With five offices in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, and scores of talented engineers, ABMB is constantly innovating and taking on new projects. There’s always something new to report. Our most recent press releases are listed below:
Natchez Continuous Flow Intersection (CFI) Opens
After three years of discussion, construction and asphalt, motorists traveling around the junction of Sergeant S. Prentiss and John R. Junkin drives experienced their first day on the continuous flow intersection.
The continuous flow intersection opened to the public for the first time Thursday at approximately 1 p.m.
Click here to read the article in The Natchez Democrat.
Posted on: 12/16/2009
DOTD Explains Ramp Controls
The meters, which would be the first of their kind in Louisiana, are aimed at making it easier to merge onto the interstate.
They will force vehicles to proceed one at a time along entrance ramps onto I-12, roughly at four-second intervals.
Click here to read the article in The Advocate.
Posted on: 11/04/2009
State plans signals to ease I-12 entries
The state plans to put traffic signals on entrance ramps along Interstate 12 between Baton Rouge and Walker to ease congestion, officials said Friday.
The aim is to create space between vehicles merging onto the interstate, which is undergoing a $131 million widening project from O’Neal Lane through Juban Road.
Click here to read the article in The Advocate.
Posted on: 10/23/2009
New CFI scheduled for construction in Lafayette, Louisiana
A major redesign planned for the intersection of Johnston Street and Camellia Boulevard might look strange, but a similar intersection in Baton Rouge appears to have improved traffic flow and reduced crashes.
Click here to read the article in The Advocate.
Posted on: 10/23/2009
Marty Chorkey from the Baton Rouge Office is featured in the Baton Rouge Advocate
ABMB Engineers, Inc. is pleased to acknowledge the efforts of Marty Chorkey in our Baton Rouge office for his work with Engineers Without Borders. He was recently featured in an article in the Baton Rouge Advocate about work done in West Africa to provide a source of clean water and irrigation to support agriculture.
Click here to read the article.
Posted on: 08/31/2009
ABMB Receives Louisiana Chapter ASLA Merit Award
ABMB Engineers, Inc. is honored to have received the Louisiana Chapter ASLA Merit Award for it's role in the planning of The Village at Riverwood in Baton Rouge, LA. This award was made possible by the efforts of a great team that included:
Reich Associates, Landscape Architects & Land Planners
Charles Lambert, Sr., Client
WHLC Architecture, Architect
Natural Resource Professionals, Ecologist/Wetland Specialist
Dr. John Pardue, Wetland Treatment Systems
Louisiana Receives Award for Continuous Flow Intersection Design
The National Partnership for Highway Quality (NPHQ) has selected Louisiana's Continuous Flow Intersection (CFI) Design, Siegen at Airline in Baton Rouge as a 2007 National Achievement Award Gold Level winner. Project partners include the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD); the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); the city of Baton Rouge; construction manager Coastal Contractors; and designer ABMB Engineers, Inc.
Click here to read the article of the winning project.
ABMB and MDOT Win Best of Show at ITSA World Congress
ABMB, in coordination with the Mississippi Department of Transportation, won the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA) 2008 World Congress Best of Show in the Best New Innovative Practices category. The project awarded was the U.S. Hwy. 90 signal design from East Biloxi to Pass Christian in Mississippi, for repairs and improvements made in reconnecting communities along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast in the wake of the devastating 2005 hurricane season.
Click here to view a description of the winning project.
ABMB
congratulates Steve Boudreaux!
ABMB Engineers, Incorporated is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.
Boudreaux to Governor Jindal's Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code Council.
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