Pointe Coupee Parish in Louisiana had a need to address long-term erosion issues in one of its wide-mouth drainage ditches. An on-going issue, which had flummoxed parish officials and area residents through the years.  QSM had just the solution, with Inland Tarp & Liner’s ITL RCR -12®. In the previous five years, Pointe Coupee Parish…

Geosynthetic interlayers are a critical component in roadway paving projects. These non woven polymer paving fabrics provide a cost-effective pavement moisture barrier and give resistance to reflective cracking, but recyclability has been a concern.  A concern no more: thanks to PETROMAT Enviro from Propex.The Enviro line was introduced in 2019. It’s a polymer-based paving fabric…

QSM announces it now is a distributor of Tensar International Corp. QSM represents Tensar geogrid in Louisiana. Many construction projects are currently underway, and many others are scheduled to start soon. In fact, the Louisiana Legislature passed an infrastructure bill last year to guarantee funding of $700 million for roads and bridges projects statewide, and Tensar is…

QSM supplied mission critical items to Bollinger Shipyards and SeaLevel Construction on two civil engineering projects aimed at providing enhanced protection to communities along the Louisiana coast. QSM worked with Bollinger on the Morganza to the Gulf – Hurricane Protection Interim Flood Risk Reduction – Falgout Canal Flood Control project, and, … with SeaLevel on the Morganza…

Permeable paving is an uncommon sight in Baton Rouge, but anyone who visits Square 46 in Mid City will take notice. The 26,000-square-foot development features TrueGrid permeable paving as the parking surface. The new, mixed-use development, was built on site of the old Giamanco’s restaurant on Government Street. The project is the brainchild of architect…

Rotolo Consultants (RCI) recently installed 11,000 sq. ft. of TrueGrid paving at a well known section of LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge. The intersection of Nicholson Dr. and W. Chimes St. serves as one of the main entrances to LSU’s campus. It’s busy year-round, but especially so during football season on game days when it…

The AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour made its return to New Orleans for the first time since 1999, and Quality Sitework played a roll in helping it come together. While Friday, the scheduled opening day, was near perfect weather, torrential rains on Thursday afternoon and through the night hampered final prep efforts on construction of the courts and…

The APA National Planning Awards Jury selected 17 Excellence award recipients for 2015, and a New Orleans project was listed among the winners. The recipients will be honored during the Awards Luncheon at APA’s National Planning Conference in Seattle this April. The Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan was picked as the 2015 National Planning Excellence Award…

When Courtney Dickerson, PE, a project manager at Principal Engineering, Inc. first saw the project summary for slope stabilization at Mariner’s Village in Mandeville, she knew the steep embankment at the ditch running behind the property was going to be a challenge. She also knew just the solution, and that’s when she specified Landlok 450.

Propex, a global leader in synthetic fabric, is a U.S. based company with a proven performance in transportation, environmental, construction and site development for critical infrastructure needs. Its high quality, engineered products are suitable for storm water and erosion control needs in a wide variety of applications. QSM is proud to supply Propex in Louisiana. Whether it’s…

When Costco purchased the old Coca-Cola Bottling site at Airline Highway and Interstate 12 in Baton Rouge, it confirmed the company’s plans to open its second Louisiana location. T.D. Farrell Construction, a general contractor that has worked with Costo on many projects across the country knew they had another big project on their hands, but with…

When officials broke ground on a $6.2 million project to strengthen storm protection along 4,000 feet of the seawall on Lakeshore Drive in New Orleans, Shavers-Whittle Construction knew who to call. The project is designed to improve erosion control and prevent storm water flooding on Lakeshore Drive. As such, Shavers-Whittle needed drainage and erosion control…

Magee Excavation & Development recently completed a project for the St. Tammany Parish School Board. It required extensive knowledge of drainage, storm water runoff and water control. It also had a tight deadline with all work needing to be completed in 50 calendar days or less. Skip Magee, owner of the company, says this is…

Gene Robichaux, Vice President of Low Land Construction Co., Inc., says he and his company go “a ways back” with QSM. “I’ve been buying from them since they got started,” says Robichaux. “I was one of their first customers when they opened in Schriever.” It was no surprise when Robichaux called on QSM to provide…

The Costco Wholesale Corp. project is one of the most talked about and recognizable job sites in the New Orleans area. QSM provided drainage materials to the job through its customer, Cooper Contracting Group, of Harvey, LA. Cooper Contracting was subcontracted by Durr Heavy Construction, LLC to perform site utilities (water, sewer, drainage) on the…

Byron E. Talbot Contractor, Inc. excels at construction projects in the industrial sector. Rightly so, as so much of South Central Louisiana’s business revolves around industrial plants and fabrication yards related to offshore shipping and the oil & gas industry. When K&B Machine Works, LLC decided to expand its business at an existing location in…