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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BEQ/PDC, H-100 Conversion

Algiers, Louisiana

DESCRIPTION: h-100-main-entrance This project consisted of renovation converting third through sixth floors into 80 bachelor enlisted quarters units. Amenities in each unit include a separate, fully-equiped kitchen and living room area. The second floor supports the Naval Reserve Professional Development Center, Northwood and Troy State satellite facilities, Navy Campus and Learning Center, Navy Exchange Administrative Offices, and food court. The first floor is the Navy Exchange with the general retail, mini-mart, barber and beauty shops, video rental, optical shop, uniform and tailor shop, and personalized services. Also included was construction of a new Damage Control Trainer space, which provides space for hands-on damage control training for naval reserve forces.

OWNER: Southern Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command

ARCHITECT: VOA & Associates

CONTRACT AMOUNT: $13,000,000

AWARDED: Associated Builders & Contractors – First Place Most Outstanding Renovation Category

Louisiana Contractors Best of 1999 – Outstanding Renovation/Restoration Category