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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Barracks Replacement, Jackson Barracks

New Orleans, LA

DESCRIPTION: jacksonbarracks1 The project consists of the design and construction of three new officer and enlisted personnel barracks facilities and the design and renovation of four existing historic buildings into living facilities for officers. The overall size of the project is 50,170 sq. ft., including the construction of three new buildings and 40,344 sq. ft. total and four historic existing buildings for a combined total of 90,514 sq. ft.

The new buildings are post tension concrete first floor and second floors, with aerated concrete load-bearing walls on the first floors and metal stud walls on the second floors. The masonry veneer structures include walkways and balconies with slate hip roof to reflect the historic character at Jackson Barracks. The restoration of the four existing historic buildings was designed executed to meet code requirement while still maintaining the historic character of the buildings. The design included ATFP and LEED design.

OWNER: State of Louisiana National Guard

ARCHITECT: Mathes-Brierre Architects

CONTRACT AMOUNT: $21,421,198