Boh Bros. Blog

All of us at Boh Bros. were saddened by the passing of Dale Biggers, P.E., a prominent figure at Boh Bros. for more than 50 years. Dale spent 33 years as a project manager completing hundreds of projects, including piles for the Superdome and the Aquarium. In 2001, he...

The intense heat generated by a September tractor-trailer rig accident and fire on I-10 eastbound into New Orleans had spalled and cracked the elevated span’s concrete superstructure, and LADOTD needed a quick fix. While the span’s girders still provided sufficient...

It was nothing but a colossal debris field when the Boh Bros. team first arrived on site to start Surge Debris Removal. Hurricane Ida’s 15-foot storm surge had piled up 4-6' of odorous marsh mud and grass around the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) facility near...

POWER MOVE Creative thinking gets Boh out of logistical tight spots during Entergy marine repairs When R.R. Cassidy Inc. asked Boh Bros. to assist with the emergency marine repairs of six water-based transmission poles after Hurricane Ida, it became obvious that the...

It was far from a conventional project. There was no centralized jobsite, no specified deadline, no well-defined scope of work, and it was difficult to predict what each day would bring. The goal, however, was clear: the restoration of power to southeast Louisiana in...

A Letter from our President How big of a number is one trillion? It is a million million. That is hard to visualize, so perhaps a common comparison would be easier to grasp. One million dollars, placed in a stack of one-hundred-dollar bills, would be 3.3 feet tall....

Lifting Lafitte Sensitive removal of damaged Lafitte swing span requires a creative solution The Kerner Bridge over Bayou Barataria took a direct hit from Mother Nature on August 29, 2021. Hurricane Ida sent a barge careening into the bridge’s aging 200-footlong swing...

Night Shift: Boh Tweaks Causeway Crossover to Accelerate Schedule, Protect PublicAbout nine miles north of the Metairie shoreline, Boh Bros. recently completed a critical safety improvement to Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, while reducing cost and improvising schedule...

Silver lining COVID-19 lockdown creates opportunity during I-310 rehabSilver lining COVID-19 lockdown creates opportunity during I-310 rehab  Maintaining a hurricane evacuation route is crucial, of course, but doing it during the tumultuous storm season of 2020...