The Pelican Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors has announced the details, winners and recipients of its annual Excellence in Construction Awards and Safety Training Evaluation Process.
The organization honored 25 award-winning construction projects, 40 companies’ impressive safety practices and local craft competition winners at a recent event.
This year’s award-winning construction projects include several industrial projects, including the Shell Convent Firewater Reliability Compliance Project, the Phillips 66 Lake Charles Gasoline Isomerization Project and Cornerstone’s Alkylation Tank Farm Project.
2019 ABC PELICAN EIC CATEGORY
EXCELLENCE AND MERIT WINNERS
GENERAL CONTRACTOR > MEGA-PROJECTS > MORE THAN $100 MILLION
EXCELLENCE: The Lemoine Company, LLC: Nicholson Gateway Development
GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INDUSTRIAL > LESS THAN $5 MILLION
EXCELLENCE: Cajun Industries, LLC: Shell Convent – Firewater Reliability Compliance
MERIT: Performance Contractors, Inc.: Cornerstone – Alkylation Tank Farm Project
MERIT: Performance Contractors, Inc.: Valero – SRU 30 Waste Heat Boiler Turnaround
GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INDUSTRIAL > $5 TO $15 MILLION
EXCELLENCE: Cajun Industries, LLC: Rubicon AP HyCO
MERIT: Performance Contractors, Inc.: Westlake Chemical R201-D LCN EDC Cracking Furnace
GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INDUSTRIAL > $15 TO $25 MILLION
EXCELLENCE: Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC: Veolia – Burnside Converter Replacement & Capital Expansion Project
MERIT: Barriere Construction Co. LLC: Mosaic Uncle Sam Secondary Containment and RCRA BHT Piping Project
GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INDUSTRIAL > $25 TO $100 MILLION
EXCELLENCE: Performance Contractors, Inc.: Phillips 66 – Lake Charles Gasoline Isomerization Project
MERIT: Primoris Services Corporation: Shintech Plaquemine Plant 3
GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INFRASTRUCTURE: HEAVY > UP TO $100 MILLION
EXCELLENCE: Sealevel Construction, Inc.: Falgout Canal Flood Control Structure
GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INSTITUTIONAL > $5 TO $10 MILLION
EXCELLENCE: The Lemoine Company LLC: Comeaux High School Performing Arts Academy
GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INSTITUTIONAL > $10 – $25 MILLION
EXCELLENCE: Arkel Constructors, Inc.: LSU Football Operations Addition and Athletics Nutrition Center
SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > ELECTRICAL: INDUSTRIAL > $2 TO $10 MILLION
EXCELLENCE: ISC Constructors, LLC: ExxonMobil Fuels and Lubricants Company-2019 Legacy Event
MERIT: Triad Electric & Controls, Inc.: Valero Diamond Green Diesel Expansion Project
MERIT: ISC Constructors, LLC: Marathon Garyville-10/22 Substation Installation Project
SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > ELECTRICAL > MORE THAN $10 MILLION
EXCELLENCE: ISC Constructors, LLC: MEGlobal BOOKRAMEG Project
MERIT: Triad Electric & Controls, Inc.: Shell Tiger AO4 Project
MERIT: MMR Constructors, Inc.: Ethylene Plant Restart Project
SITEWORK / LANDSCAPE / HARDSCAPE
MERIT: Beard Construction Group, LLC: Drax – LaSalle Bioenergy – Sitework and Rail Yard Construction
SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION – COMMERCIAL > LESS THAN $10 MILLION
EXCELLENCE: Cajun Industries, LLC: Cleco Bayou Vista-Terrebonne T-Line
MERIT: Boh Bros. Construction Co., LLC: Four Seasons Hotel and Residences New Orleans – Piles
SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION – INDUSTRIAL > LESS THAN $10 MILLION
EXCELLENCE: Group Industries: DOW Fender Control Building
MERIT: Cajun Industries, LLC: ExxonMobil Dock 5 Project
SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION – INDUSTRIAL > MORE THAN $10 MILLION
EXCELLENCE: Cajun Industries, LLC: Zachry @ Lyondell Chemical Company PO/TBA
2019 ABC PELICAN STEP RECIPIENTS:
ABC Pelican STEP recipients excel in all areas of ABC’s STEP Safety Management System, demonstrating an extraordinary commitment to safety. Participating companies score their level of achievement for each component on a weighted point scale and document their incident rates (TRIR and EMR). Companies receive recognition level of Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze or Participant based on this data.
Diamond Level Companies: Apache Industrial Services, Ardent Services, Barriere Construction Company, Beard Construction Group, Bengal Crane & Rigging, Brown & Root Industrial Services, Cajun Industries, Classic Industrial Services, Claymar Construction, Insulations, ISC Constructors, Merit Electrical, MMR Constructors, New Industries, PCL Industrial Construction Co., Primoris Services Corporation, REPCON, Southern Earth Sciences, The Lemoine Company, Triad Electric & Controls, Turner Industries Group, and Westgate
Platinum Level Companies: Aggregate Technologies, Arkel Constructors, EXCEL Group, Group Industries, Mammoet USA South, MAPP, Moore Industries, PALA-Interstate, Trade Construction Co., and Worley
Gold Level Companies: APTIM, Bluewater Constructors, Bottom Line Equipment, Ernest P. Breaux Electrical, Kostmayer Construction, Performance Contractors, and SJB Group
2019 ABC PELICAN CRAFT COMPETITION WINNERS
These ABC Pelican craft students competed in the ABC Pelican craft competition on December 6 at the Baton Rouge Training Center. Some of these craft students will represent the chapter in the 2020 National Craft Championships in Nashville.
First Place in Electrical: Devin Pourciaux, sponsored by Ernest P. Breaux Electrical
Second Place in Electrical: Seth Oubre, sponsored by Ernest P. Breaux Electrical
Third Place in Electrical: Kris Simmons, sponsored by Dykes Electric
First Place in Instrumentation: Zeke Mahaffey, sponsored by ISC Constructors
Second Place in Instrumentation: Justin Blanchard, sponsored by ISC Constructors
Third Place in Instrumentation: Ryan Drake, sponsored by Ardent Services
First Place in Millwright: Austin Pardue, sponsored by Turner Industries Group
Second Place in Millwright: Lionel Beckett, sponsored by Turner Industries Group
Third Place in Millwright: Gavin Oldham, sponsored by Turner Industries Group
First Place in Pipefitting: Dewey Sibley, sponsored by Performance Contractors
Second Place in Pipefitting: Dalton Newsom, sponsored by Performance Contractors
Third Place in Pipefitting: Payton Morris, sponsored by Performance Contractors
First Place in Welding: Trey Hebert, sponsored by Turner Industries Group
Second Place in Welding: Tristan Acosta, sponsored by Turner Industries Group
Third Place in Welding: Cameron Garafola, sponsored by Performance Contractors
