Gibbs News

Superdome Re-Skin Wins ENR Magazine’s Best of the Best National Award

NEW ORLEANS, LA – February 21, 2011 – Gibbs Construction’s Louisiana Superdome, Phase Three—Re-Skin Project was awarded Engineering News-Record’s Best of the Best 2010 National Award for Best Specialty Contracting. The national award recognizes outstanding projects for the year based on criteria such as safety, innovation, project management and community contribution. The Gibbs Superdome Re-Skin [...]

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Gibbs Breaks Ground on Rouses Grocery in New Orleans Central Business District

NEW ORLEANS, LA (1/13/11) – The Central Business District took another big leap towards urban renewal this week when Gibbs Construction crews broke ground on a new Rouses grocery store at the site of the former Sewell Cadillac Chevrolet building. The new store, slated to become a flagship store for the Thibodaux-based, family-owned company, will [...]

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Gibbs Awarded with American Concrete Institute Award of Excellence

NEW ORLEANS, LA – January 10, 2011 – Gibbs Construction, LLC has been selected to receive the American Concrete Institute’s Award of Excellence for its 930 Poydras Street multi-family project. The award will be presented at the ACI Louisiana Chapter Best Concrete Projects Banquet on January 21, 2011, at the Metairie Country Club in Metairie, [...]

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Gibbs Construction Wins Four South Central Construction Top Awards

NEW ORLEANS, LA – December 21, 2010 – Gibbs Construction, LLC was awarded the 2010 Judges Award for Construction and three Best in Category awards by South Central Construction magazine at the publication’s annual Louisiana’s Best of 2010 awards ceremony, held on December 2, in Baton Rouge. The program recognizes construction and design excellence in [...]

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Gibbs Construction Wins ABC Regional Awards

NEW ORLEANS, LA – December 21, 2010 – Gibbs Construction, LLC was presented with three 2010 Excellence in Construction (EIC) Awards and the Platinum Safety Training & Evaluation Process (STEP) Award by Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. (ABC) New Orleans/Bayou Chapter at its annual ceremony, held November 17, at Chateau Golf and Country Club in [...]

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Jefferson Parish Pump Station Safe Houses

East and West Bank of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

DESCRIPTION: jeff-parish-safe-houses-2 This project consists of seven concrete structures located on the East and West Banks of Jefferson Parish at Jefferson Parish Flood Control Pumping Facilities.  The structures consist of elevated slabs on concrete columns and drill shafts for supporting self contained concrete living units for housing the Pump Operators during a major hurricane event.  These structures and living units are rated to withstand up to 250 mph winds.  Each involved installation of 9 or 12 – 36” diameter drill shafts ranging from 60’-100’ below grade and extending up to a height of 23’ to 28’ above grade in order to support the elevated platform for the Safe House living units. The structures include steel stairs and spiral stair for access and emergency egress.  The project’s purpose is to provide for a safe haven for drainage department operating personnel to seek refuge during the time of the major force of a passing storm.  This will protect our parish property and citizens from flooding due to inability to safely man the pump stations to pump out the rain water or storm surge brought in by the major storm events.

OWNER: Jefferson Parish Public Works Department

ENGINEER: Rahman & Associates, Inc.

CONTRACT AMOUNT: $17,247,010

AWARDED: The Louisiana Chapter of the American Concrete Institute Award of Merit