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Features - September 2005

Preparing Louisiana's roads for the future

Louisiana's highways and byways are being revamped and widened to accommodate greater traffic loads. In the process, contractors are encountering a variety of challenges on their respective jobsites. Full Story >>

Legislative wrapup

Construction associations focused mostly on defensive instead of offensive tactics during the recent "fiscal-only" legislative session.
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A major endeavor

Dow's Cornerstone project is being built on an 11-acre site within its existing plant in St. Charles Parish. It is the first U.S. latex plant to be constructed in decades.
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Proving grounds

The costliest highway project in Louisiana's history is providing the ultimate testing grounds for the design-build process. Still, state highway officials expect the new St. Francisville Bridge to finish much earlier than it would have with traditional design-bid-build. Full Story >>


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