Concrete update

Despite rising cost, material still popular option on South Central jobs
Cost-effective and environmentally friendly concrete continues to be a popular building material throughout the South Central region.

Top 100 Design Firms

Inaugural list ranks region's largest architects, engineers ranked in inaugural list
The five-state South Central region's inaugural Top 100 Design Firms showcases a diverse mix of architects and engineers working in a variety of markets.

Mammoth foundation

Harvey Canal gate project puts contractor to the test
A cofferdam constructed for the concrete foundation, support columns and attachments for the Harvey Canal Sector gate project in the New Orleans area was the largest and most complicated cofferdam ever constructed by Boh Bros. Construction.

Big batch

Sulphur plant's second phase to be finished by end of year
McInnis Bros. of Minden will complete phase two of a $28.5 million expansion project at the Sulphur Wastewater Treatment Plant by the end of this year, highlighted by the construction of one of the largest concrete sequential batch reactors in the country.

Mississippi Report

Labor, material shortages short-circuit building boom
The post-Katrina building boom predicted by many hasn't arrived yet in Mississippi.