Our Mission Statement and Core Values:

ENVISIONED FUTURE B.H.A.G. (“Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal”)
To be the safest, family-owned, greenest construction company in Louisiana, with the highest return on invested capital.

CORE PURPOSE
To safely construct quality roads and infrastructure necessary to develop and maintain thriving communities.

MISSION STATEMENT
Barriere provides quality construction services, hot mix asphalt, and materials to our customers at a profit, in a safe and rewarding work environment.

CORE VALUES

• Put the safety of our employees and the public first.
• Continue as an ethical, family-owned and operated company, and enhance opportunities for the next generation of owners and employees.
• Ensure customer satisfaction by meeting and/or exceeding the safety and quality expectations.
• Create and maintain professional business relationships, built on trust and mutual respect, with our stakeholders.
• Treat all employees fairly and maintain a pay and benefits system which rewards performance.
• Improve construction processes on the jobsite and create an environment of continuous improvement, where work at the crew level is focused on and supported by management.
• Take pride of ownership in the operation and maintenance of our plants, equipment, offices, and facilities by holding ourselves to the highest possible standards.
• Encourage and support individual employee growth and well-being by providing training, development programs, career paths, and health programs.
• Instill in our employees respect for the environment by being good corporate citizens and a model green construction company.

BARRIERE CULTURE
As evidenced by our Core Values above, Barriere takes pride in operating a company that focuses on employee health and safety, teamwork, and respect for each other and our environment. Other key components of our success are:

• Our divisional focus – each division performs the work that they can do best
• Planning our work extensively before we build
• Using a team approach
• Focusing on the fundamentals while maintaining a safe work place
• Taking care of our equipment
• Building quality work

To sum it all up:
Quality + Safety + Productivity + Planning +TPR + Communication = OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
An Internship with Barriere could be the start of something good!

Engineer Career Path:

• Intern FE >> Field Engineer >> Estimator / Project Manager >> Division Manager
• Do we hire our Interns? YES!
• Do we promote our Field Engineers? YES!

Brad Leckert
Intern 1997
Fulltime FE SSC 1999
Today—Estimator/ Project Manager HCC

Grant Cruseturner
Intern 2002 & 2003
Fulltime FE SSA 2004
Today—Estimator/ Project Manager NSA

Rene Duplantis
Intern 2003
Fulltime FE SSC 2004
Estimator/Project Manager SSC 2006
Today—Division Manager CP

Danny Donahoe
Intern 2005 & 2006
Fulltime FE SSC 2006
Field/Operations Engineer SSC 2006
Today—Estimator/Project Manager SSA

Philip Crow
Intern 2006
Fulltime FE SSC 2007
Today—Superintendent HCC

Michael Center
Intern 2007 & 2008
Fulltime FE SSC 2009

Justin White
Intern 2008 & 2009
Fulltime FE SSA 2010

Justin Easley
Intern 2009
Fulltime FE NSA 2010

Phillip Miller
Intern 2010
Fulltime FE SSA 2011

Jeffrey Romig
Intern 2010
Fulltime FE HCC 2010

OBJECTIVES

• To create a remarkable learning and professional experience for students while promoting enthusiasm for the highway/heavy construction industry.
• To ensure that students experience the benefits of working for a 21st century construction company.
• To provide students with practical, hands-on experience where they will be directly involved in the work.
• To create a pipeline for the best of the best students to join Barriere upon graduation from college.
• To keep Barriere supervisors in touch with the new generation of workers and provide a superior group of candidates to preview.