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State
forecast
Economic rebound continues
despite industrial downturn
The state's construction industry has weathered some serious
economic storms in the last three years, while at the same
time benefiting from some fortuitous high-dollar projects.
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Market
Outlook: Highways
Work moves forward despite
stalled highway bill
Now that the presidential election and political season are
over, transportation prognosticators and highway contractors
are hoping the long-stalled federal highway bill will be resolved
in short order. Full
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Market
Outlook: Building
Natural gas drags industrial
construction, but public/private building marches on
Building construction is a bright spot in Louisiana's economic
outlook for 2005, but the chemical industry could cause some
drag on industrial building, said economist Loren C. Scott,
president of Loren C. Scott & Associates of Baton Rouge.
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Beat
the clock
More spacious Shreveport jail
opens ahead of schedule
When Walton Construction handed over the keys to the new Shreveport
City Jail in October, it did so within budget and two months
ahead of schedule. The feat was accomplished despite the loss
of five weeks of work due to more than 13 in. of rain and
unforeseen underground obstructions. Full
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Crime
pays
Precast Pollock prison benefits
contractors, community
Crime does pay. Or so it seems for Flintco Inc., the Memphis-based
firm that won a $93 million Bureau of Prisons contract to
build a new medium-security Federal Correctional Institution
in Pollock. Full
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Building
around lifestyles
Baton Rouge's Towne Center
beats steel, concrete bottleneck
The people who built Towne Center at Cedar Lodge have one
regret: The $65 million "lifestyle center" retail
facility in Baton Rouge wasn't finished in time for the 2004
holiday shopping season. Full
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Pursuing
a dream
West Monroe office building
becomes reality while cutting costs
A 30-year dream became reality in December when Fred Bayles
opened the doors of his five-story office complex in West
Monroe. Full
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