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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930 Poydras Street

New Orleans, LA

DESCRIPTION: 930-poydras_street_forweb The newest edition to New Orleans Skyline, 930 Poydras, is a 21-story concrete framed, glass and insulated metal panel skinned building with many innovative amenities. The building houses three retail tenants at street level, 500 parking spaces, 250 apartments and six townhouses overlooking the interior pool deck above the parking structure. Other amenities include a skylobby and a fitness center. Several pieces of equipment were incorporated into the building design in order to enhance productivity and efficiency. The building serves as a significant urban residential and business element to the revitalization of downtown New Orleans. The building includes 10,000 sq. ft. of retail space, 200,000 sq. ft. of parking and 250,000 sq. ft. of residential space.

OWNER: 930 Poydras Apartments, LLC

ARCHITECT: Eskew+Dumez+Ripple

CONTRACT AMOUNT: $54.9 million

AWARDED:
South Central Construction Magazine Louisiana’s Best of 2010 Judges Award for Construction, Best in Category Architecture, Best in Category Multi-Family

Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. Excellence in Construction Award