Yoder & Frey - Thu July 23, 2020
Yoder & Frey Appoints Alex Young as Florida Territory Manager
Yoder & Frey continues to build its team of territory managers with experience in the heavy machinery world, with the latest joiner being Alex Young, who will concentrate on Florida and the surrounding states....
ARTBA - Thu July 16, 2020
ARTBA Awards Public-Private Partnership Awards
The Pennsylvania Rapid Bridge Replacement Project, the State Street Redevelopment Project in Indiana, Louisiana Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson and ACS Infrastructure Development Vice President of Project Management Noah Jolley have been recognized as models of excellence in innovative transportation finance and leadership, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) announced July 16....
ASV Holdings Inc. - Thu July 16, 2020
Louisiana Business Powers Through Wet Conditions to Stay on Schedule
The demand for new housing across the south keeps Lloyd Landry busy year-round. His company, Lloyd Landry LLC, provides dirt work and several other services for some of the largest residential contractors in Baton Rouge, La....
The Advocate - Wed July 15, 2020
I-12 Widening Plan Expected to be Reality by 2021
A plan to convert a section of Interstate 12 in the Baton Rouge area from shoulder space to a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane in each direction should be reality in 2021, Louisiana's transportation chief said recently....
StMaryNow.com - Tue July 07, 2020
Bayou Chene Project Contractor Wins National Engineering Award
Sealevel Construction of Thibodaux, La., the company that has been awarded two major contracts for the state's Bayou Chene Flood Control Project, has now earned a National Excellence in Construction (EIC) award for its Falgout Canal Flood Control Structure in Dularge....
Office of the Governor of Louisiana - Tue June 02, 2020
LA Gov. Edwards, DOTD Choose Builder for Portion of $353M Canal Project
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced May 26 that the state's Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) has selected Boh Bros. Construction Company to build three new bridges as part of the Comite River Diversion Canal Project in East Baton Rouge Parish....
Louisiana DOTD - Tue June 02, 2020
Shreveport Overpass to Be Repaired Following April Train Derailment
In the wake of a train derailment on April 24, repair crews in Shreveport, La., have been standing by to fix and strengthen a key vehicle overpass damaged during the accident. The affected bridge carries traffic along northbound Louisiana Route 1, also known as Spring Street....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Thu May 14, 2020
Adding Capacity the Goal of I-10 Projects
Road construction crews are hard at work across the state of Louisiana on several projects to improve Interstate 10, one of the South's busiest vehicle and freight corridors. In the Bayou State, the highway stretches 274 miles across the lower third of Louisiana from the Texas border east through Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, before turning northeast to Mississippi....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 25, 2020
Years After Hurricane Harvey, Dam Still Under Repair
Hurricane Harvey caused extensive damage in Texas and Louisiana during August 2017, including major devastation to the Vernon Lake dam and spillway in Vernon, La., which is the subject of a $1 million Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) repair project....
Melinda DeSlatte - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon February 10, 2020
Louisiana to Borrow Estimated $350M for Construction Work
Louisiana's new legislative leaders quickly signed off Thursday on plans for the state to borrow up to $350 million to replenish the account that pays for state-financed construction work, the first major financial decision for the latest House and Senate term....
