 Poydras St., Suite 833-6074 million 1991 14 percent 0 percent Community Center; H&E Services; Polito 1715 [email protected] 2 percent Weiser Security headquarters; Little president New Orleans 70130 www.mappconstruction.com Woods Elementary; LaPlace and CEO Elementary; Jackson Barracks Joint Forces Annex facilities; Entergy Corporate headquarter renovations; Value Place Hotel & WoW Wingery complex Broadmoor 885-5400 $92 110 general contracting, 53 percent 14 Lafitte Housing Development, Jotun John A. 2740 N. Arnoult Road 885-6065 million 1973 design-build, 33 percent percent Paint Facility, NASA Michoud Stewart Metairie 70002 [email protected] construction 0 percent 0 percent Redundant Pump Station, Nobel president www.broadmoorllc.com management Energy - Alen Project, Ochsner Internal Medicine Facility, KOS/Shell Olympus MARS B Brice Building Co. 887-7020 $85 50 general contracting, 100 percent 0 percent Louisiana Cancer Research Center, Frank C. 3500 N. Causeway 887-7090 million 1952 design-build, 0 percent 0 percent Church of the King, Ochsner Clinic Dudenhefer Blvd., Suite 350 [email protected] construction 0 percent Foundation III Metairie 70002 www.bricebuilding.com management vice president and general manager - New Orleans The McDonnel Group 219-0032 $76 46 general construction, 80 percent 10 Joy Theater renovation, Orleans Allan 3350 Ridgelake Drive, 219-0095 million 2000 pre-construction 10 percent percent Parish Sheriff's Office New Prison, McDonnel Suite 170 [email protected] services, 0 percent 0 percent Corps of Engineers Pump Station #13, president Metairie 70002 www.mcdonnel.com construction Port of New Orleans Riverfront Cold management, Storage Facility, Baker Donaldson Law design-build Office renovations, Concourse D expansion at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Treatment Center at TGMC, St. Margaret's Daughters Home Mercy Hospital renovations, Sheraton New Orleans renovations, Tulane Medical Center renovations, Tulane Hospital renovations, Shell MetOcean Training M.R. Pittman Group 733-3040 $67 45 general contractor 0 percent 100 Harahan Pump to River Drainage Michael R. 505 Commerce Point 733-3042 million 2004 0 percent percent Pump Station, U.S. Army Corps of Pittman Harahan 70123 [email protected] 0 percent 0 percent Engineers president mrpittman.com

DonahueFavret (985) 626-4431 $66 47 pre-construction 100 percent 0 percent Hyatt Regency New Orleans; The Jack Contractors Inc. (985) 626-3572 million 1979 services, 0 percent 0 percent Groves at Mile Branch Creek; Joseph Donahue / 3030 E. Causeway [email protected] commercial 0 percent B. Lancaster Elementary School John Approach www.donahuefavret.com construction, design Donahue Mandeville 70448 build chairman / president and CEO

FEBRUARY 24, 2012 23A General contractors (ranked by 2011 gross revenue) Percent of volume: Percent Full-time Commercial of Phone employees Light volume: Fax 2011 Year industrial Public Top Company Email Gross founded Heavy works executive Address Website revenue locally Services offered industrial Other Recent local projects Title Satterfield & Pontikes 620-3660 $62 41 general contractor, 2 percent 79 Louis Armstrong New Orleans Joe Construction Group 620-3860 million 2005 construction 0 percent percent International Airport consolidated Montagino 2400 Veterans Blvd., [email protected] manager, design- 0 percent 19 rental car facility, LSU parking vice Suite 105 www.satpon.com build percent garage, Plaquemines Parish Phoenix president Kenner 70062 Pre-K through 12 School; Lawrence D. Crocker Elementary School Landis Construction 833-6070 $61 75 construction, pre- 100 percent 0 Windsor Court Hotel Room James C. Co. 833-6662 million 1956 construction, 0 percent percent renovations, Royal Sonesta Fleur de Landis 8300 Earhart Blvd., [email protected] design-build 0 percent 0 Lis Room, Lagniappe Academy - president Suite 300 www.landisllc.com percent Phase II, Loyola University Thomas and CEO New Orleans 70118 Hall, Xavier University St. Katherine Drexel Chapel Citadel Builders 888-9433 $60 45 construction, design 100 percent 0 Supderdome enhancements, Dome Denzel L. 3516 Hessmer Ave. 888-6997 million 2003 build, construction 0 percent percent Square Phase 1A, Ernest N. Morial Clark Jr. Metairie 70002 [email protected] managment 0 percent 0 Convention Center Hall A president www.CitadelBuilders.com percent renovations, St. Bernard Parish Hospital, Parkview Elementary School, Slidell Cancer Center, Tulane Dinwiddie Hall Ryan Gootee General 832-1282 $42 33 commercial general 100 percent 0 Jesuit High School athletic complex, Ryan P. Contractors 832-8969 million 2004 construction, pre- 0 percent percent Brother Martin Chapel, Julia Street Gootee 1100 Ridgewood Drive [email protected] construction 0 percent 0 cruise terminal, president/ Metairie 70001 www.rggc.com services, design- percent Eskew+Dumez+Ripple office CEO build expansion, Lighthouse for the Blind administration building, Second Harvest Food Bank production/ exhibition kitchens, Joe Brown Park indoor pool, St. Leo the Great building renovations, Rosa Keller Library Cycle Construction 467-1444 $40 85 heavy construction, 0 percent 90 USACE- construction of Pump Jonathan N. Co. 467-1222 million 2000 underground utility 0 percent percent Station OSP-05 USACE-floodwall Kernion 6 E. Third St. [email protected] construction, site 0 percent 10 improvements WBV-44 president Kenner 70062 www.cycleconstruction.com preparation, debris percent removal, demolition, construction management, emergency response Durr Heavy 737-3205 $35 160 site preparation, 20 percent 12 C.J. Peete redevelopment, B.W. Stephen F. Construction 737-3905 million 1955 demolition, 6 percent percent Cooper, St. Bernard Port, VA Demo Stumpf 817 Hickory Ave. [email protected] underground 2 percent 60 CEO Harahan 70123 www.durrhc.com utilities, paving, percent disaster recovery

DV & Associates 304-3941 $29 8 construction, 2 percent 5 Carrollton water power plant, New Harold J. 33 Willow Drive 304-3943 million 2009 management 2 percent percent Orleans 15 MW 60 HZ 4160 V Power "Hal" Gretna 70053 [email protected] 85 percent 1 Generator installation, stormproofing Blakemore www.DVAssoc.com percent repairs and upgrades, West Pointe a Jr. la Hache & Diamond Pump Station president/ Plaquemines Parish, stormproofing CEO and repairs of pump stations - civil construction Calcasieu River Lock, asphalt paving repairs Construction Masters 831-4261 $26 30 general contractor, 5 percent 90 7th District Police Station NOPD; Rene' J. 701 Papworth Ave., 832-0762 million 1989 renovations, new 0 percent percent Office of Motor Vehicles Complex-LA Becnel/Glen Suite 206 [email protected] construction, 0 percent 5 State Department of Public Safety; Newell Metairie 70005 www.constructionmastersinc.com adaptive reuse, percent Bonnabel High School Culinary Arts CEO/ hurricane Center; St. Dominic Elementary president rehabilitation, pre- School window replacement; Dillard construction University Straight Hall exterior services renovations Kent Construction Inc. (985) 626-9964 $25 42 commercial 100 percent 0 St. Tammany Parish Hospital Kyle L. Kent 1875 Highway 59 (985) 626-5434 million 1996 construction, 0 percent percent Women’s Pavilion build-out, Ollie president Mandeville 70448 [email protected] design-build 0 percent 0 Steele Burden Manor renovations, www.kentconstructioninc.com percent Million Air Gulfport Biloxi FBO terminal, Pentecostals of Lee Road Worship Center, Rainbow GMC, Pelican Park White Gym, Capital One-Metairie Ellis Construction 483-9510 $22 28 general contractor 100 percent 0 Superior Seafood, St. Peter Claver Bret Ellis 739 S. Clark St. 483-9520 million 1996 0 percent percent School, St. Bernard Middle School, president New Orleans 70119 [email protected] 0 percent 0 Belle Chase Academy, LaPension www.ellisconstruction.com percent Resort FQ

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24A CITYBUSINESS TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS General contractors (ranked by 2011 gross revenue) Percent of volume: Percent Full-time Commercial of Phone employees Light volume: Fax 2011 Year industrial Public Top Company Email Gross founded Heavy works executive Address Website revenue locally Services offered industrial Other Recent local projects Title Aegis Construction (985) 651-2859 $20 16 design-build, 30 percent 70 LTC Young Classroom building, M. Kent Inc. (985) 651-2854 million 1991 construction 0 percent percent Cajun Coast Welcome Center; St. Liliedahl 456 W. Fifth St. [email protected] management, 0 percent 0 Charles Parish Hospital Emergency president/ LaPlace 70068 www.aegisconstruction.com general contractor percent Room, Ponchtoula Recreation CEO Facility, St. Charles Community Health Center, Harry Hurst Middle School Classroom building and gym. St. Charles Parish Emergency Operations Center F. H. Myers 734-1073 $19 31 general contractor - 100 percent 0 Slidell Municipal Center, Building 2 Fred H. Construction Corp. 734-1099 million 1987 commercial 0 percent percent Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, 4th Myers 520 Commerce Point [email protected] construction, 0 percent 0 District Station Academy of the president Harahan 70123 www.fhmyers.com design-build, pre- percent Sacred Heart, new arts and athletics construction complex U.S. Mint services Rotolo Consultants (985) 643-2427 $16 75 landscape 80 percent 10 City Park Tennis Courts, Lafitte Joe Rotolo Inc. (985) 643-2691 million 1978 construction, 0 percent percent Treme, Columbia Parc, NOVA president 894 Robert Blvd. [email protected] landscape 0 percent 10 Hospital, Reinventing the Crescent, Slidell 70458 www.rotoloconsultants.com maintenance, pool percent YMCA Belle Chasse, New Orleans construction, BioInnovation Center hardscape, remediation Professional 241-8001 $13 50 land and marine pile 10 percent 0 Chevron Oronite at Belle Chasse; Leonard B. Construction Services 245-7475 million 1972 driving, concrete 35 percent percent misc pile driving; Entergy; AT&T; Hebert Jr. Inc. [email protected] foundations, 50 percent 5 Lone Star; IMTT Avondale, Gretna, CEO/ P.O. Box 26245 WND structural steel percent St Rose; Stolthaven; Dupont chairman of New Orleans 70186 fabrication and LaPlace, CHS Myrtle Grove, Bunge the board erection, process Destrehan, Smuckers piping Brackley Construction (985) 727-5505 $12 6 general contractor 50 percent 0 RTD Beverages, First NBC Bank, Patrick 255 W. Florida St., (985) 727-0039 million 1983 and design build 50 percent percent Micros Brackley Suite 200 [email protected] services 0 percent 0 president Mandeville 70448 www.brackleyconstruction.com percent

BEI General 712-0234 $9 5 commercial and 90 percent 10 Mannings Restaurant new Tara Contractors 467-5234 million 1992 residential 0 percent percent construction, Southern Electronics O'Meallie 22278 10th St. [email protected] construction 0 percent 0 renovation, Daughters of Charity owner/ Abita Springs 70420 beigc.com percent Services Metairie Clinic president

Favalora Constructors 466-1448 $8 15 design-build 90 percent 10 FedEx Freight Freight Facility- St. Laurence P. Inc. 467-6139 million 1984 10 percent percent Rose; renovations to Ochsner Favalora 1354 Carroll St., Suite [email protected] 0 percent 90 Medical Office Building- Kenner; president C favcon.com percent Office Building for Fleming Kenner 70063 Construction Goliath Construction 837-6515 $4 8 medical, retail, 100 percent 0 Fidelity Homestead Savings Bank Harry P. Co. Inc. 837-6519 million 1957 banking, religious, 0 percent percent Chalmette branch, Whitney Bank Lazarus 2700 Metairie Lawn [email protected] educational facilities 0 percent 0 Paris Road branch, Beth Israel president Drive www.goliathconstruction.net percent Synagogue Metairie 70002 Conbeth Inc. (985) 898-2214 $4 4 construction, 40 percent 0 Terra Bella traditional development, Randy C. 145 TerraBella Blvd. WND million 1985 development 10 percent percent Willow Bend phase 2 Meyer Covington 70433 [email protected] 0 percent 50 president www.conbeth.com percent

Crane Builders 891-5461 $4 15 residential 20 percent 0 Enterprise Rent-A-Car, McGehee's Rene 3807 Magazine St. million 1980 renovation, light 0 percent percent School, Rich Residence, Bachman Dupaquier New Orleans 70115 [email protected] commercial 0 percent 80 Residence, Campbell Residence president WND percent

Barclay Construction 571-1908 $3 3 framing, interior and 90 percent 5 Gaslight De Jardin Shane 400 Poydras St., Suite 571-1902 million 2009 exterior trim, drywall 5 percent percent Andrews 2107 [email protected] etc. 0 percent 0 CEO New Orleans 70130 WND percent

FEBRUARY 24, 2012 25A Architectural firms (ranked by the number of registered architects)

Telephone Registered Interior Historical Fax architects Staff: Full-time design preservation Name Email Licensed Part-time Renovation Construction Address Website engineers Contract Managing principal(s) Landscaping management Recent local projects Mathes Brierre Architects 586-9303 29 66 Edward C. Mathes Y Y National World War II 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 582-1305 0 0 chairman Y Y Museum expansion, 4100 [email protected] 0 Y Marine Forces Reserve New Orleans 70170 www.mathesbrierre.com headquarters-Federal City, Plaquemines Medical Center, Ellis Marsalis Center- Musicians' Village,Thomas Hall at Loyola University Eskew+Dumez+Ripple 561-8686 18 41 Allen Eskew Y Y New Orleans East 365 Canal St., Suite 3150 522-2253 0 3 Steve Dumez Y N Hospital renovation, New Orleans 70130 [email protected] 0 Mark Ripple N Convention Center Hall www.eskewdumezripple.com principals A renovation, Benson Tower renovations at Champions Square

Sizeler Thompson Brown 523-6472 16 36 I. William Sizeler Y Y Delgado Community Architects 529-1181 0 1 Ian G. Thompson Y Y College Library and 300 Lafayette St., Suite 200 [email protected] 1 Thomas M. Brown Y Learning Resource New Orleans 70130 www.sizelerthompsonbrown.com principals Center - City Park Campus, city of Slidell auditorium, Slidell Memorial Hospital emergency department and cardiology expansion, Jefferson Parish Lakeshore Library Verges Rome Architects 488-7739 15 40 Chip Verges Y Y Christians Brother 320 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite 488-7743 0 2 Steve Rome Y Y School expansion and 100 [email protected] 4 principals N renovations, LSU New Orleans 70119 www.vergesrome.com Dental School additions and renovations, South Plaquemines High School, First NBC Bank Canal Street, Collins Elementary School Manning Architects 412-2000 14 35 Wm. Raymond Y Y Xavier University 650 Poydras St., Suite 1250 412-2001 0 0 Manning Y Y Convocation Center, New Orleans 70130 [email protected] 0 president and CEO Y Pinnacle Baton Rough www.manningarchitects.com Hotel and Casino, city of New Orleans Master Plan and Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance

Holly and Smith Architects (985) 345-5210 12 30 Michael F. Holly Y Y Village de Jardin Senior 208 N. Cate St. (985) 345-5297 0 1 president Y Y Living Village-Eastern Hammond 70401 NA 0 Jeffrey K. Smith Y New Orleans, Monroe www.hollyandsmith.com vice president Hall renovation, Loyola University, Thomas Benson Jesuit Center, Loyola University

Blitch Knevel Architects 524-4634 11 28 Ken Knevel Y Y new University Medical Inc. 524-5128 0 2 vice president Y N Center, Audubon 757 St. Charles Ave. NA 1 Ron Blitch Y Montessori School, St. New Orleans 70130 www.blitchknevel.com president Margaret's at Mercy Medical Center, Xavier University Pharmacy College renovations, Daughters of Charity Clinics Perez 584-5100 10 28 Angela O'Byrne Y Y Louis Armstrong New 317 Burgundy St., Suite 11 584-5140 2 6 president Y Y Orleans International New Orleans 70112 [email protected] 3 Daniel C. Taylor Y Aiport terminal www.e-perez.com executive vice improvements, president and chief Sanchez Community operating officer Center, Patrick F. Mary Alexander Taylor Science and vice president Technology Regional Academy The above information was provided by the firms themselves. Please send any additions or corrections to Research, New Orleans CityBusiness, 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1440, Metairie 70005

26A CITYBUSINESS TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Architectural firms (ranked by the number of registered architects)

Telephone Registered Interior Historical Fax architects Staff: Full-time design preservation Name Email Licensed Part-time Renovation Construction Address Website engineers Contract Managing principal(s) Landscaping management Recent local projects Waggonner & Ball 524-5308 10 19 J. David Waggonner III Y Y Lambeth House New Architects 524-5314 0 1 F. Macnaughton Ball Jr. Y N Nursing and Wellness 2200 Prytania St. [email protected] 0 principals N Center; comprehensive, New Orleans 70130 www.wbarchitects.com sustainable, integrated water management strategy for St. Bernard Parish and the East Banks of Orleans and Jefferson Parishes; Charles J. Colton School Fauntleroy Latham Weldon (985) 893-4100 9 19 Kieran J. Weldon N N Most Holy Trinity Barré Architects (985) 893-4128 0 0 principal and president Y N Catholic Church, 229 St. John Lane NA 0 Keith A. Barré N Recovery School Covington 70433 NA principal and senior District Mildred Osborne vice president School, Archbishop Hannan High School Expansion John C. Williams Architects 566-0888 9 21 John C. Williams Y Y Rouses Market Baronne 824 Baronne St. 566-0897 0 0 principal Y Y Street, Happy's Irish New Orleans 70113 [email protected] 0 N Pub & Walk-On's www.williamsarchitects.com Restaurant, St. Joe Lofts

HMS Architects 636-3434 8 13 Keith R. Steger Y Y LSU Student Union 1515 Poydras St., Suite 2680 636-3435 0 0 president Y Y Theatre, LSU Music and New Orleans 70112 [email protected] 13 Charles B. Montgomery Y Dramatic Arts building, www.hmsarchitects.com Andrew H. Wilson Elementary School

Chenevert Architects 314-1404 7 24 Norman J. Chenevert N Y Southern University at 8200 Hampson St., Suite 200 314-1406 0 1 principal in charge and Y Y New Orleans New Orleans 70118 NA 0 managing member N Information Technology www.chenevertarchitects.com J. Dyke Nelson Center, Jackson principal, chief Barracks recreational operating officer and center, Lawrence D. lead designer Crocker School, YMCA Cheryl Arceneaux Federal City principal and chief financial officer Mark I. Baum principal Duplantis Design Group (985) 447-0090 7 45 David Duplantis N Y St. Charles EOC, L.E. 314 E. Bayou Road (985) 447-7009 10 2 president Y Y Fletcher TCC campus, Thibodaux 70301 [email protected] 0 Y Our Holy Cross ww.ddgpc.com Community, Assumption Parish Community Center

Grace & Hebert Architects 522-2050 7 28 Gerald "Jerry" D. Y Y Orleans Parish Sheriff's 650 Poydras St., Suite 1015 522-3065 0 4 Hebert II Y Y Office new facility, New Orleans 70130 NA 0 president N Orleans Parish Sheriff's www.graceandhebert.com Adam L. Fishbein Office kitchen secretary and treasurer warehouse (consulting Raymond "Jody" J. architect), Katrina Gascon III Cottages (project principal manager) Kriste C. Rigby principal Billes Partners 301-1622 6 14 Gerald W. Billes Y Y Louisiana Superdome, 1055 St. Charles Ave., Suite 324-6222 0 0 CEO and principal Y N Make It Right, William 220 NA 4 Richard S. Kravet N Frantz School New Orleans 70130 www.billespartners.com principal and director of architecture Lisa C. Herron principal and director of business operations Trapolin-Peer Architects 523-2772 6 20 Peter M. Trapolin Y Y Carver High School, 639 Julia St. 523-3081 0 0 president Y N Nunez Community New Orleans 70130 [email protected] 0 Paula M. Peer N College Administration trapolinpeer.com vice president Building, Littlewoods Headstart Preschool

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012 27A Architectural firms (ranked by the number of registered architects) Telephone Registered Interior Historical Fax architects Staff: Full-time design preservation Name Email Licensed Part-time Renovation Construction Address Website engineers Contract Managing principal(s) Landscaping management Recent local projects WDG | Architects Engineers 754-5280 6 26 Ronn P. Babin Y Y Louisiana Air National 1100 Poydras St., Suite 1360 754-5275 6 0 CEO Y Y Guard CERFP Facility, New Orleans 70163 [email protected] 0 Peter J. Jolet N Kenner Housing www.wdgnola.com COO Authority administration building, Alice Harte Elementary School, Turn Services administration building, Associated Terminals administration building, Folgers master planning and administration building, Terrebonne General Medical Center interiors John T. Campo & 598-4440 5 14 John T. Campo Jr. Y Y Dillard University Associates Inc. 598-4448 0 0 president Y Y Camphor/Hartzell 307 Tchoupitoulas St., Suite [email protected] 4 N Dormitories, LaSalle 300 www.jtcampo.com Apartments, Marriott New Orleans 70130 Courtyard Hotel Amarillo and Peoria Lee Ledbetter & Associates 566-9669 5 12 Lee H. Ledbetter Y Y Robert E. Smith Library, 1055 St. Charles Ave., Suite 566-9668 0 2 principal Y N St. Charles Avenue 320 [email protected] 0 N Presbyterian Church New Orleans 70130 www.leeledbetter.com renovations, Hertz practice facility Tulane University, French Sole Canal Place SCNZ Architects 301-3722 5 9 R. Sean Sullivan Y Y Jackson Barracks multi- 2131 Magazine St., Suite 200 301-3724 0 0 Richard Choate Y Y use center, Wesley New Orleans 70130 [email protected] 0 J. Matt Norton N Barrow Stadium, www.scnz.net Jody Zeringue Montleone Hotel Carosel/Piano Bar renovations The Hopkins Co. 838-8700 5 10 George Denegre Y Y Boh, Bartholomew, 3045 Ridgelake Drive, Suite 838-6003 0 1 Hopkins Jr. Y Y Chouest/Austin, Nelson 300 [email protected] 1 chairman/CEO Y Metairie 70002 Hopkinsco.com Steven R. Quarls president/chief operating officer Lachin Oubré & Associates, 835-8013 4 13 Michael Lachin N Y Hughes Elementary, Planners & Project 835-8034 1 1 Y Y Chalmette Elementary, Managers NA 2 N Chalmette High 3000 W. Esplanade Ave., NA Renovations/Additions Suite 302 Metairie 70002 RCL Architecture (985) 727-4440 4 18 Richard C. Lambert Y Y New Orleans Lakefront 900 W. Causeway Approach (985) 727-4467 1 0 principal in charge Y Y Airport 1934 Terminal Mandeville 70471 [email protected] 3 N Building Exterior and rclarchitecture.com Interior Restoration, St Tammany Parish Justice Center Parking Garage, Bastian Mitchell, James and Walter Wedell Hangars Wisznia | Architecture + 581-1948 4 8 Marcel Wisznia Y Y The Garage, Wisznia Development 581-1954 0 3 principal Y N offices and BETA 800 Common St., Suite 200 [email protected] 2 N New Orleans 70112 www.wisznia.com Barron/Toups Architects 581-7845 3 4 Michael Toups Y Y Peter Mayer 400 N. Peters St., Suite 202 581-9474 0 1 Y N Advertising, 740 St. New Orleans 70130 NA 0 N Charles, 405 Webster NA Broadmoor Design Group (985) 612-1199 3 7 Dean M. Duplantier Y Y Holy Cross School, 8 St. Ann Drive (985) 612-1361 0 0 principal Y Y Columbia Parc at the Mandeville 70471 [email protected] 4 N Bayou District, www.broadmoordg.com Alexander Milne Home for Women, Educare, Iberia Bank (Various Locations), Ruth's Chris Steak House (Various Locations) Concordia 569-1818 3 8 Steven B. Bingler Y Y Ursuline Early Learning 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 569-1820 0 0 principal Y Y Center, JEDCO office 4318 NA 2 Bobbie Hill Y building, Milton Latter New Orleans 70170 www.concordia.com Library renovations Montgomery Roth 568-1240 3 6 John A. Montgomery Y Y The Sheraton Hotel, Architecture & Interior 568-1245 0 0 Lisa Roth Y Y Mannings Restaurant, Design [email protected] 1 principals Y American Cancer 400 Poydras St., Suite 1720 www.montgomeryroth.com Society - Hope Lodge New Orleans 70130 The above information was provided by the firms themselves. Please send any additions or corrections to Research, New Orleans CityBusiness, 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1440, Metairie 70005

28A CITYBUSINESS TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Architectural firms (ranked by the number of registered architects) Telephone Registered Interior Historical Fax architects Staff: Full-time design preservation Name Email Licensed Part-time Renovation Construction Address Website engineers Contract Managing principal(s) Landscaping management Recent local projects Scairono Martinez 896-2000 3 5 Ron Martinez Y N National Guard Reserve Architects 896-2220 0 1 AIA Y Y Readiness Center, New 3642 Magazine St. NA 0 N fixed base operator New Orleans 70115 NA facility for Odyssey Aviation, Hotel Indigo- St. Charles Avenue location Wayne Troyer Architects 593-9074 3 7 Wayne Joseph Troyer Y Y Rice Mill Lofts, 1119 Tchoupitoulas St. 593-9073 0 0 principal Y Y Jefferson Presbyterian New Orleans 70130 [email protected] 0 Y Church, 511 Marigny www.studiowta.com Woodward Design Group 822-6443 3 17 Paul H. Flower Y Y Belleville Assisted 1000 S. Jefferson Davis 822-9493 2 0 president Y Y Living, Tulane Parkway NA 0 Erik Wismar N University Flower Hall, New Orleans 70125 www.wwodwarddesignbuild.com senior architect Hunting International John Dalton (Houma, LA) senior architect Larry H. Case senior architect Yeates and Yeates 522-7218 3 7 Z. Ames Yeates Y Y new Phoenix High Architects 522-5606 0 0 partner and principal Y Y School, new Fannie C. 929 S. Peters St. NA 0 Cynthia Miller Yeates N Williams School, New Orleans 70130 NA partner and principal Warehouse District Apartments, Jackson Barracks Historic Garrison Charrette Design Group (985) 624-8765 2 3 N Y 635 Lafitte St., 2078 Architects NA 0 0 Y Y Woodrow St., 319 2090 Woodrow St. [email protected] 0 N Lafitte St., Mandeville, Mandeville 70448 NA La. Jahncke and Burns 899-6271 2 6 Davis Lee Jahncke Y Y Commander's Palace Architects 899-6290 0 2 Harvey George Burns Y Y Restaurant, Eleanor 3516 Magazine St. NA 0 partners Y McMain High School, New Orleans 70115 NA Williams Research Center of the Historic New Orleans Collection N-Y Associates Inc. 885-0500 2 35 Nicholas S. Musso Y Y Jefferson Parish East 2750 Lake Villa Drive 885-0595 11 0 vice president and Y Y Bank maintenance Metairie 70002 NA 0 director of architecture N building, Plaquemines NA Frank Nicoladis Parish Braithwaite president Auditorium, St. James Michael F. Nicoladis Parish Judicial Building senior vice president NANO 486-3272 2 2 Terri Hogan Dreyer Y Y Dominiques on 1317 Moss St. 486-7780 0 0 Ian Alexander Dreyer Y Y Magazine, 7887 Main New Orleans 70119 [email protected] 1 partners NA St. Houma, 1000 www.nanollc.net Harding Drive Piazza Architecture (985) 626-1564 2 5 Michael A. Piazza N Y Don's Seafood, Planning (985) 626-8289 0 0 architect and owner Y Y Southern Living 847 Galvez St., Suite 200 [email protected] 0 N Magazine Idea House, Mandeville 70448 www.piazza-aia.com four commercial buildings at Terra Bella, Bayou Lacombe Middle School renovations AGL Architecture & Interior 888-9077 1 8 Brian E. Anderson Y Y Jefferson Parish Human Design 888-9079 0 0 licensed architect Y N Services Authority 433 Metairie Road, Suite 208 [email protected] 0 Nita K. Liggio Y (JPHSA)-East Bank Metairie 70005 www.agldesigns.com licensed interior Office renovation; designer Children's Place Preschool-Lakeview location; 935 Gravier multi-tenant build-outs Antoine Architects (985) 845-9650 1 3 Alan B. Antoine Y Y Magnolia Business 4990 Highway 22, Suite B NA 0 0 architect Y Y Center, St. Mary of the Mandeville 70471 NA 0 N Angels School, G.Smith www.antoinearchitects.com Motorsports bild Design 861-0042 1 1 Byron John Mouton Y N Walnut residence, 7721b Leake Ave. 451-1307 0 0 principal Y N Leake Avenue New Orleans 70118 [email protected] 0 Y residences, Dreux www.bildit.com Avenue residence Humphreys & Partners 717-4701 1 3 Danny Baldassaro Y Y Chateau Mirage, Architects/Louisiana 324-0973 0 0 regional director Y Y Brewster Commons, 603 Julia St. [email protected] 0 Y High Grove New Orleans 70130 www.humphreys.com Nano Turchi & Associates 733-9667 1 1 Nano J. Turchi Y Y St. Francis Xavier Architects 733-6327 0 0 president Y Y Church, Magic 5736 Citrus Blvd., Suite 103 [email protected] 0 N Seasoning Blend Harahan 70123 NA headquarters, Lapalco Plaza Shopping Center additions The above information was provided by the firms themselves. Please send any additions or corrections to Research, New Orleans CityBusiness, 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1440, Metairie 70005

FEBRUARY 24, 2012 29A Engineering firms (ranked by the number of licensed engineers) Full-time Residential employees Industrial Environmental Public Managing principal(s) Name Phone Licensed Year or Wastewater works Email Address Fax engineers founded Commercial Geotechnical Other Recent local projects Website Audubon Engineering Co. 833-5669 300 757 300 0 0 New Orleans area Frac Sand J. Denis Taylor, managing 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 828-4609 1997 0 0 Refinery, Complete Design and partner 1200 0 0 layout of wet and dry plants and Bob Rosamond, managing Metairie 70005 supporting Automation - New partner, CEO Orleans area oil and gas Ryan Hanemann, managing company partner [email protected] www.audubon- engineering.com URS Corp. 586-8111/ 170 632 269 45 0 Valero St. Charles Utility Kenneth Martinez, vice 600 Carondelet St., New 837-6326 1904 24 40 Infrastructure Project, Mosaic president, manager process Orleans 70130 599-5240/ 11 0 Fertilizer, New Ship Dock and engineering 3500 N. Causeway, Suite 831-8860 Rock Storage Facilities Project Vincent Provenza, vice 900, Metairie 70002 president, regional manager [email protected] www.urs.com Waldemar S. Nelson & Co. 523-5281 101 327 91 2 0 Shell offshore oil and gas Charles Nelson, chairman Inc. 523-4587 1945 2 5 facilities; ExxonMobil offshore oil Kenneth Nelson, president 1200 St. Charles Ave. 0 0 and gas facilities; U.S. Army James Lane, executive vice New Orleans 70130 Corps of Engineers hurricane president protection projects Virginia Dodge, corporate secretary Wayne Hingle, manager of engineering - New Orleans David Stewart, manager of engineering - Houston www.wsnelson.com Wink Engineering 471-6420 68 330 90 1 0 multiple refinery and A.E. "Andy" Farris Jr., 120 Mallard St. 471-6470 1970 1 1 petrochemical projects president St. Rose 70087 0 7 Raleigh P. Richards, senior vice president and chief financial officer Michael H. Wink, vice president, general manager of St. Charles operations Kevin D. Steed, vice president, general manager of Baton Rouge operations www.winkinc.com Jacobs Engineering Group 835-2577 53 200 60 5 0 Shell (Carmen Creek Heavy Oil, Barry Acosta, manager of 3330 W. Esplanade Ave., 837-5924 1957 5 20 Mars B TLP, Cardamom) Multiple business development Suite 300 10 0 CO2 recovery projects for Randy Hasling, manager of Metairie 70002 Denbury Resources, Recovery projects School District Lawrence J. Cacioppo Doug Mouton, vice president Michael C. Dawson, vice president, general manager - Jacobs Technology [email protected] www.jacobs.com EDG Inc. Consulting 455-0858 42 190 10 0 0 deepwater Gulf of Mexico Dave Colomb Engineers (888) 334-9298 1982 0 0 upgrades and modifications; Pete Posner 3900 N. Causeway Blvd., 455-0868 0 148 significant studies for green field Tim Moreau Suite 700 docks on the Mississippi River [email protected] Metairie 70002 www.edg.net Rimkus Consulting Group 832-8999 40 45 10 20 NA Bill Creeden, district manager 3850 N. Causeway Blvd., 832-1060 1995 0 0 [email protected] Suite 1325 0 19 www.rimkus.com Metairie 70002 Burk-Kleinpeter Inc. 486-5901 39 143 45 0 St. Bernard street repair, Peters George C. Kleinpeter Jr., 4176 Canal St. 483-6298 1910 10 76 Road Bridge, Sewerage & Water president New Orleans 70119 0 5 Board sewer program [email protected] management www.bkiusa.com Keystone Engineering Inc. 362-9465 39 220 100 0 0 Valero St. Charles Refinery Barry Reed, vice president 3500 N. Causeway Blvd., (985) 377-1030 1988 0 0 offsites, ConocoPhillips onshore Rudy Hall, managing principal Suite 1100 362-6899 0 0 facilities upgrades, Chevron [email protected] Metairie 70002 Offshore Gulf of Mexico multi- www.keystoneengr.com disciplined project support U.S. Forensic 831-7001 31 44 33 0 33 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gary L. Bell, managing partner 3300 W. Esplanade Ave., (888) 873-6752 2006 0 33 Southeast Louisiana Flood [email protected] Suite 601 832-0055 0 0 Control Project; Armstrong www.usforensic.com Metairie 70002 Airport resident inspector, Ford Motor Co. (various) ABMB Engineers Inc. 322-3050 25 80 50 5 WND Michael N. McGaugh, 1615 Poydras, Suite 850 (225) 765-7400 1982 5 5 managing principal New Orleans 70112 0 20 Steve Boudreaux, managing principal Michael G. Bruce, managing principal Laurence L. Lambert III, principal www.abmb.com

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Full-time Residential employees Industrial Environmental Public Managing principal(s) Name Phone Licensed Year or Wastewater works Email Address Fax engineers founded Commercial Geotechnical Other Recent local projects Website JBA Consulting 830-0139 22 118 00 0 Saenger Theatre renewal, Craig M. Clement, director Engineers Inc. 830-0197 1966 0 0 Manning's Sports Experience, Ashley C. Brennan, marketing 3525 N. Causeway Blvd., 0 0 Jackson Barracks Joint coordinator Suite 500 Forces Annex [email protected] Metairie 70002 www.jbace.com Leonard C. Quick & (985) 249-5130 15 7 12 4 12 WND Leonard C. Quick Associates Inc. (877) 224-4500 1988 4 7 [email protected] 21449 Marion Lane, Suite (985) 249-5124 2 11 www.quickforensics.com 6 Mandeville 70471 BCG Engineering & 454-3866 14 28 50 0 Southeast Louisiana Flood Kenneth L. Brown, president Consulting Inc. 454-6397 1976 5 80 Control Project; fronting Rodney J. Gannuch, executive vice 3012 26th St. 0 10 protection at Bonnabel and president Metairie 70002 Suburban pump stations; [email protected] coastal restoration www.bcgengineers.com Modjeski & Masters Inc. 524-4344 14 31 00 0 design of the Huey P. Long Donald F. Sorgenfrei, senior vice 1055 St. Charles Ave., 561-1229 1893 0 0 Bridge widening; bridge scour president Suite 400 0 100 analyses of bridges [email protected] New Orleans 70130 statewide; design and www.modjeski.com construction monitoring of Port bridge repairs Pelican Energy (985) 871-4200 14 140 20 0 0 Denbury EOR facilities, Kenneth S. Bogle, president Consultants (985) 871-4102 2005 0 0 Valero St. Charles Refinery [email protected] 115 Ashland Way 0 0 onsite and offsite projects, www.pelicanenergy.com Madisonville 70447 Helis Gulf of Mexico facility abandonments Tetra Tech 832-8911 13 85 05 0 design services for Inner Dale Miller, regional vice president 3850 N. Causeway Blvd., 832-8922 1966 (in 0 0 Harbor Navigation Canal [email protected] Suite 210 Pasadena, 50 45 Surge Barrier, Inner Harbor www.tetratech.com Metairie 70002 Calif.) Navigation Canal Lock, Bayou Segnette Pump Station and Company Canal MWH 581-6900 12 32 00 0 SSERP R. Christopher Young, vice president 1340 Poydras St., Suite 581-6909 1945 0 0 [email protected] 1420 1 1 www.mwhglobal.com New Orleans 70124 Eustis Engineering 834-0157 11 133 00 0 Louisiana State University William W. Gwyn, president Services (800) 966-0157 1957 0 0 Health Sciences Center - Kathy D. LeRouge, secretary 3011 28th St. 834-0354 353 178 Human Development Center; John R. Eustis, executive vice president Metairie 70002 Columbia Parc at The Bayou and treasurer District, Phase II B; Edward Gwendolyn P. Sanders, vice president Livingston High School [email protected] www.eustiseng.com M S Benbow and 832-2000 11 48 65 0 0 Port Fourchon 450 foot self- Michael S. Benbow, CEO Associates 836-2088 1978 0 0 supporting communications Leo L. Holzenthal Jr., president 2450 Severn Ave., Suite 0 35 tower, DFW Airport wireless [email protected] 400 comm. system, refinery safety www.msbenbow.com Metairie 70001 system design and reliability analysis N-Y Associates Inc. 885-0500 11 35 55 0 N. Galvez Street, City of New Frank Nicoladis 2750 Lake Villa Drive, 885-0595 1969 20 70 Orleans; Jefferson Avenue Michael F. Nicoladis Suite 100 0 0 Canal, Sewerage and Water Constantine F. Nicoladis Metairie 70002 Board of New Orleans; U.S. James E. Simmons Army Corps of Engineers, [email protected] Jefferson Parish West Bank www.n-yassociates.com Flood Protection Duplantis Design Group (985) 447-0090 10 47 60 0 0 The Cottages of Baton David Duplantis, president 314 E. Bayou Road (985) 859-8994 1997 0 40 Rouge, St. Tammany Parish [email protected] Thibodaux 70301 (985) 447-7009 0 0 CDBG drainage project www.ddgpc.com manager, L.E. Fletcher TCC new campus, River Chase Development Trigon Associates 585-5767 920510 0 Louis Morel infrastructure Lisa Fernandez Cookmeyer, chief 1515 Poydras St., Suite 982-0088 2009 40 40 improvements; Highway 11 operating officer 2200 585-5747 0 5 Water Line replacement; Sal Mansour, president New Orleans 70112 Stage 1 Belle Chasse Tunnel/ Michelle Herbert, vice president Bridge Environmental Greg Kolenovsky, vice president Assessment [email protected] ww.TrigonAssociates.com Braemar Casbarian Inc. 368-2051 85000 0 WND A.O. Peter Casbarian, president 3520 Gen. DeGaulle 364-4245 2011 0 0 Frank Buescher, senior vice president Drive, Suite 2001 0 8 Peter Couturie, vice president New Orleans 70114 Chuck Madeley, CEO [email protected] www.braemarcasbarian.com The above information was provided by the firms themselves. Any additions or corrections should be mailed on company letterhead to Research, New Orleans CityBusiness, 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1440, Metairie 70005

FEBRUARY 24, 2012 31A Engineering firms (ranked by the number of licensed engineers) Full-time Residential employees Industrial Environmental Public Managing principal(s) Name Phone Licensed Year or Wastewater works Email Address Fax engineers founded Commercial Geotechnical Other Recent local projects Website Associated Design 561-6333 71120 10 5 Dillard University campus Lawrence W. Blanchette, CEO Group New Orleans 561-6338 1996 0 0 recovery, Hall A renovation- Perry S. Brown, branch executive 1010 Common St., Suite 0 65 Morial Convention Center, officer 2405 Hyatt Hotel renovation Lance J. Bonadona, branch executive New Orleans 70112 officer Craig Campbell, chief operating officer Pat Boudreaux, executive officer [email protected] adginc.org Infinity Engineering 304-0548 72040 0 0 City of New Orleans VA Raoul V. Chauvin III Consultants 355-0265 200 40 15 Medical Center infrastructure, William J. Thomassie, principal 2626 Canal St., Suite 202 0 5 Office of State Buildings Baton partners New Orleans 70119 Rouge cooling tower [email protected] replacement, City of Kenner www.infinityec.com MLK Center Schrenk Endom & 482-7856 72090 0 0 OPCSO intake processing G. Edmund Schrenk Flanagan 482-7325 1954 0 10 center, new prison and kitchen John S. Endom 4141 Bienville Ave., Suite 0 0 warehouse buildings, Ryan M. Flanagan, managers B Napoleon Avenue Box Culvert [email protected] New Orleans 70119 - Sewerage & Water Board of schrenkandpeterson.com New Orleans Engineering & 837-3310 655100 0 0 CRLLC Modification to No. 1 Joseph Brinz, chief operating officer, Inspection Services 837-3889 2000 0 0 Surge sump, Chevron senior mechanical engineer 3501 N. Causeway Blvd., 0 0 installation of redundant flash William Davies, CEO, senior Suite 900 drum, Entergy foundation and mechanical engineer Metairie 70002 support structure for Unit 4 [email protected] main transformer www.eisllc.net Moses Engineers Inc. 586-1725 61940 0 0 L.B. Landry High School, Lenny Zimmermann 909 Poydras St., Suite 586-1846 1947 0 60 Xavier Convocation Center, Ted H. Moses 2150 0 0 Saratoga Apartments W. Howard Moses New Orleans 70112 [email protected] www.mosesengineers.com WDG | Architects 754-5280 62500 0 Louisiana Superdome Ronn P. Babin, CEO Engineers 754-5271 2009 0 0 enhancements and lighting, Peter J. Jolet, chief operating officer 1100 Poydras St., Suite 754-5275 0 0 Ochsner Health System [email protected] 1360 upgrades, East Jefferson www.wdgnola.com New Orleans 70163 General Hospital upgrades Clement Control 733-5323 522100 0 0 Control system upgrades for Mark D. Clement Systems Inc. 733-5373 1998 0 0 LOOP, Murphy Oil, Valero, Mark P. Hymel 1305 Distributors Row, 0 0 Enbridge, Enterprise, and Mark M. Foster Suite K Stolthaven www.clementcontrols.com Harahan 70123 Evans-Graves Engineers 836-8190 51410 5 5 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers John A. Graves, president Inc. 836-8191 1954 5 65 HSDRRS; Louis Armstrong C.J. Roth, senior vice president 1 Galleria Blvd., Suite 836-8199 0 10 New Orleans International Ashlyn A. Graves, vice president 1520 Airport pavement remediation; [email protected] Metairie 70001 Pontchartrain Levee District www.evans-graves.com flood protection Huseman & Associates 456-3119 51130 0 0 mechanical, electrical and Jeffrey J. Huseman, president 3925 N. I-10 Service 606-1239 2005 0 15 plumbing (MEP) consulting [email protected] Road, Suite 201-B 456-3122 0 55 engineering for Orleans Parish www.husemanllc.com Metairie 70002 Prison kitchen, warehouse & cental plant; OPSO Phase 2 - intake processing center; LSU Human Development IMC Consulting 831-9119 51850 0 0 Carver High School, Slidell Chip Higbee Engineers Inc. 831-9121 1988 0 50 Memorial Hospital Emergency Richard Nichols 3120 20th St. 831-9134 0 0 Department addition, UNO Ken McLaughlin, principals Metairie 70002 Nims Soundstage [email protected] imcconsultingengineers.com Julien Engineering 366-3454 41910 0 20 Louis Armstrong New Orleans Kerwin E. Julien, president 3520 Gen. DeGaulle 366-8726 1995 5 40 International Airport [email protected] Drive, Suite 1045 0 25 consolidated rental car facility; www.julien-engineering.com New Orleans 70114 Guste Phase III Housing Redevelopment; Behrman Soccer Stadium Richard C. Lambert (985) 727-4440 41630 0 10 I-12 Pinnacle Pkwy / Brewster Richard C. Lambert, principal in Consultants (985) 727-4447 1987 20 30 Road Tchefuncte Interchange; charge 900 W. Causeway 0 10 I-12/LA 21 Interchange [email protected] Approach Improvements, LA 21 www.rclconsultants.com Mandeville 70471 Improvements (Ochsner Blvd — LA 1085), Dwyer Road Intake Canal; Magazine Street Rehabilitation Construction Administration Woodward Engineering 822-6443 41095 0 5 Federal City, Gold Seal Johann L. Palacios, division manager Group 822-9493 1924 0 0 Apartments, Barataria Station Paul H. Flower, CEO 1000 S. Jefferson Davis 0 0 2 [email protected] Parkway www.woodwarddesignbuild.com New Orleans 70125

32A CITYBUSINESS TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Engineering firms (ranked by the number of licensed engineers) Full-time Residential employees Industrial Environmental Public Managing principal(s) Name Phone Licensed Year or Wastewater works Email Address Fax engineers founded Commercial Geotechnical Other Recent local projects Website Ardaman & Associates Inc. 835-2593 31300 0 IHNC Proposed Pipeline Reda M. Bakeer, branch 1305 Distributor's Row, Suite 835-2982 1959 0 0 Crossing Replacement - manager I 3 1 Atchafalaya River Jefferson Larry Gilbert, senior vice Jefferson 70123 Parish - Goose Bayou Shoreline president Protection [email protected] ardaman.com Creative Engineering (985) 249-5706 27 00 0 security upgrade at Stennis Keith Schleusener, vice Group (985) 249-5707 2005 0 0 Space Center; Our Lady of the president 201 Highland Park Plaza 0 0 Lourdes Church, School and Ray Nolan, president Covington 70433 Gym; Ambulatory Surgical Center [email protected] Hunt, Guillot & Associates 410-8980 21010 0 State of Louisiana Office of Trott Hunt, president 1340 Poydras St., Suite 1810 410-8984 1997 0 1 Community Development - Jay Guillot, vice president New Orleans 70112 410-8999 0 0 Katrina/Rita and Gustav/Ike Don Plummer, vice president Recovery. Administer and [email protected] oversee CBDG allocations for 19 www.hga-llc.com parishes, 12 school districts and fisheries totaling over $1 Billion. Terracon Consultants Inc. 818-3638 213110 34 0 Construction Materials Testing: Daren L. Thomas, principal, 524 Elmwood Park Blvd., 818-3890 1965 0 8 Superdome; CVS Pharmacy office manager Suite 170 21 0 Stores Richard Simon, vice president, New Orleans 70123 principal, regional manager [email protected] www.terracon.com Carubba Engineering Inc. 888-1490 17 60 0 20 NOLA Motorsports, New Orleans Roy M. Carubba, president 3621 Ridgelake Drive, Suite 888-1491 1993 0 20 Libraries, Algiers Plaza Shopping and owner 204 0 0 Center [email protected] Metairie 70002 www.carubbaengineering.com Mahl & Associates Inc. 733-8050 14 100 0 0 Entergy Facilities upgrades; George J. Mahl lll, president 5817 Citrus Blvd. 733-8052 1983 0 0 natural gas distribution [email protected] New Orleans 70123 0 0 expansion, Atmos Energy; litigation support various claims Petronyx Consulting 366-1414 1 20 95 0 0 Helis Oil & Gas: Black Bay New Hossein A. Kasiri Engineers 1998 5 0 wells/flowlines, facility upgrades; Robert M. Zone, managing 3520 Gen. DeGaulle Drive, 0 0 Dore Energy: Cameron Meadows principals Suite 3200 Production Facility; Tana [email protected] New Orleans 70114 Exploration: Timbalier Bay www.petronyx.com Production Facility Upgrades; Forza Operating: WC-2 Dual Caisson/Facilities/Pipelines. The above information was provided by the firms themselves. Any additions or corrections should be mailed on company letterhead to Research, New Orleans CityBusiness, 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1440, Metairie 70005

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Louisiana 391-1800 $9 million 90 Randy Loup Y Y drainage, lightning, Federal City, Harrah's Landscape 394-0726 13 CEO Y Y hydro-seeding, tree Casino & Hotel, Benson Specialty Inc. [email protected] 1983 Y pruning and removal, Residence, NOMA 1701 Belle Chasse www.lalandscape.com swimming pools, Sculpture Garden, Holy Highway demolition, hauling Cross School, Louisiana Gretna 70056 Heart Hospital, Ochsner Hospital Anthony's 834-3094 $4 million 22 Ted W. Anthony Y Y swimming pool design Veterans Boulevard and 300 L&A Road 834-3097 16 Jr. Y Y and construction, Clearview beautification, Metairie 70001 [email protected] president Y interiorscaping, Severn and Veterans www.anthonys.net 1997 drainage, landscape Boulevard Blue Dog lighting, hydroseeding, sculpture, One Shell holiday decorating, plant Square Poydras Street rentals, hardscape and median, City Park Big pavers, general Lake planting, exclusive contractor private residences The Plant Gallery 488-8887 $4 million 52 Kenneth John Y Y florist, plant rentals, Mercedes Benz Inc. (866) 903-7398 13 Rabalais Y Y special events, interior dealership, Ritz-Carlton 9401 Airline Drive [email protected] owner and Y and exterior courtyard, Downtown New Orleans 70118 theplantgallery.com president maintenance Developement District 1991 Swanson's Perfect 367-2339 $100,000 4 Frank Swanson Y Y construction and English Turn backyard Ponds & (866) 602-1498 2 president Y N maintenance of all water renovation, pond, Pergola, Landscaping dba [email protected] 1990 Y features, stone yard and landscape, and stone Stone Yard www.ponds-stone.com pond supplies, pond walkways and patio 3944 Peters Road supplies, outdoor decor, Harvey 70058 sugar kettles The above information was provided by the companies themselves. Any additions or corrections should be sent on company letterhead to Research, New Orleans CityBusiness Newspaper, 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1440, Metairie, LA 70005.

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