LEMOINE recently attended the spectacular Grand Opening Celebration at the Children’s Hospital of New Orleans.

The event included a formal outdoor program attended by Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, Councilmember Joe Giarrusso, the President and Board Chair of CHNO, architects EYP, LEMOINE, healthcare providers, patients, and community members and supporters of the hospital.

Following the formal program, a beautiful float rode through the campus on Henry Clay Avenue, in grand New Orleans tradition. The celebration also included family friendly activities, refreshments, and guided tours of the newly finished hospital.

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Over the course of the four year, $300 million campus transformation, 230,000 square feet of clinical care space was added, as well as a 600 space parking garage and 105,000 square feet of renovations to existing spaces. LEMOINE led the 1,400+ day construction effort, with more than 3,500 professionals working throughout the project. While expanding the hospital’s footprint by more than 50%, the construction team kept quality, safety, and excellence at the forefront while the hospital continued to provide expert care for kids without interruption. LEMOINE was honored to participate in the celebration of this monumental project that will enable Children’s Hospital of New Orleans to provide exceptional healthcare to the children of Louisiana for decades to come.

LEMOINE was recently honored to be named as one of the 2021 Best Places to Work in Baton Rouge. The awards program is a project of the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, the Greater Baton Rouge SHRM, an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management and Best Companies Group.

This survey and awards program was created in 2014 to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Baton Rouge, benefiting its economy, its workforce, and businesses.  

Companies from across the region entered the two-part process to determine the Best Places to Work in Baton Rouge. The first part consisted of evaluating each company’s workplace policies, practices, and demographics. This part of the process was worth approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. This part of the process was worth approximately 75% of the total evaluation. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final rankings. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process in Baton Rouge and also analyzed the data and used their expertise to determine the final rankings. 

We are truly humbled that our Team Members ranked their experience with LEMOINE so highly. Namely, they said they love our new professional happy hour networking events for new employees, holiday potlucks, and our employee first fund, a program funded by employees and matched by the company to provide grants for Team Members dealing with unexpected hardships.

Thank you to our Team Members! You make LEMOINE one of the best places to work.

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Building peace of mind.

The hearts of all of us at LEMOINE grieve with those in our home-state of Louisiana who are suffering devastating affects of Hurricane Ida. 
LEMOINE’s Disaster Services and Building Construction teams were engaged in extensive planning and preparatory efforts prior to Ida’s landfall, embedded within multiple facilities during the storm, and further deployed immediately following the catastrophic weather event.  
We were able to immediately initiate deployment of full emergency response services to most of the region’s affected healthcare facilities by providing portable water, electrical power services, and other essential building needs.

LEMOINE’s active construction sites benefited from the ability and resources of our Disaster Services team, completing assessments of all projects within 24 hours of the events, and restoring full services safely and efficiently.  
Through extensive Trade Partner coordination, we expect to have all job sites assume the normal progression of scheduled construction activities this week.

Recently, Wills H., Vice President of Healthcare for LEMOINE Building Construction, spoke to Construction Today to discuss the 1LEMOINE philosophy and to highlight some of our most complex projects in the healthcare sector.

“Fifty years of construction experience, industry resources, and superior talent form the bedrock of the 1LEMOINE philosophy. Our service lines deliberately connect to support the full building lifecycle, leveraging our expertise every step of the way.”

The six-page article goes on to highlight the expansion and renovation project at Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, which began in early 2017 and is set to be completed this fall. Throughout the lifecycle of this project, nearly 75 distinct phases of work have been executed across the campus. The renovation of the West Jefferson Medical Center is also detailed, another major and complex project that is being completed while patients continue to receive care within the facility.

As only Wills can, he eloquently described the culture and philosophies that are key differentiators for LEMOINE.

“Furthermore, despite our tremendous growth, there is still a close-knit feeling of family and community, which allows us to consistently rank as a ‘Best Places to Work’ in the communities we serve. As an employer, we continue an upward growth trajectory, which creates additional opportunities for our team members to advance their careers.”

To read the full article, please visit: https://issuu.com/schofieldpublishingltd/docs/ct187/42

Expansion of Disaster Services, Launch of Program Services

The Lemoine Company, Louisiana’s largest commercial construction company, has announced the expansion of its service lines beyond the construction sector, now unified under the ONE LEMOINE brand philosophy.  Recognized for the last 50 years as an industry leader in commercial building construction, LEMOINE has launched a full suite of services to complement its core business, Building Construction.

LEMOINE Service Lines

•  Disaster Services

•  Program Services

•  Building Construction

•  Infrastructure

“Our world has presented some unique challenges over the last few years. As LEMOINE has always done, we have responded to those challenges by expanding our core business to serve the public and private sectors where they need our expertise,” said CEO Lenny Lemoine. “We are actively looking for opportunities to grow and to further develop our service delivery.”

“LEMOINE’s success is cultivated by our philosophy of building authentic, lasting relationships.  Strategic partnerships are the key to delivering the results our customers expect. We have used our experience, industry resources, and superior talent to form the ONE LEMOINE philosophy. Our service lines deliberately connect to support the full building lifecycle and the communities we serve,” added Lenny Lemoine.

To further strengthen our service delivery, LEMOINE recently acquired DCMC Partners, a crisis management and public safety consulting firm that helps public, non-profit, and private sector organizations effectively prepare for, mitigate, respond to, and recover from disasters. LEMOINE Disaster Services and DCMC are currently assisting the Diocese of Lake Charles with its recovery following Hurricane Laura and is supporting the Puerto Rico Department of Housing’s recovery from Hurricane Maria. 

Since 2017, DCMC has been instrumental in resolving many of the most significant problems that surfaced during Puerto Rico’s response and recovery efforts.  DCMC has led response operations, established framework for long-term recovery, and initiated Puerto Rico’s project formulation and grants management operations.

LEMOINE also recently acquired a financial interest in Workforce Group, a worldwide leader in disaster recovery program management, inspections and claims, debris monitoring and strategic surge staffing.

The firm’s expanded offerings also include the May 2021 launch of LEMOINE Program Services, led by Jack Darnall.  Darnall is well-known nationally, dedicating four decades to the industry, and providing innovative solutions in construction and project management. LEMOINE Program Services provides expert guidance in planning, execution, and delivery of program goals, schedules, and budgets.

Bernhard Capital Partners, a Baton Rouge based investment firm founded by former Shaw Group CEO Jim Bernhard, acquired a financial interest in LEMOINE in 2019.  Since that time, Bernhard Capital has supported LEMOINE’s strategic plan to expand its service delivery.

LEMOINE is currently assisting clients in over 20 states and Puerto Rico. Based in Louisiana, LEMOINE has offices in Lafayette, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans, Birmingham, AL, Houston, TX, Alexandria, VA, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Health and Human Performance Complex, epicenter of McNeese State’s athletics facilities, suffered significant damage during Hurricane Laura last year.

The $45 million facility opened in 2018 and is home to McNeese State’s basketball teams, women’s volleyball team, an athletic training center, classrooms, and administrative offices. 

LEMOINE has been on-site providing remediation and reconstruction of the facility which was left with ankle-deep water and numerous holes in the ceiling.  Despite an influx of rain over the past several months, prompting additional local flooding, the $20+ million repair project is on track for December completion.  

“I feel very confident that we will be playing our league games on campus,” Athletic Director Heath Schroyer told The American Press. “I get reports every Friday from The Lemoine Company and things are looking better and better each week.”

McNeese played their last season 3 miles away in their former longtime home, Burton Coliseum.

“I think they are doing a great job and setting a great pace,” Schroyer said. “I never would have thought we could be back playing our conference games in the arena this year.”