Boh Bros. Blog

  Originally built in 1907 in the Port of St. Bernard’s Arabi Terminal, the Chalmette Slip is the lone deep-draft calm water slip on the lower Mississippi River and supports one of the largest shipping corridors in the world. By the start of the 21st century, the...

Delays, breakdowns, and a technical malfunction could have easily derailed a major paving job like the Lafayette Regional Airport’s Taxiway F, Phase 3 project. In this case, however, the Boh Bros. Construction team achieved stringent FAA-mandated grade/smoothness...

Tight Spot It’s one of the most high-profile and complex construction projects in New Orleans. Under the guidance of general contractor Broadmoor LLC, the four-year $450 million renovation of Caesars Superdome is a meticulously planned, multiphased endeavor that has...

Above ground at least, the two towers carrying a new Entergy transmission line across the Calcasieu River near Sulphur are identical. The similarities end there, though, as vastly different site conditions – solid ground on the west bank and marsh on the east bank –...

The project to rehabilitate adjoining 100-year-old berths at the Port of Lake Charles was thrown a considerable curve ball when Hurricane Laura roared through the site during the pre-construction phase. Everything was put on hold for the better part of a year, as the...

Construction Safety Week started in 2014 when more than 40 national and global construction firms worked together to inspire everyone in the industry to be leaders in safety. The mission of Safety Week is to:• Thank workers for their commitment to safety• Increase...

Several drainage swales were rapidly eroding at Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus this past fall and threatening a heavily used Student Health Center and residential parking lot. There were also alarming signs that one of the drainage swales was about to...

The lights went out nearly everywhere in New Orleans when Hurricane Ida tore through southeast Louisiana last August. The winds were blowing more than 150 mph as the storm brushed the city, damaging an Entergy tower along the Mississippi River at Avondale. In a matter...