Uncertain project economics can put a contractor’s profitability at risk. Here’s how some are...
An industrial contractor’s ability to maintain a healthy profit margin can be tenuous, at best, in an age of fluctuating material prices, rising wages...
New Orleans-based IMTT sells five U.S. terminals
New Orleans-based International-Matex Tank Terminals has sold five of its U.S. terminals to JET Infrastructure, a Colorado firm that stores and transport jet fuel,...
Legislative committee deals blow to I-10 bridge replacement project in Lake Charles
A $2.1 billion plan to replace the aging Interstate 10 bridge in Lake Charles suffered a potentially fatal blow last week when state lawmakers...
St. Louis ports, freight carriers support Port NOLA’s St. Bernard Terminal
St. Louis regional ports and the St. Louis Regional Freightway are jointly supporting the Port of New Orleans’ efforts to strengthen the flow of...
LSU researchers awarded NSF funding to address infrastructure optimization systems
Longstanding challenges to the power grid and other critical infrastructure might begin to be resolved more quickly through quantum computing with the aid of...
St. Bernard Parish files lawsuit to block new Port NOLA container terminal
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of St. Bernard Parish against Port NOLA in an effort to stop the operation of a port...
Port of South Louisiana in final talks to buy Avondale; officials tight-lipped on price
The Port of South Louisiana said last week that it has completed its due diligence and is in final negotiations with T. Parker Host...
Entergy pursuing federal funding to strengthen Louisiana power grid
Entergy is continuing to pursue federal grant funding that would offset the cost of projects to strengthen Louisiana’s power grid, the company announced last...
Second phase of LA 1 bridge construction under way in Lafourche Parish
Construction crews have begun Phase 2 work on roughly 9 miles of bridge that will connect Leeville to Golden Meadow in LaFourche Parish, reports...
Ship launch marks milestone in Bollinger’s construction of oceanographic research vessels
The R/V Taani, a regional class research vessel, was floated for the first time last week using a drydock at Bollinger Shipyards in Houma....
