Merit Shop Message | Winter 2024
MERIT SHOP MESSAGE Winter 2024
Pelican Chapter, Associated Builders & Contractors
Inside this issue Meet Your 2024 Chair
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2023 Build Your Future
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Excellence in Construction
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STEP Recipients
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ABC Pelican is one of 68 chapters of a national construction industry trade association representing more than 22,000 members. Founded on the merit shop philosophy in 1980, the Pelican Chapter helps our members develop people, win work and deliver that work safely, ethically, profitably, and for the betterment of the communities in which we work.
Merit Shop is a way of doing business in which companies reward employees based on performance and encourage them to reach their highest level of achievement, and in which contracts are awarded based on safety, quality and value, regardless of labor affiliation.
MERIT SHOP MESSAGE Winter 2024
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Editorial/Design Macie Morgan
Chair Adam Landry Scott Callaway PALA - Interstate Cajun Industries Scott McKnight Chair-Elect Gallagher John Cassagne MMR Constructors Ben Fromenthal Fabricated Pipe Secretary Michelle Hardy Jeremiah Johnson Turner Industries Louisiana CAT
Writers & Contributors LWCC Russ Wray
Table of Contents
Meet Your 2024 Chair 04 Build Your Future Day 06 Law Update 10 Excellence in Construction 22 STEP Recipients 32 New Members 34
CONNECT WITH US!
Treasurer Andrew Thompson Ben Brown ISC Constructors Turner Industries Josh Zumo Vice Chair Education Cajun Industries Seth Lemoine LEMOINE Lance Glaser Performance Contractors Vice Chair Membership Growth Danny Campbell Wes Mincin Triad Electric & Controls Performance Contractors Alternate Board Members: Vice Chair Member Services Matthew Allen Lance Arvel MMR Constructors EXCEL Daniel Williams Vice Chair Governmental MAPP Relations Shane Kirkpatrick Legal Counsel: Group Contractors Murphy J. Foster, III Breazeale, Sachse Vice Chair Outlying Area & Wilson, LLP John Freeman Brown & Root
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2023: A YEAR OF
HIGH PERFORMANCE This year marked another incredible one for Performance Contractors and the customers that we serve. Moving into 2024, we’re energized and excited about the year to come as we continue to grow as the Gulf South’s leading industrial contractor.
Named ABC’s 2023 National Contractor of the Year
Received 2 ABC Eagle Awards
Received ABC’s National Safety Excellence Award
Named a Best for Vets 5-Star Employer
Completed 13,187,415 man-hours across 22 different states *as of November 21st
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MEET THE PELICAN CHAIRMAN
Q&A WITH 2023 ABC PELICAN CHAIRMAN: SCOTT CALLAWAY
Meet our 2024 ABC Pelican Chairman, Scott Callaway of Cajun Industries. Scott has been in the construction industry for 22 years and involved with ABC for almost 20 years, serving on numerous committees and now as the Chairman of the Pelican Board of Directors. How did you become involved in ABC? In my early years at Cajun Industries, my involvement with ABC began by attending member socials, crawfish boils and competing in the EIC awards program. It was a great way to meet and network with industry peers and receive recognition for award worthy projects. How long have you been involved in ABC? My involvement began around 2005. For me, it started out as more of a business networking opportunity and later developed into a desire to volunteer and give back. From first serving on a membership dues study committee, being a member on the state convention planning committee, to serving many years on the board, it’s been an enjoyable experience. Our livelihoods are reliant on the overall health of the construction industry, both locally and nationally, and for me ABC has always been the best way to make a real impact. How long have you been in the construction industry? While completing my education in civil engineering at LSU in 2002, I began working at Cajun Industries as an intern in our deep foundations business unit. For the past 22 years I have served Cajun in various roles from estimating, project management, site management to executive management. At Cajun, we grow our people to grow our company, and my career journey is just one example of that. What are your greatest achievements in your life? Personal and professional. Personally, marrying my wife Garrett of 17 years, and the birth of our two sons, Sanders, 13, and Brooks, 11, are at the top. Running a marathon and earning my MBA are up there too. Professionally, being a Site Manager for Cajun on the Marathon GME project back in 2008 was a pivotal time in my career. Later, the opportunities to lead Cajun’s Deep Foundations business unit, and eventually become part of our executive leadership team as a Senior Vice President the last 5 years, have provided me with a career full of challenge and reward. The biggest achievement is the
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relationships with coworkers and industry peers that my career has afforded me. A few things you want to accomplish as this year’s chair? Thanks to past Chairs Knost and Rounds, who laid the ground work for a two year strategic plan, we’re already off to a good start. Top priority for me is breaking ground on the SWLA training center, improving our reach to those who could flourish in a construction trade, using our powerful influence as a voice to advocate for the merit shop industry and increasing contractor participation in STEP. Who is your role model in the industry? There are many gracious people over my career that have dedicated their time to helping me grow personally and professionally. To name a few, my good friend and peer, Andy Lopez, who first educated me on the basics of construction gambling (estimating!). Kenny Wolf mentored me on the importance of long-term business relationships. Milton Graugnard laid the groundwork that ethics and morals should never be compromised. Lane Grigsby interviewed me as a student and taught me that you have to give young people who know nothing a chance. Todd Grigsby taught me the value of generosity and reward. Most influential has been my long time boss, mentor and friend, Mike Moran, who has given me the best gift of all - his time. Since the first day of my career, he has selflessly shown me the value of giving honest feedback and coaching, which has undoubtedly provided me the opportunity to grow within our business. What are three things you want the ABC Pelican membership to know about you? I enjoy fitness, hunting and fishing, tennis and pickleball, kayaking or canoeing whitewater, any time near the water, playing soccer, and spending time with my family.
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BATON ROUGE BUILD YOUR FUTURE
LOUISIANA’S INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION SECTOR NEEDS THOUSANDS OF WORKERS. WHERE WILL THEY FIND THEM? By: Robert Stewart, The Advocate Staff Writer Hundreds of Louisiana high school students milled about under the shade of a massive metal pavilion, curious if the industry life was for them. Dozens of displays from Louisiana industrial companies beckoned at Build Your Future Day, a construction sector recruitment event hosted last month by ABC Pelican, the Associated Builders and Contractors’ Baton Rouge chapter, at the LamarDixon Expo Center. All the big players were there — Turner Industries, Performance Contractors, MMR Group, to name a few — as were plenty of others. They brought their towering machines, their virtual simulators, their friendly handshakes and smiles, all to convince teenagers that working as a welder, a pipefitter or a millwright could be a long, lucrative career. “It’s a giant construction show and tell to literally show them what we do instead of just hearing about it, read something on social media or in a book,” said Chad Pierce, training and workforce development specialist for Cajun Industries. Truth be told, those companies need interested workers sooner rather than later.
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A recent report from economist Loren Scott said New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lake Charles have $154 billion worth of industrial projects in the queue, much of which could move forward with construction as soon as next year. Scott’s report also cited a Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance survey that says the region will need as many as 5,400 more industry workers in the next two years to handle demand, including 2,000 electricians, 500 instrument technicians, 700 millwrights and 2,200 pipefitters and contract welders. Turner Industries, which already employs 10,000 people, is planning to add 3,000 more workers to handle the boom. Meanwhile, Performance Contractors has hired 2,000 workers over the last year. Similar expansions should happen at ISC, MMR Group, Cajun Industries and others. Though they’re no strangers to workforce scrambles, industry executives are leaning on the state’s education and training network to boost their ranks with time running out so soon.
“We have definitely determined that there will be more demand than supply of skilled craft workers,” said Connie Fabre, GBRIA’s president and CEO. “If you look at the age attrition as well as everything going on in the market, there’s just an ongoing need for developing more skilled craft (workers).”
In the meantime, industrial contractors likely will have to bring in out-of-state workers should new projects begin soon, Fabre and Helveston said. Still, Fabre is confident in the state’s industrial contractors to find enough workers to meet demand. She said they’re “very resourceful, very creative” in their workforce efforts.
A familiar struggle
“The companies, the contractors, they will recruit as best they can locally with all of the methods that they have, all the online methods and interviewing people and so forth,” she said. “At some point, they have to go out. They’re advertising all over the country.”
Stephen Toups, CEO of Turner Industries, noted that Louisiana has been through similar workforce development challenges in recent years, going far back as 2005. But what makes this go-round unique, Toups said, is that leaders from state agencies, higher education institutions and businesses are all “pulling in the same direction” on workforce development needs.
‘A severe shortage’ At the ABC Pelican event in October, corporate recruiters repeated familiar refrains. A worker shortage is coming. They need millwrights, pipefitters and everything in between. It’s a struggle to find students interested in industry careers, especially when their parents — who may have already worked industrial jobs — are hesitant about their children following that path.
That being said, Toups still needs thousands of workers. And soon. “There’s not just one thing,” he said. “What we need is we need people interested in getting in the business. We need an increase in IT professionals just like we need an increase in mechanics just like we need an increase in welders.”
Steven Kraemer, a human resources recruiter for MMR Group, said his company needs electrical workers and instrumentation technicians. Justin Tassin, a workforce development manager and coordinator for Group Industries in Baton Rouge, added that crane operators and pile drivers are “a dying breed.”
Industrial are likely to feel the “pinch” in the next year or so, particularly for millwrights and pipefitters, said David Helveston, president and CEO of ABC’s Pelican chapter. “I don’t know that you’ve seen the true labor shortages hitting just yet,” Helveston said. “There’s certainly a number of projects on the block that I think, if they do come to fruition, you’ll see wages picking up and (our) members scrambling to find skilled workers.”
“We’re going to have a severe shortage,” said Shane Firmin, director of workforce development at Brown and Root, a Baton Rouge-based industrial construction, engineering and maintenance company. “There’s going to be a lot of work in the Gulf Coast area.”
Firms are attacking the workforce development problem in two ways, Helveston said.
Industrial job postings in Louisiana are increasing, said Ted Grunenwald, co-owner of Roaddog Jobs, a career platform that he described as “Indeed for industrial construction jobs.”
The first is through “upskilling,” an industry term for pushing entry-level workers through training programs to boost their skillset and make them available for positions of need. The second is partnering with local high schools to convince students to pursue industry careers.
“We talk to lots of contractors. All of them are having trouble — getting people in, keeping people on projects, staffing what’s coming up,” Grunenwald said.
Fabre said her organization steered a 2012 initiative to beef up the state’s industrial workforce development ecosystem, which led to investments in the state’s community and technical colleges, including new worker training facilities. She said she’s confident in the state’s existing workforce programs, though GBRIA hopes to connect with Gov.-elect Jeff Landry’s administration soon to seek its help in promoting industry careers.
The industry recruiters said they’re not trying to dissuade anyone interested in the traditional four-year college route. But they also wanted students to know that industry careers are safe — and pay well. “The college push is definitely what the majority of them are getting, which is fine,” said Brennan Anderson, training coordinator at performance Contractors. “We don’t steer anybody away from college either. We have a lot of career paths for four-year graduates from universities.”
“I think you’re going to see a concerted effort to push more people into the existing (training) programs, and I think the colleges and universities will have to staff up,” said Andrew Fitzgerald, senior vice president of business intelligence at the Baton Rouge Area Chamber.
The firms are even trying social media, including TikTok reels, to recruit high school students. “Long gone are the days where you can just put an ad in the paper and have 50 people knocking on your door,” said Pierce, the Cajun Industries workforce specialist.
There’s some good news, according to BRAC officials. About 2,500 construction workers who are still out of work because of COVID cuts are available for industrial contractors to scoop up. Industrial projects also have lengthy timelines, which “gives us a little bit of lag time,” Fitzgerald said.
“But you have a much better chance if you can put out a TikTok or some type of B-reel or whatever — I don’t even know the terminology,” Pierce said with a laugh.
However, national battles for talent are likely to drive construction wages higher, Fitzgerald said.
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CONSTRUCTION LAW UPDATE
“Justice Delayed is Justice Denied” Special Masters
By: Russ Wray, Wray & Associates
Time is money. The longer a case takes to resolve, the more it will likely cost. Moving cases along is important to do justice. The use of a special master in certain cases may be a way to accomplish that. A special master may be appointed in complex civil cases “wherein complicated legal or factual issues are presented or wherein exceptional circumstances of the case warrants such appointment.” The special master’s scope of authority is defined by the court (with consent of the parties) and may include findings of fact and conclusions of law on the merits or the special master’s duties may be more limited depending on the circumstance such as, for example, discovery matters in complex cases involving technical issues and large volumes of electronically stored information (emails, spreadsheets, etc.). A special master may be asked to prepare a report to document his findings and conclusions. A party has the right to object to determinations made by a special master and the court may take additional evidence in connection with the review of those findings and conclusions. Also, the court fixes the special master’s compensation to be paid and Louisiana law allows those fees to be taxed as costs of court to the prevailing party. Construction disputes frequently involve such complex technical or legal issues as well as involve large quantities of electronically stored data (ESI) which gives rise to all manner of potential disputes, increasing the cost and causing delay. The public works act provides for the use of “commissioners” to hear concursus suits as a summary proceeding: “All proceedings brought under this Part shall be tried summarily and referred to a commissioner, as provided by law, who shall report his findings to the court at the earliest date possible.” On occasion, courts have appointed a special master to handle such cases. In one recent case, a special master was appointed where the issue before the court was the effects of absolute nullity arising from the engagement of an unlicensed construction contractor. It is beyond dispute that a contract with an unlicensed contractor is absolutely null and void and “is deemed never to have existed.” La. C.C. art. 2033. But the court may, in certain cases, restore the parties to the circumstances that existed before the contract was made and do so by an award of damages. Also, the court may grant equitable relief in the form of unjust enrichment where appropriate. See Quaternary Resource Investigations, LLC v. Phillips, 2018-1543 (La.App. 1 Cir. 11/19/20), 316 So.3d 448. Many construction cases appear to be well suited for the use of special masters. But, except for a few notable examples, it’s relatively uncommon for a court to appoint a special master in a construction
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case. Why is that? One answer lies in the fact that in Louisiana the use of special masters requires consent of all parties. The statute was amended to address those concerns by allowing the parties’ consent to be contingent on certain requirements. The amended statute provides: “The consent of the parties litigant may be contingent upon any of the following: (1) An estimate of the amount of the compensation of the special master. (2) The identity of the special master. (3) The court’s anticipated specifications of the powers of the special master … ” However, consent need not be express but may be inferred through acquiescence or the failure to timely object. Another reason is that many private construction contracts require disputes be arbitrated in lieu of being tried by the court. Arbitrators, similar to special masters, commonly have a high degree of subject matter expertise concerning the cases to which they are appointed. The AAA has special rules and panels to address construction industry matters. Similar to arbitration, the use of a special master in litigation may provide economic benefits to the parties and the court but, unlike arbitration, the right to appeal the court’s ruling remains intact. See Quaternary Resource Investigations, LLC v. Phillips, 2018-1543 (La. App. 1 Cir. 11/19/20), 316 So.3d 448 (where the Court of Appeal reversed the trial court’s ruling which was based in part upon the findings of the special master). In August of 2023, the 19th Judicial District Court en banc ordered a pilot program to be administered by Judge Wilson E. Fields to handle complex civil matters. The purpose was explained by the court in the order to “actively manage complex litigation disputes in order to provide timely and cost-effective resolution of such matters.” The order defines a complex civil matter as “one which involves multifaceted legal and case management issues requiring all-encompassing judicial management to expedite litigation and to promote effective decision-making by the Court, counsel, and the parties.” One factor used to guide the parties and the court is whether the services of the special master would be beneficial. The appropriate use of special masters, whether to decide the case on the merits subject to review by the court or on a more limited basis such as to streamline complex discovery issues, can be an effective tool to focus the court’s time and attention on the core issues of the case more quickly and efficiently. Should the opportunity arise, consider talking with your attorney about whether a special master is appropriate in your case. Russel W. Wray is an attorney and owner of Wray & Associates (www.wraylaw.com) and practices in Louisiana.
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EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION
2023 EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION AWARDS EXCELLENCE WINNERS GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Mega Projects > More than $100 Million Performance Contractors Beaumont Light Atmospheric Distillation Expansion (BLADE) Project
Historical Restoration/Renovation > Less than $25 Million The McDonnel Group 222 Loyola
Industrial > Less than $5 Million Turner Industries Group PVC Expansion
Industrial > $5 to $10 Million Performance Contractors Project Carbon
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Industrial > $10 to $15 Million
Industrial > $50 to $100 Million
EXCEL Group
Cajun Industries
Valero Diamond Green Diesel
Methanex G3-Civil
Industrial > $15 to $25 Million
Institutional > $25 to $100 Million
Cajun Industries
LEMOINE
Calgon/Carbon G-Line Expansion Project
Center for Nursing and Allied Health
Industrial > $25 to $50 Million
Pre-Engineered Building > Up to $100 Million
Cajun Industries
Arkel Constructors
Cabot Tail Gas Flue Gas
Rubicon Reliability Excellence Center
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Renovation > Less than $4 Million
Special Projects > $2 to $100 Million
The McDonnel Group
Group Contractors
Shell - Shape the Future Turnaround Building
Relativity - Test Stand and LOX-LNG Foundations
Renovation > $10 to $100 Million LEMOINE McNeese Health and Human Performance Center
Special Projects > Less than $2 Million Moore Industries 2022 ExxonMobil Roofing Restoration Program
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EXCELLENCE WINNERS SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR Electrical: Industrial > Less than $2 Million Triad Electric & Controls Petro 2 Flare Gas Recovery Unit Project
Electrical: Industrial > $2 to $10 Million MMR Constructors River Birch - C12 Expansion Project
Electrical: Industrial > $2 to $10 Million Triad Electric & Controls Dow LAO Pelican Project
Electrical > More than $10 Million ISC Constructors Baytown Chemical Expansion Project
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Exteriors > All Contract Amounts Moore Industries ExxonMobil Refinery Main Office Exterior Painting and Upgrades
Specialty Construction Commercial > Less than $10 Million Moore Industries Hurricane Laura Building & Site Repairs Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge
Specialty Construction - Industrial > Less than $10 Million Moore Industries ExxonMobil 2022 HVAC System Replacement Program
Specialty Construction - Industrial > More than $10 Million Baker Gulf Coast Industrial Chevron REG GTB Piling Project
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MERIT WINNERS GENERAL CONTRACTOR Mega-Projects > All Projects Over $100 Million
Industrial > Less than $5 Million
Turner Industries Group
Performance Contractors
Methanex G3
SC-1 Flare Recovery Project
Industrial > Less than $5 Million
Industrial > $5 to $10 Million
Action Industries
RES Contractors
ARO Former Cell House Demolition
Zeus 2.0 Mechanical and Structural Install
Industrial > Less than $5 Million
Industrial > $5 to $10 Million
RES Contractors
Performance Contractors
Liquid Chemical Building
Eagleray Module Fabrication Project
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Industrial > $10 to $15 Million
Industrial > $25 to $50 Million
Cajun Industrial
Performance Contractors
SDO C3PO 1101 Sitework
DOW FCDh Project
Industrial > $10 to $15 Million
Industrial > $50 to $100 Million
Performance Contractors
Performance Contractors
Baton Rouge Advantaged Crude Expansion
Diamond Green Diesel 3 - Ecofiner Mechanical
Industrial > $15 to $25 Million
Institutional > $25 to $100 Million
Turner Industries Group
LEMOINE
Vineyard Wind 1 - Haliade - X Blade Rack Fabrication
Walter L. Cohen High School
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Pre-Engineered Building > Up to $100 Million The McDonnel Group Marathon Control Laboratory
Residential > Multifamily & Condominium LEMOINE Rivermark Centre
Special Projects > Less than $2 Million Moore Industries ExxonMobil Quality Assurance Laboratory Roof Replacement
Special Projects > $2 to $100 Million APC Construction RTA Canal Street Ferry Terminal
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MERIT WINNERS SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR Electrical: Industrial > Less than $2 Million Triad Electric & Controls Vertellus Project Delta Expansion
Electrical > More than $10 Million Triad Electric & Controls Marathon Cat Max Turnaround
Electrical > More than $10 Million ISC Constructors ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery - Coker Suites Slide Valve Project
Electrical > More than $10 Million MMR Constructors Drake Temporary Natural Gas Generation
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Specialty Construction - Commercial > Less than $10 Million
Specialty Construction - Industrial > Less than $10 Million
Aggregate Technologies
Cajun Industries
Sam Houston Tollway Ship Channel Bridge Replacement
Entergy Caminada Substation
Specialty Construction - Industrial > Less than $10 Million
Specialty Construction - Industrial > More than $10 Million
Group Contractors
US Fusion Specialty Construction
Jackson Compressor Station Reversal and Cooler Replacement Project
Saltstone Disposal Unit 9 Interior Liner Project
Specialty Construction - Industrial > Less than $10 Million
Specialty Construction - Industrial > More than $10 Million
PALA Interstate
Sealevel Construction
Tank 110
Inland LNG Pipeline Platforms
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DIAMOND
STEP RECIPIENTS 2023
Action Industries, Inc. Aggregate Technologies Inc. Apache Industrial Services APC Construction, LLC Ardent Services, LLC Arkel Constructors, Inc. Austin Industrial, Inc. Baker Gulf Coast Industrial Barriere Construction, A CRH Company Beard Construction Group, LLC Bengal Crane & Rigging Bluewater Constructors, Inc. Bottom Line Equipment, LLC Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC Cajun Industries, LLC Contech Control Services Doggett Machinery Services Ernest P. Breaux Electrical EXCEL Group Five-S Group GROUP Contractors, LLC Holes Golden Triangle, LLC
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Equipment Share, Inc ISO Services Performance Contractors, Inc. Peterson Beckner Industries, Inc. Rudick Construction Group Sealevel Construction, Inc. Tolunay-Wong Engineers Worley Field Services Inc.
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I&I Turner Industries Group, LLC
BRONZE
DEWALT Great River Industries PALA-Interstate, LLC
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Holes Incorporated ISC Constructors, LLC LEMOINE LPR Construction Co. MAPP, LLC Mason Construction LLC MMR Constructors, Inc. Moore Industries, LLC Patriot Construction & Industrial, LLC Primoris Services Corporation RES Contractors, LLC S&S Sprinkler Standard Constructors, Inc. STARCON, A Cianbro Company The McDonnel Group, LLC Thompson Engineering, Inc. Trade Construction Co., LLC Triad Electric & Controls, Inc. United Rentals, Inc. US FUSION & Specialty Construction, LLC Westgate, LLC
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Inncircles Technologies, Inc. Baton Rouge, LA Industry Professional
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Omega Foundation Services Slaughter, LA Contractor Chaparral Industrial Services Geismer, LA Contractor
OptiCare Connect Gonzales, LA Industry Professional
Capitol Companies, LLC Prairieville, LA Contractor
FreeGulliver, LLC New Orleans, LA Industry Professional
Gaubert Oil Company, Inc. Thibodaux, LA Supplier
PS Design Engineering Baton Rouge, LA Industry Professional
Louisiana Concrete Products Baton Rouge, LA Supplier
Bienvenu, Foco & Viator, LLC Baton Rouge, LA Industry Professional
Able Tool & Rental Gonzales, LA Supplier
Danos Gray, LA Contractor
The Warehouse Rentals & Supplies (TWRS) Geismer, LA Supplier
Hugg & Hall Equipment Company Baton Rouge, LA Supplier RoadDogJobs Greenville, SC Industry Professional
Rhino Linings of Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA Supplier
Bergelectric Corp Barksdale AFB, LA Contractor
Relevant Solutions Baton Rouge, LA Supplier
Saulsbury Industries Odessa, TX Contractor
North American Hose & Fittings Baton Rouge, LA Supplier
CAM Industrial Solutions Baton Rouge, LA Contractor
T-Mobile Baton Rouge, LA Supplier Sigma Wealth Advisors Baton Rouge, LA Industry Professional
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