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Warehouse District getting prefab condos

Saturday, June 04, 2005

In what could be the first "ground-up" construction of a multi-family residential building in the historic Warehouse District in decades -- perhaps a century -- HRI Properties Inc. is building an unusual all-concrete condominium building at Tchoupitoulas and John Churchill Chase streets. FULL STORY

Hallowed Walls

(Louisiana Contractor, July 2002 issue) There's no doubt about it. The new sound barriers being constructed along stretches of I-10 and I-12 in Baton Rouge and I-10 in New Orleans are as eye-catching as they are functional, but are they structurally sound or merely attractive buffers between the would-be sleepy residential communities and the constant noise of modern interstate transportation? FULL STORY

Louisiana Contractor's Best of 2002 Awards
2002 Best Public Building Project
          LSU Urban Search & Rescue Facility, Baton Rouge
          Precast Concrete Panel Supplier
2002 Award of Merit - Infrastructure
          I-10 & I-12 Sound Barrier Project, Baton Rouge
          Precast Concrete Wall Panel & Column Supplier

2002 ACI Special Concrete Project Award  plus
2002 CON/SPAN Outstanding - Innovative Installation
Boykin Brothers, Inc. is proud to be the precaster for BridgeTek and contributing to the Camellia Boulevard Tunnel Project in Lafayette, Louisiana.  This project won the "Outstanding Innovative CON/SPAN Installation" for a Public Project at the 2002 Conference in Indianapolis.  The span was 12ft with a 10ft rise and a 99ft length.  The wingwalls were 500ft long.  The design was optimized by stepping the wingwall foundations but causing nearly every wall unit to be unique.

2000-2001 GSPCA “Best Project” Contest Winner
Boykin Brothers, Inc. / Louisiana Concrete Products received the honor to have the Louisiana State University’s Football Stadium East side expansion judged he First Place winner in the annual Gulf South Prestressed Concrete Association’s “Best Project” contest. The new facility is a 13 story concrete structure that received national attention by adding over 11,000 seats increasing capacity to 90,655 costing over $40 million to construct.  The project consisted of 72,000 linear feet of 14 inch square precast concrete spliced pile, 70 suites whose ceilings and floors were made of precast hollowcore.  The superstructure was covered with precast concrete spandrel panels, concrete interior and vomitory walls, 46,000 sqft of double riser stadium seating, and precast concrete skirt wall panels.  The project was complete between football seasons and ready for the first game in 2000.

1998 Louisiana Contractor “Number One Project” Winner
Boykin Brothers, Inc. / Louisiana Concrete Products provided  the products that produced the 1998 Louisiana “Top 10” Number One “Public/Private Building” category project.  The $80 million Federal Prison in Pollock came in first place while another BBI/LCP project, the LSU Stadium Expansion, came in number three.

1997 Louisiana Contractor “Number One Project” Winner
Boykin Brothers, Inc. / Louisiana Concrete Products provided over 2,800 architectural walls, steps and double stadium risers for the winner of 1997 Louisiana “Top 10” Number One “Public/Private Building” category project.  The New Orleans Regional Sports Arena hosts professional basketball and hockey teams as well as major concerts and events.
 

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