Barriere Construction "Builds It Right"
Hot Mix Asphalt Technology spotlighted Barriere Construction's South Shore Asphalt Division’s return to Highway 23 in Belle Chasse, Louisiana in their July/August 2008 issue. Barriere Construction originally built Highway 23 in 1981 using full-depth asphalt and in 2008 won the contract to do the first resurfacing of the highway since then. “It’s amazing to think that this road has held up so well for so long,” said Jimmy Fulton, paving superintendent for Barriere Construction.
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Barriere Construction offers Habitat helping hands
NEW ORLEANS - The sound of pounding hammers breaks the morning calm in the Upper Ninth Ward. At the corner of Mazant and North Rocheblave streets, a new home is rising in the middle of the ruins left by Hurricane Katrina.
While much of the Upper Ninth Ward consists of block after block of destroyed and vacant housing, Barriere Construction Co. is helping bring the area back to life by building a home at 2344 Mazant St.
Last Saturday, roughly 25 Barriere employees braved chilly temperatures to help Habitat for Humanity build the four-bedroom home, which eventually will house New Orleans resident Lionel Thomas and his five children.
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This past November, Barriere was awarded our fifth consecutive (2001,2002,2003, 2004 & 2005)) National Association of Building Contractors’ (ABC) highest-level safety award - Platinum Level - Safety Training and Evaluation Process Award (STEP). In order to obtain this award Barriere had to satisfactorily respond to a twenty-point safety program evaluation audit, summit safety performance statistics to include a letter from our insurance broker attesting to the accuracy of our responses, EMR levels for the periods reported and the results of the program evaluation audit. Prior to being eligible to win the Platinum level award, Barriere had to achieve “Gold” level performance for two consecutive years.
