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Workers expect to finish renovations at the Charles J. Colton Elementary School by June. MI A YM A K RAN PHOTO BY F
$1.8 billion Project description: A master plan to rebuild schools damaged in New Orleans flooding from levee failures in Hurricane Katrina Start date: June 3, 2008 Expected completion date: All projects complete or under construc- tion by 2017 public schools Peak construction employment: Estimated 25,000 full-time through the life of the project Owner/developer: Recovery School District and Orleans Parish School Board 1 rebuild Project manager: Jacobs/CSRS
The Orleans Parish school facilities master plan to tion), William Frantz (renovation/addition) and ing in at $60.1 million, followed by Booker T. Washington at By Tommy Santora build 32 new schools and renovate and refurbish Little Woods (new) — are projected to open for the about $57 million and Carver at $54.3 million. more than 50 existing ones is proceeding as Contributing Writer 2013-14 school year. Renovation projects have also Bids coming in at higher costs than budget have been a chal- planned, despite challenges of rising construction [email protected] been completed at William J. Guste, Mahalia lenge, Hankins said. For Carver, bids came in a little more than costs, some bids coming in over budget and the lim- Jackson, Andrew H. Wilson and Joseph A. Craig $67 million, which forced the RSD to look at ways to lower costs. ited availability of contractors for specialized construction jobs. elementary schools. Lona Edwards Hankins, the RSD’s executive Wheatley’s bids came in at $25 million, $5 million more than the All projects are expected to be either complete or under con- director of major capital projects, said 20 more refurbishing proj- projected cost, but the project broke ground because the district struction by the end of 2017. ects will begin this year. needed the classrooms. The Recovery School District and Orleans Parish School “We like to think that every school is getting a … similar design, “We have seen construction market conditions become chal- Board approved the master plan in 2008 before the Federal and then those designs are configured to fit each school site based lenging with not only the national rising costs of supplies but also Emergency Management Agency awarded the two entities $1.8 on their respective areas,” Hankins said. “But each of our schools the number of major construction projects in the New Orleans area, billion in 2010 to repair the city’s public school landscape. will be equipped with a large gym, cafeteria, library and theater as including the two hospitals (VA Medical Center and University New Orleans had 122 public schools before Hurricane Katrina; support structures for our brand new classrooms and campuses.” Medical Center) being built at the same time,” Hankins said. “For the master plan cuts that number to 85 campuses serving a project- Construction has begun on Phillis Wheatley and Harte ele- example, we saw Sheetrock prices go up about 20 to 30 percent.” ed 52,000 students by 2016. The remainder of the schools will be mentary schools. Other new schools projected to be under con- Hankins said specialized subcontractors have been hard to demolished, put up for sale or used for other purposes. struction this year are Fisk-Howard Elementary, Edward find because they are tied up in jobs at other construction sites. Eleven new schools have been completed: Langston Hughes, Livingston High School, Lower Ninth Ward High School at the The RSD and the school board are trying to bundle Fannie C. Williams, Hynes, Crocker, Bienville, Parkview, Mildred former Lawless High site, New Orleans East High School at the together some schools for the same contractors to make the Osborne and Carter Woodson elementary schools and Lake Abramson High site, Carver High School and Booker T. jobs more timely and cost-effective. Examples include carpet Area and Landry high schools. Washington High School. and flooring at multiple schools where the jobs can be done at Three elementary schools — Charles J. Colton (renovation/addi- McDonogh 35 High School is the costliest new school, com- the same time, Hankins said.•
8A CITYBUSINESS TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Y RG E N O E R LE VA Y S TE R OU C PHOTO Once completed this summer, the new $1.5 billion hydrocracker at Valero Energy’s Port of South Louisiana facility will produce up to 60,000 barrels of diesel fuel per day.
$1.5 billion Project description: Hydrocracker construction at Valero Energy Corp.’s Norco facility Valero Project cost: $1.5 billion Start date: January 2009 Expected completion date: June 2013 Peak construction employment: More than 1,000 Hydrocracker Owner/developer: Valero Energy Corp. Project manager: The Fluor Corp. 2 Construction team: The Fluor Corp.; RCI Consultants Inc.
With a new hydrocracker up and running at its Port Arthur, construction on both facilities in early 2011. up from the previous average of 33 to 34 percent. While the Texas, facilities as of December, Valero Energy Corp. officials Once completed, the hydrocracker at the Port of South company’s refineries are only running at one-third of capaci- are now feeling bullish about the construction of yet another at Louisiana near Norco will produce up to 60,000 barrels of ty, the newest hydrocracker gives the company the ability to the company’s sprawling Norco site. diesel fuel per day — 3,000 barrels per day more than the Port increase capacity in the future. “It will be mechanically complete sometime in the first quar- Arthur facility. Company officials expect capacity at each unit to “Diesel prices in the U.S. are not really picking up,” Phillip ter of this year,” said Bill Day, spokesman for San Antonio-based expand to 75,000 barrels per day by 2015. said. “But that’s not the story worldwide, and Valero is becom- Valero. “We expect it then to be fully operational “This is a big deal because it will allow us to ing a big exporter of diesel fuels overseas.” by the second quarter.” By Garry Boulard take low-priced natural gas and low-priced crude That makes foreign markets all the more alluring to Valero, Construction for both projects, carrying a oil and make high-priced diesel fuel,” said Ralph Phillip said, because “there are marginal refiners overseas that combined $3 billion price tag, was announced in Contributing Writer Phillip, vice president and general manager with are closing down.” late 2008. A planned building schedule was set to [email protected] Valero. “And in the world today, that’s where the Engineering, procurement, construction and construction begin the following year. demand growth is — diesel fuels.” management for the work at the St. Charles and Port Arthur At Norco that meant that piles were driven in late 2009 with an Construction at the St. Charles facility has provided employ- facilities has been done by The Fluor Corp., an engineering eye toward starting foundation work. But the second wave of the ment for well in excess of 1,000 people. Upon the hydrocrack- construction company. RCI Consultants Inc. is the project’s recession hit before any of the mechanical contracts were been er’s completion, Valero officials expect to hire as many as 50 mechanical contractor. awarded, resulting in the suspension of all subcontractor work. people permanent jobs. Valero purchased its current location at the Port of South “We had to put everything on hold in 2010 indefinitely,” said The Fortune 500 refinery company, which has more than Louisiana in early 2003 for $400 million from the Orion Refining Day, noting that the project was then “put off our construction a dozen operating refineries in the Western Hemisphere, Corp. Since then, Valero has invested in excess of $1 billion in schedule completely.” expects that with the St. Charles and Port Arthur hydrocrack- upgrades at the 1,000-acre site designed to increase capacity and Increased profits, however, prompted the company to restart ers operational, output will increase to a high of 39 percent, upgrade product yields.• FEBRUARY 22, 2013 9A TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
The $1.2 billion Huey P. Long Bridge widening project, which began in 2006, will be completed about four months ahead of schedule and opened to the public June 16. MI A YM A K RAN PHOTO BY F
$1.2 billion Project description: widening the Huey P. Long Bridge from two 9-foot- Huey P. wide lanes to three 11-foot wide lanes in each direction with 8-foot out- side and 2-foot inside shoulders; total width of 43-feet on each side Start date: 2006 Expected completion date: June 16, 2013 Long Bridge Peak construction employment: 200 Owner/developer: New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development 3 Project manager: Tim Todd, project engineer for Louisiana TIMED expansion Managers, a joint venture of GEC Inc., Parsons-Brinckerhoff Inc. and the LPA Group Inc. General contractors: Phase I (pier widening), Massman Construction Co.; Phase II (railroad modification), Boh Brothers Construction Co.; Motorists will no longer have to play the game of “Beat the The tangible work that remains, Todd said, includes a new Phase III (main-bridge widening), joint venture among Massman Bridge” as the periodic lane closures on the Huey P. Long eastbound overpass at Bridge City Avenue and a westbound Construction Co., Traylor Brothers Inc. and IHI Inc.; Phase IV (approaches bridge come to an end this summer. overpass at Jefferson Highway. Workers are also busy widening and roadway), joint venture among Peter Kiewit Sons Inc., Massman The much-anticipated $1.2 billion Huey P. Long Bridge the lanes on the main part of the bridge over the river. Once they Construction Co. and Traylor Brothers widening project, which began in 2006, will be completed about are completed, concrete barriers between the lanes currently in Subcontractors: Barriere Construction, Thomas Industrial Coatings four months ahead of schedule and open to the public June 16, use and the newly constructed lanes will be removed. according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Todd said the project used two construction methods: the The bridge’s design, construction and engineering methods Development. standard stick-built method and a new technique known as the earned it a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark des- “It’s been a very satisfying, world-class project to be a part of, span-by-span method, in which pre-assembled span sections are ignation from the American Society of Civil Engineers, a distinc- and one that has been cost controlled, done on constructed on barges and hoisted into position tion given to just 250 landmarks in the world, including the time and ahead of schedule, and one that will using massive strand jacks. Eiffel Tower, Panama Canal and the U.S. Capitol. truly be a big benefit for the public with a much By Tommy Santora Another interesting construction method, The $1.2 billion Huey P. Long project is one of 16 projects safer roadway, easier access to East Bank and Contributing Writer Todd said, was subcontractor Malcolm Drilling in the $4.6 billion Louisiana TIMED Program, managed by West Bank, and just an overall better flow of traf- [email protected] Co.’s specialized drilling system and spinning Louisiana TIMED Managers, a joint venture of GEC Inc., fic,” said Tim Todd, resident engineer on the method. Its workers drilled shafts deep into the Parsons-Brinckerhoff Inc. and The LPA Group Inc. The pro- project and a project engineer for Louisiana Transportation ground to better stabilize the bridge and keep it from vibrating. gram, paid for with a dedicated 4-cent-per-gallon tax on gasoline Infrastructure Model for Economic Development Managers. “One of the satisfactions of working on this project came out and motor fuels, was approved during the 1989 session of the Once complete, the bridge will have three 11-foot lanes in of working with contractors who thought outside the box and Louisiana Legislature. each direction with 8-foot outside and 2-foot inside shoulders. were inventive in their work,” Todd said. “This kind of project, “This will be a boom to the economy of Jefferson Parish, and The driving surfaces will more than double from the original 18- because of its uniqueness of replacing a bridge more than 70 we have already seen signs of that increase in business and devel- foot width to 43 feet wide on both sides of the bridge. years old, needed some innovative thinking.” opment moving forward,” Todd said.•
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The BW Cooper development is one of two former housing projects currently under redevelopment. MI A YM A K RAN PHOTO BY F
$1.16 billion Project description: Rebuild four former public housing sites as Public mixed-income communities Start date: January 2008 Expected completion date: Between 2015 and 2017 Peak construction employment: 300 for Lafitte, 275 for St. Bernard housing and 328 for B.W. Cooper Owner/developer: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing Authority of New Orleans 4 Project manager: Housing Authority of New Orleans rebuild General contractors: Harmony Oaks (formerly C.J. Peete/Magnolia), McCormack Baron Salazar; Columbia Parc (formerly St. Bernard), Columbia Residential; B.W. Cooper (formerly Calliope), KBK Enterprises Public housing in New Orleans continues to By Tommy Santora Orleans spokeswoman Lesley Thomas said. and McCormack Baron Salazar; Faubourg Lafitte (formerly Lafitte), experience a transformation. And while adjec- In addition to building Harmony Oaks, MBS Providence Community Housing/Enterprise L&M tives like “cutting-edge,” “exceptional” and Contributing Writer has teamed up with KBK Enterprises to build the Subcontractors: joint venture of Woodward Design+Build and “quality” might seem out of the norm given the [email protected] 400-unit Marrero Commons at the former B.W. Broadmoor/Womack, Boh Brothers, BBL Construction and Block condition of previous developments, they are Cooper development near Erato Street and Builders, Gibbs Construction, Durr Construction, Julien Engineering, being used now to describe the new mixed-income communi- Martin Luther King Boulevard. Thomas said the first 250 units Louisiana Demolition, Integrated Pro Services ties that have been constructed in their place. in the first phase are complete and 92 percent occupied. The It is part of a $1.16 billion project to rebuild the former second portion of Phase I, 160 units, is about 30 percent done, should start no later than early 2014. Thomas said construction is Calliope, C.J. Peete, Lafitte and St. Bernard projects. with completion expected in early 2014. Residents are expected expected to begin on a 100-unit senior living facility this summer. C.J. Peete, also known as the Magnolia Projects, was com- to start moving into the units in November. There will be a total There are 276 onsite units complete and occupied. The full pletely transformed in 2011 into the $172 million, 460-unit of 410 units in Phase I with 140 to 200 units in Phase II. plan for Faubourg Lafitte includes 517 redeveloped units at the Harmony Oaks community with mixed-income townhomes At Columbia Parc, formerly the St. Bernard development, original site, and an additional 983 units are planned for the sur- and apartments in 116 residential buildings. It features a com- 515 units have been completed and 120 additional units des- rounding neighborhoods in multiple phases. munity center, pool, fitness center and numerous playgrounds. ignated for seniors will be finished in March. The construc- The new mixed-income housing designs are primarily based “This development will serve as a catalytic spark in the revi- tion timeline for another 386 units is not yet determined, on the “Louisiana Speaks Pattern Book,” a 96-page document talization of the neighborhood and will support families who Thomas said. developed after Hurricane Katrina. A Louisiana Recovery were displaced by Katrina,” said Vince Bennett, chief operating The development includes diverse building types through- Authority initiative put together the book, a reference guide of officer of St. Louis-based general contractor McCormack Baron out the site, including multi-family housing and rehabilitated building designs and materials that enable contractors to rebuild Salazar. “The importance of this development goes beyond historic buildings. Educare of New Orleans, an early childhood using more storm-resistant materials while maintaining local bricks and mortar to transform the lives of community and pub- educational facility at Columbia Parc expected to open in architectural character. lic housing residents.” October, will serve 150 children from newborn to age 5. “They reflect traditional New Orleans architecture and are Harmony Oaks has 439 units occupied with 71 former resi- At Faubourg Lafitte, the former Lafitte Projects, the construc- designed to be integrated into the community, including added dents living in the community, Housing Authority of New tion of 89 market rate rental units and 52 single-family homes street grids and porches,” Thomas said.• FEBRUARY 22, 2013 11A TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
More than 12,000 truckloads of Mississippi River sand have been delivered to the University Medical Center site in Mid-City, raising some areas as much as 5 feet. MI A YM A K RAN PHOTO BY F
$1.06 billion Project description: A new teaching hospital to replace Charity Hospital University Start date: end of 2011 Expected completion date: Spring 2015 Peak construction employment: More than 2,000 Owner/developer: State of Louisiana, Louisiana State University Medical General contractor: Skanska-Mapp Subcontractors: Beverly Construction; Malin Construction; Gulf South Piling and Construction; Coastal Fire Protection; Broadmoor; Mechanical 5 Construction Co.; Gallow; Linden Steel Works; Breaux All Star Electrical; Center Frischhertz/Fisk/Cleveland Electrical, a joint venture; Carriere-Stumm; Harmon Glass; Himmels Architectural Doors & Hardware; Gate Precast; Jackson Precast; Gee Cee Co.; Stewart Interiors/KHS&S, a joint venture; In the past 14 months, more than 1 million man hours have been “Skanska Mapp continues to maintain its very aggressive Manufab; New Orleans Glass/DeGeorge; Quality Iron; RCC Flooring; put into the $1.06 billion, 38-acre University Medical Center in schedule with the University Medical Center scheduled to open Rotolo Consultants; Sun Electric and Instrumentation; Thyssen Krupp Mid-City. A peak construction work force of 2,000 is anticipated in the spring of 2015,” said Tom Rish, senior manager of facilities Elevator; Walter J. Barnes Electric Co. Inc.; ARD Contracting Inc. this summer as a new state-of-the-art facility is being constructed planning and control for the state of Louisiana and project direc- with an anticipated completion date in the spring of 2015. tor for University Medical Center. tural steel and designed to meet flood-resistant construction stan- The complex will feature a 560,000-square-foot, 424-bed hospi- Beverly Construction of Bridge City has delivered nearly 12,000 dards. The first floors of the hospital and medical office buildings tal; an adjoining 746,982-square-foot diagnostic and treatment cen- truckloads of Mississippi River sand, raising areas of the site as will be built 22 feet above sea level, well beyond the 5-foot base ter; a 254,765-square-foot ambulatory care building; and a 546,413- much as 5 feet. Gulf South Piling and Construction of Metairie has flood elevation for the hospital site. square-foot parking structure. driven 6,200 precast concrete piles for the project. Six tower cranes Storm-proofing technology, including emergency electrical Skanska Mapp is the general contractor on the and as many as 10 mobile cranes are being used. backup power, will allow the medical center to withstand up to 2.3 million-square-foot project, and Blitch Knevel By Tommy Santora Since the project covers so much land and so Category 3 hurricanes. and NBBJ are the joint architects. Contributing Writer many subcontractors are working on different Once completed, the combined University Medical Center, The first phase of the new medical campus will [email protected] pieces of the medical center, Skanska Mapp used along with the new Veterans Affairs Hospital next door, are expect- have five buildings — an ambulatory care build- the Building Information Modeling project man- ed to generate an annual $1.26 billion economic impact and create ing, an inpatient tower, a diagnostic and treatment agement method, said Ralph Easterwood, the con- more than 19,700 permanent jobs in the New Orleans area. facility, a parking garage for 1,355 vehicles and a utility building. tractor’s general superintendent for the project. Louisiana construction companies are also benefiting from The concrete structure Broadmoor Construction is building BIM is a method where design, construction planning, con- the project thus far. started going up in July, and the topping out of the diagnostic and struction and facility management are continually evaluated at all Jim Clemmensen, Skanska Mapp’s senior project executive, treatment center structure took place in mid-December. stages of the construction process to increase productivity for all said the awarding of subcontracts started with the creation of more Erection of the structural steel that Linden Steel Works fabricat- parties, avoid potential conflicts between building systems and than 515 separate bid packages resulting in 70 percent of the dol- ed for the ambulatory care building began Jan. 21. Topping out of visualize opportunities for prefabrication. lar volume being given to firms within the state of Louisiana, while the patient tower concrete structures is scheduled for March. The new University Medical Center will be built with struc- 38 percent have been Small Business Enterprise companies.•
12A CITYBUSINESS TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MI A YM A K RAN PHOTO BY F The city of New Orleans continues to rebuild and resurface many streets post Hurricane Katrina, including Claiborne Avenue near the Jefferson Parish line.
The city could not Project description: Road reconstruction and resurfacing work New Orleans provide a specific through New Orleans, including streetscape and sidewalk projects cumulative Project cost: $1 billion-plus* dollar amount, Start date: 2006 noting that the Expected completion date: Varies with individual projects street scope of past, Peak construction employment: Undetermined current and future Owner/Developer: City of New Orleans, Louisiana Department of projects is Transportation and Development 6 subject to change. Project manager: Deputy Mayor Cedric Grant repairs General contractor: Various Subcontractors: Various
With work completed on the streets of the French Quarter, the laboration of federal, state and local agencies. The exact scope of the French Quarter work was partly City of New Orleans is tackling street repairs in a section of the Paths to Progress is aimed at rehabilitating and restoring determined as a result of interviews with residents and busi- city usually only visited by tourists in passenger more than 60 roads and streets in Orleans and nesses in the area. buses: the Lower 9th Ward. Jefferson parishes. That process of learning and discovery, Grant said, is typical “Keep an eye on what we’re going to do By Gary Boulard The planned $200 million in work for 2013 of how the Paths to Progress works. there,” Cedric Grant, deputy mayor in charge of Contributing Writer comes on the heels of the $11.3 million French “New Orleans is an old city with very unusual subsurface city infrastructure, said of the first significant [email protected] Quarter resurfacing and sidewalk improvements conditions that make it difficult to maintain the infrastructure,” road and street work in the Lower 9th Ward on eight streets. Grant said. “Once we start tearing up some of those streets and since Hurricane Katrina. “Our 2013 projects include work on Even more than most, the French Quarter project was driven find any additional damage, we will repair that as well. We never Broadmoor and Gentilly, Lakeview and the Lower Garden by the calendar: the Landrieu administration determined that really know what we’re going to find.” District,” Grant said, “but in particular the Lower 9th Ward.” because of the Super Bowl, work in the Vieux Carre, which start- As the road reconstruction and resurfacing work continues According to an assessment made jointly last year by offi- ed in July, should be finished by the end of the year. into 2013, the city’s pothole battle continues unabated. cials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and “We are putting our best foot forward,” Mayor Mitch According to Landrieu spokesman Hayne Rainey, the num- the New Orleans Department of Public Works, the projected Landrieu said in a statement several days after the December ber of potholes filled increased in 2012 to more than 60,000, up cost of roadway and street enhancements in the Lower 9 completion of the French Quarter work. from just more than 50,000 in 2011. totaled more than $45 million. That work also included repairing curbs, placing in cement In addition, the city expects to spend upwards of $61 million That figure, in turn, represents the largest single project to be the New Orleans-famous blue and white street name tiles on this year on more than 70 enhancement projects that will include funded through the Paths to Progress program, which is the suc- corners and installing Americans with Disabilities Act-com- dedicated bikeways, sidewalks, signage and traffic signal cessor to the South Louisiana Submerged Roads program, a col- plaint corner ramps. improvements and road repairs.• FEBRUARY 22, 2013 13A TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MI A YM A K RAN PHOTO BY F More than 80 percent of the foundation pilings have been put in place for the new Veterans Affairs Hospital on Canal Street.
$995 million Project description: Military veteran acute care facility Veterans Project cost: $995 million Start date: May 2010 Expected completion date: Early 2016 Peak construction employment: More than 2,000 Affairs Owner/developer: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Project manager: Mark Brideweser, VA Office of Construction and Facilities Management 7 Construction team: Clark McCarthy Healthcare Partners, Landis hospital Construction Co., Woodward Design+Build, Alack Refrigeration, Allied Construction, BFM Corp., BMG Enterprises, Coastal Fire Protection
With more than 80 percent of the foundation pilings driven, the described as “big,” comprising 1.6 million square feet, it has whelming the neighborhood,” Maslen said. “By setting the build- framework of the $995 million Veterans Affairs Hospital is often been the smaller things that have defined the building of ings back a little, it helps maintain a more residential feel.” expected to come soon at the campus Tulane Avenue and South Project Legacy. Some of this attention to nuance has been shaped by com- Rocheblave, Canal and South Galvez streets border. One example is the transplanted Banks Street shotgun hous- ments area neighborhoods and residents voiced during a series of “We’re very excited about where we are right now,” said Mike es that are destined for new locations on South Rocheblave public meetings on Project Legacy. Brideweser, VA project director of the 30-acre site Street, where they will be used as transitional living “We’ve wanted to be good neighbors with this project, both that is also known as Project Legacy. residences for the center. during construction and after,” Collins said. By Garry Boulard The work also includes the renovation and “Reusing those historic houses maintains some Target dates for construction include the opening of the Pan upgrade of the former Pan-American Life Contributing Writer of the integrity of the neighborhood,” said Karen Am Building in early 2014 and the staggered openings of the cen- Insurance Building at 2400 Canal St., which will [email protected] Collins, public affairs specialist with the Southeast tral energy plant, parking garage, diagnostic and treatment facili- serve as the medical center’s administrative office. Louisiana Veterans Health Care System. ties, and finally the inpatient and outpatient facilities leading into “We are about half done with the work on that particular There are also trees that once shaded large sections of the site. early 2016. building,” said Steve Maslen, general contractor for Clark Brideweser said construction crews tried to save as many as pos- Included in the construction will be a gymnasium, swimming McCarthy Healthcare Partners, the joint venture building sible, placing protective wrapping around their trunks and fenc- pool, gardens, courtyards and walking paths. Project Legacy. ing them off to keep truck traffic off their roots. Project Legacy will share services with the nearby University The facility will provide inpatient, outpatient, transitional liv- Site plans also call for the center’s main big buildings to be Medical Center and will be affiliated with Louisiana State ing and rehabilitation, among other services for more than pulled back from South Rocheblave. University Health Sciences Center and the Tulane University 70,000 regional veterans. Although the project has been “The idea is that they didn’t want these large structures over- School of Medicine.•
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With nearly a third of the engineering, procurement and construction complete on the project, work on Entergy’s Unit 6 power plant at Nine Mile Point is expected to be complete in early 2015. P. R O C Y RG TE N Y E S TE R OU C PHOTO
$721 million Project description: New electricity generation unit at Entergy Nine Mile Louisiana’s Nine Mile Point power plant Start date: Summer 2012 Expected completion date: Early 2015 Peak construction employment: More than 200 Point Power Owner or developer: Entergy Louisiana Project manager: Entergy Louisiana General contractor: The Shaw Group Inc. 8 Plant Subcontractors: The General Electric Co.; Toshiba Corp.
With nearly a third of the engineering, procure- property, will make it possible for New Orleans- of a major storm. Company officials have also noted that the ment and construction now completed on the By Garry Boulard area customers to get their power from a source new generating unit will shield metropolitan area customers project, work on Entergy’s Unit 6 power plant Contributing Writer other than the old Michoud power plant at 3601 from increased utility bills. at Nine Mile Point is expected to be complete in [email protected] Paris Road in eastern New Orleans. The potential yearly savings, pegged at anywhere from $26 early 2015. Commercial operations on the The new facility will be built with modern million to more than $40 million, makes the project an impor- $721 million electricity generation unit in pollution technology and controls that are tant one for customers, the company claims. Westwego will launch shortly after that. designed to produce power reliably and efficiently, according But the project faced some rather odd challenges in the Once it’s operational, the unit will replace two that were built to Entergy. beginning — eagles. in the mid-1950s. “The location is attractive because of the proximity of the “We were worried at first,” Long said of the eagles sighted in “This is a big deal for us,” Entergy spokesman David Caplan load base,” said Jon Long, vice president and project con- 2011 and then again last year near the construction site. said, adding that the company has not built a new fossil fuel struction manager at Entergy Louisiana, referring to the bulk U.S. Fish and Wildlife Louisiana Ecological Service officials burning plant since the mid-1980s. “We are going through what of customers it will support. “The way that our transmission subsequently determined that because the birds were nesting in we call a fleet transformation where we are retiring the older system is configured, it’s advantageous to put a generation a tree along the project’s access road, roughly 500 feet away units and building newer ones, so for that reason there is a lot of near the load.” from the project, work at the site could proceed. focus on this project.” The location will also allow Entergy to have a power “Thankfully we haven’t had a lot of excitement,” Long said. The project, going up on Entergy’s 460-acre Westwego source beyond the immediate New Orleans area in the event “It’s going along pretty much as planned.”• FEBRUARY 22, 2013 15A TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS R O C
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$750 million Project description: A direct reduced iron plant on 4,000 acres Nucor downriver from the Sunshine Bridge in Convent. Start date: March 2011 Expected completion date: Summer 2013 Peak construction employment: 650 Plant Owner/developer: Nucor Corp. Project manager: Lester Hart, general manager 9 General contractor: would not disclose Subcontractor: would not disclose
Charlotte, N.C.-based Nucor Corp. is on By Tommy Santora Nucor stated in its recent quarterly earnings onsite, with more than 30 percent of them local hires. schedule to complete construction of its $750 call that the company will continue to take Miller said one of the biggest challenges over the past year million direct reduced iron facility this summer. Contributing Writer advantage of the its position in the industry to has been the heavy rainfall, preceded by last summer’s record- The plant, which is on a 4,000-acre site near [email protected] grow its long-term earnings power and share- low levels on the Mississippi River. the St. James Parish town of Convent, is one of holder value with 2013 capital expenditures “We have stayed on schedule, and our Nucor Steel Louisiana the largest industrial projects to hit the state of Louisiana in expected to exceed $1.1 billion. team continues to get the job done despite ongoing weather recent years. “A significant item in this year’s capital budget includes challenges,” she said. “We are on schedule for startup in mid-2013,” Nucor approximately $280 million for our Louisiana DRI facility,” The direct-reduced iron produced at the St. James Parish spokeswoman Katherine Miller said. “A production ramp-up Miller said. “In addition, we are implementing a number of proj- facility will be sent to Nucor mills throughout the country. will take place within the first two to four months, and the plant ects throughout our upstream steelmaking and downstream The company has stated that the plant is part of Nucor’s long- will be at full capacity after that. businesses to develop new products, increase quality and term strategy to control more of the raw materials required for The site’s furnace vessel, which heats iron so it can be forged, reduce costs.” steelmaking. was made in Texas and shipped to the construction site via the Miller said the growth in domestic natural gas supply has When the project was announced, Nucor laid out plans for a Mississippi River. It has been installed, and storage domes that completely changed the economics of building facilities such as possible $3.4 billion investment over the next eight years with will hold iron ore have been inflated. Construction inside the the Nucor plant in the United States. proposed phases including a second DRI facility, a pellet plant, a domes is nearing completion, Miller said. “Abundant natural gas supplies are already resulting in new blast furnace and coke oven, and a steel mill. Nucor, the largest steel producer in the United States with manufacturing investments in this country,” she said. “Low nat- “We want to start up the existing DRI plant and get it run- a capacity that exceeds 26 million tons annually, is building a ural gas prices and ample supply are a primary reason Nucor ning, and then once we have it operating and at full production, facility that will produce 2.5 million tons per year and create chose to locate the DRI facility in Louisiana.” we’ll take a look at where things stand,” Miller said. about 150 permanent jobs with an average salary of $75,000. Miller said Nucor has already hired several permanent full- Among the criteria that will determine whether future phas- This is the company’s first direct-reduced iron plant in the time positions, and training for the first round of new hires was es are built, she said, are how well the plant is performing, the United States. recently completed. More than 640 contractors are working market and the economy.•
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The $35 million Campaigns of Courage Pavilion is scheduled to open in January 2014. MI A YM A K RAN PHOTO BY F
$325 million Project description: a multiphase campaign to quadruple the size of The the original museum Start date: March 2005 Expected completion date: 2016 Peak construction employment: 125 National World Owner/developer: The National World War II Museum Project manager: The National World War II Museum; Bob Farnsworth, senior vice president of capital projects General contractor: Woodward Design+Build (Freedom Pavilion); 10 War II Museum Brice Building Co. (Campaign Pavilion) Subcontractors: The Solomon Group; Atherton Pictures; The Taylor Group; Explus Inc.; Gandolfo Kuhn; Arrow Termite & Pest Control Co.; United Site Services of Mississippi; Williams Contractors and When Bob Farnsworth, senior vice president of capital projects trending model for successful museums, to mix educational Construction Services; Phoenix Constructors; Boh Brothers; CMC Rebar; for the National World War II Museum, said “We think big here,” exhibits with exciting events and find state-of-the-art ways to M&M Concrete Services; Ruth Masonry; Gate Precast Co.; Postel he wasn’t kidding. engage people and educate them at the same time,” he said. Industries; Tate Ornamental; Central City Millworks; Calmar Corp.; Apex Six World War II fighter planes, including a 15-ton Boeing B-17 The Freedom Pavilion is part of the National World War II of Louisiana; Marsh Waterproofing; National Panel Systems; Zinsel Glass “Flying Fortress” bomber, were rigged to suspend from the ceiling of Museum’s $325 million capital campaign, “The Road to & Mirror; Himmel’s Architectural Door & Hardware; Commercial Painting the museum’s recently opened $35 million, four-story U.S. Freedom Victory: A Vision for Future Generations,” started in 2005 and Co.; Morris Drywall Systems; Flooring Depot & Commercial Floors; Kone Pavilion: Boeing Center, that the Voorsanger Mathes architectural scheduled to be complete in 2016. Inc.; Avallone Door Co.; Mechanical Construction Co.; Millicent Fayard; firm designed and Woodward Design+Build constructed. A $20 million Department of Defense grant and a $15 million CCR Fire Protection; Frischhertz Electric Co. The pavilion showcases the macro artifacts of the war, repre- grant from Boeing paid for the pavilion’s construction. senting America’s legendary production of air- In addition to the Freedom Pavilion, other fin- show what led to the fight in Europe and Asia, will open its first planes, artillery, tanks and other equipment that By Tommy Santora ished phases include the E. J. Ourso Discovery floor to the public, “Road to Berlin,” in January 2014, while helped to fuel Allied victory in World War II. Hall, Solomon Victory Theater, the Stage Door “Road to Tokyo” on the second floor will open about six months Los Angeles-based LA ProPoint performed all Contributing Writer Canteen entertainment venue, American Sector later. Brice Building Co. is the general contractor on the project. [email protected] of the design, engineering and rigging for the sus- restaurant and John E. Kushner Restoration J.T. Livaccari, Brice Building’s project superintendent for pended planes — a B-17E, B-25J Mitchell, SBD- Pavilion. Plans also include Campaigns of the Campaigns Pavilion, said the biggest challenge is to con- 3 Dauntless, TBM Avenger, P-51D Mustang and a Corsair F4U- Courage Pavilion, Liberation Pavilion and a possible 165-room struct the project in a limited space without interrupting the 4 — in the Freedom Pavilion. hotel next to a new parking facility across the street from the continuing activities of a “very busy museum that is open Farnsworth said the pavilion was also designed for event Magazine Street side of the museum. seven days a week.” rentals and corporate parties. The museum had about $500,000 Farnsworth said the museum, which attracts more than Pile driving has begun on the Liberation Pavilion, with an esti- in rentals in the month after the pavilion opened, including an 400,000 visitors per year, is working to raise about $100 million mated building construction date of late 2014, Farnsworth said. That NFL Hall of Fame luncheon during Super Bowl week. to pay for the remainder of the capital projects. pavilion will highlight the closing months of the war, the immediate “It is designed to be a versatile space, and I think that’s the The $35 million Campaigns of Courage Pavilion, which will postwar years and the end of the museum’s expansion.• FEBRUARY 22, 2013 17A PHOTO BY FRANK AYMAMI
Baton Rouge-based James Construction expects to finish a $42.4 million expansion of Interstate 10 between Clearview Parkway and Veterans Boulevard later this year.
PROGRESS REPORT
INTERSTATE 10 MODIFICATIONS 2012 — $128 million (Causeway Interchange work and Causeway-Veterans widening) Work continued on a nearly $336 million, multi-phase project that stretches back to 1997 to upgrade Interstate 10. — CityBusiness staff reports The second phase, which provides elevated eastbound and westbound ramps for southbound Causeway Boulevard to I-10, opened in March 2012, while the southbound onramp from Causeway to I-10 East opened in February. CITYBUSINESS Work also continued on another stretch of I-10 to widen 1.2 miles of the interstate from three to five lanes in each direction between Veterans Boulevard and Clearview Parkway. Work started REVISITS CONSTRUCTION on the $42.4 million project, awarded to Baton Rouge-based JB James Construction, in October 2011. It includes ramp and bridge work to accommodate the widening and a sound wall. PROJECTS FROM 2013 — $42.4 million THE TOP JOBS IN 2012 (Clearview Parkway to Veterans Boulevard widening) The state opened the Veterans Boulevard ramps at the newly rebuilt Causeway Boulevard inter- change in January but still has signal work and permanent paving at Causeway and Veterans on the to-do list. The second phase is expected to be complete by the end of the year. Work on the $42.4 million expansion between Clearview Parkway and Veterans continues with completion expected later this year. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has asked Boh Bros. Construction, which worked on the widening of I-10 from Causeway to the 17th Street Canal, to add more sound barriers in the coming months. PORT EXPANSION While there’s no money for the project in place yet, and subsequently no timeline, there are two more stretches of I-10 on the drawing board for widening. 2012 — $103.3 million The first is a $70-$100 million project for 1.85 miles between Williams and Veterans boule- The Port of New Orleans was putting the finishing touches on the installation of two new con- vards, each of which would be expanded one lane with an inside shoulder, in addition to a sound tainer cranes with a combined price tag of $26.5 million. Capable of lifting up to 65 tons each, wall along the north side of I-10 westbound. The other is a $10-$15 million widening project from the cranes, which were installed at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal, were put to work Loyola Drive to Williams Boulevard that will add a lane and shoulders on each side, sound barri- in mid-February after a testing and quality assurance program. ers and double-lane entrance and exit ramps at the Loyola interchange. At the Henry Clay Avenue Wharf, work finished on a $35 million terminal that will provide a new deep draft location for New Orleans Cold Storage, which has had a presence at the port for more than a century. The port also got to work on a new intermodal freight rail terminal, thanks to a $16.7 mil- CITY PARK REDEVELOPMENT lion federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant. The terminal will be on 12 acres of rail yard and include an adjacent 4-acre cargo marshaling yard. 2012 — $143 million 2013 — $26 million Major work on City Park’s master plan 2018, which was adopted in March 2005 included a $250,000 makeover of the Peristyle and completion of a nearly $3.4 million, 50-acre festival (Intermodal project and marshaling yard) space on part of the former South Golf Course behind Christian Brothers School. The port’s Board of Commissioners at its January meeting awards a contract to AECOM The new festival area includes a 1-mile pedestrian path, five soccer fields, a shelter, bath- Technical Services Inc. for planning, surveying, engineering, materials testing, project manage- rooms and an open space that can accommodate up to a 75,000-person event. The site will ment and construction administration services for the Intermodal Terminal Project. Officials serve as the new home for the Voodoo Music Experience. hope to start construction on the roughly one-year job by December. Durr Heavy Construction, with Harris Golf and Courseault Commercial Inc., also start- Hard Rock Construction is also expected to start work in March on the $3.7 million mar- ed on a $2.7 million miniature golf area with two 18-hole courses and a clubhouse. shaling yard paving project at the upriver end of the Louisiana Avenue Terminal. Work is scheduled to finish by December. 2013 — $150 million Officials are still working to secure money for additional projects and have a request for The master plan continues in 2013 with plans to bid out a $5 million splash park, which proposals out to find financial advisers to help the port craft a public-private partnership to officials hope to do by early summer. Construction documents are also complete for the $26 continue expanding the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. million, 18-hole championship golf course for part of the former east and west courses, and The intermodal project will add another 200,0000 units to the current 640,000 container park officials hope to break ground on that project later this year. capacity. Plans for Phase III, which include continued expansion at the Napoleon Avenue Also in the pipeline is $2 million in improvements inside the amusement park area, which is cur- Container Terminal, call for raising capacity to 1.5 million-plus containers. rently out to bid. Those improvements include enclosing the current shelter and replacing gravel Also on the drawing board is the Poland Avenue Cruise Terminal. Officials hope to have beds under all rides. Officials are still negotiating with FEMA to replace the Ladybug roller coaster. more concrete plans for the project once ownership of a wharf at the site is transferred to the Other plans include finishing a new $750,000 bike path along Marconi Drive between port from the U.S. Maritime Administration. Harrison Avenue and Robert E. Lee Boulevard to close in the northern section of the park. And although it will not coming form the park’s budget, the city is expected to resurface Filmore Avenue between Marconi and Wisner drives. 18A CITYBUSINESS TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MI A YM A K
Officials expect to finish a $224 million RAN rebuild and modernization of the Orleans Parish Prison by early 2014. PHOTO BY F
ORLEANS PARISH PRISON LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 1 UPGRADES 2012 — $224 million Construction of the $145 million Orleans Parish Prison that kicked off in August 2011 was well 2012 — $1.5 billion under way. Crews were installing underground drainage, permanent power sources and water The Louisiana Highway 1 Coalition was still trying to secure funding for Phase 2 of the project service that will feed the fire suppression system of the building. to improve access from lower Lafourche Parish to Port Fourchon. The phase was broken up Allan McDonnel, president of The McDonnel Group, a general contractor on the project, said into three segments to spread out the estimated $320 million price tag. crews were working six days a week and everything was on schedule, so the new prison should open in The first segment will include a $45 million upgraded and elevated highway around Golden 2014 as planned. Plans called for concrete walls to start going up by August. The $79 million kitchen Meadow. The second $215 million phase will provide an elevated highway from Golden and warehouse was also under construction on the property. Woodward Design+Build of New Orleans Meadow to Leeville, and the final $60 million section will connect the highway with the recent- is the contractor for the three-story, 165,000-square-foot project that was expected to open by late 2012. ly opened Leeville Bridge. A $12 million design contract for the first segment was expected to go out for bid before the end of February. 2013 — $224 million The Louisiana Highway 1 Coalition also received a provision in the Federal Highway Bill in July that An era of modern, high-tech inmate housing is beckoning as the structural steel for the new Orleans allows it to refinance part of the debt of Phase 1, removing some of the pressure off the toll revenues. Parish Prison nears installation on a swath of land between Interstate 10 and Tulane Avenue. To be eventually left behind is a sprawling complex of prison structures that, in some cases, 2013 — $1.5 billion have been in use for decades. A nearly $4 million design contract for the first segment of Phase Two is expected to be signed “We are very close right now to opening the warehouse, kitchen and central power plant,” this month with HNTB Corp., and final plans for the segment should be complete in 18 Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman said of the $224 million project to build a new prison in months. But obtaining money for the project continues to be difficult. the 2900 block of Perdido Street. “Our projected date of occupancy is for the end of March.” Henri Boulet, executive director of the Louisiana Highway 1 Coalition, said the group is Phase two is the big one: the building and completion of the 1438-bed prison itself, which is applying for funds from the state’s capital outlay bill in fiscal 2014, 2015 and 2016 just for the expected to wrap in early 2014. The 165,000-square-foot structure will include two courtrooms, first segment of Phase Two. a booking and inmate processing center, and what is known as a sallypoint that will help facilitate And while officials are still looking for money for Phase Two, there are two more phases still a more seamless movement of inmates coming in from the outside to the custody of the sheriff. on the drawing board: Phase 3, a $380 million project to continue Louisiana Highway 3235 for about 19 miles from Larose north to U.S. Highway 90; and Phase 4, a $580 million project to add an elevated two-lane highway between Golden Meadow and Port Fourchon. RIVERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT 2012 — $250 million (all phases) AIRPORT RENOVATIONS The schedule for opening Crescent Park, the only portion of a six-phase, $250 million rede- velopment of unused industrial space along the Mississippi River that has been approved, was 2012 — $300 million delayed after high river levels in the spring of 2011 delayed construction. The majority of the renovations and upgrades at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Roof demolition and remediation of the Mandeville Wharf columns and deck were under way International Airport that began in 2010 were finished or near completion toward the end along North Peters Street. Repairs to the underside of the Mandeville Wharf shed and the Piety Wharf of 2012. That work — Phase 4, 4A and Concourse B — included adding LED lighting, deck will create crossings for residents in the Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods into the park. artistic elements and landscaping throughout the main terminal and baggage claim area, and Additional water and sewer improvements, landscaping work and site grading along the adding lanes at the security checkpoint in Concourse B. entire length of the park are also under way. The Consolidated Rental Car Facility was also a key element that got started last year. Satterfield & Pontikes worked on the $88.92 million project that brings all rental car com- 2013 — $30 million (Crescent Park) panies serving the airport under one roof within walking distance of the terminal. There are no plans right now for future phases, but work continues on the park with plans to The final piece was the addition of new retail and food outlets, that opened either in the open it to the public by late spring. last quarter or in early 2013. Landis Construction completed most of the structural work on the river side of the flood- wall, including the Mandeville Shed, last year. The shed, a key element of the park, will be a 2013 — $300 million recreational space for events and community gatherings. The airport met its deadline of having almost all of its renovations and upgrades completed Landscaping, to be done by Hargreaves Associates, and the entrances are the main pieces for the Super Bowl, but a few punch list items remain, such as molding and base trim work of the puzzle that remain. Mandeville Crossing, the area between the floodwall and North in the main terminal, as part of the overall project. Peters Street from Elyisian Fields Avenue to Marigny Street, will be landscaped as the “front Satterfield & Pontikes is also working on a new utility building, which was bid as part of door” of the park. The area will include grass, trees, lighting and a walkway that will lead from the rental car facility structure. And U.S. Fence and Gate Inc. expects to finish a $1.95 mil- Elysian Fields Avenue to the crossing at Marigny Street. lion perimeter security fence no later than May. Work is also wrapping up on the Piety Street Arch and the Bartholomew Cut entrances. 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