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With river frontage for industry dwindling, Ascension Parish eyes ways to maximize what’s left
For generations, Mark Noel’s family has owned 1,000 acres of riverfront property in the tiny community of Modeste, Louisiana, hugging the west bank of...
Dow joins LCTCS in a public-private partnership to train more industry workers
The Dow Chemical Co. will expand the Dow U.S. Apprenticeship Program to include two Louisiana manufacturing facilities, Louisiana Operations in Plaquemine and St. Charles...
New DEQ secretary Chuck Carr Brown urges industry to be pro-active, considers fee increases
Viewing his appointment as a homecoming of sorts, Dr. Chuck Carr Brown took over as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality on Jan....
A conversation with Don Pierson, secretary of Louisiana Economic Development
Gov. John Bel Edwards’ new economic development chief, Don Pierson, credits his military background for fueling a deep belief in teamwork, planning and organization.
Pierson...
Long underrepresented in manufacturing, today’s women are changing the face of the workforce at...
Everything seemed to be going according to plan for Lauren Cordell, a Sulphur High School valedictorian and Louisiana Tech University graduate. She had met...
EPA’s Clean Power Plan leads regulatory push that has some in industry concerned
The country’s evolving regulatory environment, and how the installation of a new president in 2017 will impact it, have become growing concerns for Louisiana...
Insight: Louisiana’s natural gas export opportunities
It is difficult to believe that almost eight years ago, increased natural gas demand and declining U.S. natural gas production was positioning the country...
Louisiana candidates for governor talk industry
The voting booth looms large both this year and next for those in Louisiana industry and its many supporting and related enterprises, from chemical...
Industrial investment surges in St. James Parish
Situated midway between the state’s two largest cities, St. James Parish has had a perfect vantage point to observe Baton Rouge and New Orleans as...
A new Brown & Root
Brown & Root, once one of the most famous companies in the industrial world, never really went away. But due to corporate mergers and...
Contracting for Louisiana coastal restoration
Above: Sand moving work at the Caminada Headland project. Photo courtesy Restore or Retreat, Inc.
Billions of dollars in new money for coastal projects in...
Louisiana Workforce Education Initiative begins campaign to promote technical education
We’ve all heard of “Don’t Mess With Texas,” the slogan first coined in 1986 to teach Texas residents the real cost of littering. Since...
What causes project failures?
At the annual Construction Users Roundtable national conference in Arizona earlier this year, Ed Merrow, president of Independent Project Analysis, spoke frankly about what...
