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Louisiana AGC Members Receive National Awards
May 31, 2008

Louisiana Associated General Contractors members Cycle Construction Company and Boh Bros Construction Company were awarded national awards at the AGC of America’s 89th annual Convention in Las Vegas.

Cycle Construction Co., New Orleans received the 2008 Construction Safety Excellence Award first place in the Heavy Division category under 100,000 work hours for their commitment to safety.  Cycle Construction was judged on management’s commitment, worker training, active employee participation, safety innovation, and having no fatality or multi-catastrophic injuries in the past year.

Boh Bros. Construction Co., New Orleans received the AGC of America Build America Award in the category of Federal Highway New Construction on its 17th Street Canal project.  The purpose of the project was to construct an interim closure structure on the 17th Street Canal near its outfall into Lake Pontchartrain.  During Hurricane Katrina, the storm surge in the lake caused an influx of water into the 17th Street drainage canal. The inundation of water led to the collapse of floodwall sections, resulting in major flooding in the City of New Orleans.  The protection of the drainage canal structures from storm surge became a top priority.

The project demonstrated Boh’s ability to rapidly mobilize resources and safely construct a technologically complex project under demanding conditions and tight schedule constraints.  Boh crews worked over 200,000 man-hours with no recordable accidents.

Posted by Lisa Doyle on May 31, 2008 | Comments (1)