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$2.4 billion Louisiana aluminum mill to create 2,000 construction jobs
A planned aluminum mill will bring thousands of jobs to central Louisiana, the majority of which are in construction. According to a report from The Advocate, American Specialty Alloys Inc. will build a 3,000-acre, $2.4 billion mill campus in Pineville that will eventually support “all aspects of the aluminum manufacturing process.” ASA tells the paper that […]
February 23, 2015
Safety
Construction worker killed after garbage truck rams into back of pickup, knocking it off of New Orleans bridge
As a road construction crew worked last week along the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in New Orleans, a garbage truck barreled through the work zone and rammed into the back of a pickup following along behind workers. According to a report from NOLA.com, the pickup was hit so hard it was knocked over the railing of […]
November 9, 2014
Business
Another worker shortage compounded by the energy boom could delay construction of $1.3 billion Dallas hospital
Construction officials with a Dallas area hospital say their project is losing workers and bidders to stiff competition from the oil and gas industry as well as higher paying construction jobs elsewhere in the state. “Houston and West Texas are taking labor away from many of our projects,” Lou Saksen, senior vice president over the $1.3 […]
April 24, 2014
Business
Coin toss decides bid winner for $4.4 million construction project in Louisiana
There are very few coin tosses with higher stakes than the one carried out in Gretna, Louisiana Wednesday night. The town is getting a new police station and last month accepted seven bids from construction companies looking to win the right to demolish the existing headquarters and build the new one. Problem was, for the […]
March 13, 2014
Workforce
Louisiana construction firms face skilled labor shortage compounded by energy boom in surrounding regions
Construction firms in Louisiana are facing a heightened short-term need for skilled workers thanks a boom in petrochemical and chemical plant construction. That’s the good news. The bad news, however, is that due to other booms in nuclear plant construction in the rest of the Southeast and the shale boom in the Midwest and Rockies, those […]
September 19, 2013
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