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BEARD CONSTRUCTION GROUP

President Jim Beard says the company works safely and delivers
high-quality products to its customers.

A Gulf Coast Contractor

Despite a gloomy economic outlook in the construction industry, Beard Construction Group maintains a
reasonable backlog with projects throughout the Gulf Coast into 2009.
By Brian Salgado estate developments, solid waste facilities, military upgrades

B eard Construction Group, like many other contrac-

tors in the United States, rode the wave of a boom-
ing construction market in the middle of this decade.
With the economy now in what appears to be a full-fledged
recession, Beard Construction maintains that profitability, a
and other specialty projects designed by the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers.

steady workload and employee retention will remain the com-
pany’s top priorities.
Beard Construction is an industrial and environmental
construction firm specializing in civil construction. The com-
pany’s services include earthwork, mass excavation, site prepa-
ration, concrete foundations, roads, paving, landfill construc-
tion and impoundment closures.
Beard Construction Group With headquarters in Port Allen, La.,
www.beardconstruction- Beard Construction operates in Louisiana,
group.com Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas,
2008 sales: $50 million
Headquarters: Port Allen, La. primarily as a heavy, civil contractor. Both
Employees: 200 management and field supervisors are expe-
Services: Civil construction rienced in managing and performing
Jim Beard, president: “We do
our work safely and try to give small, medium and multimillion-dollar
the owners a quality project.” industrial expansions, commercial real
Strong Growth
President Jim Beard says his company experienced signifi-
cant growth over the course of the last four-and-a-half years,
including a 20 percent jump in revenues from 2007 to
2008. “We were awarded several major projects throughout
the course of the year, including contracts for Shintech Inc.,
ExxonMobil, U.S. Aluminate Co., Cleco Power LLC, Chevron
Corp., and The Coca-Cola Co,” Beard says.
“Quality construction and solid performance are two key
principles the company was built on. We do our work safe-
ly and try to give the owners a quality project,” he adds.
“The people we have working for us and the experience
they carry with them is what has made our success possi-
ble. This includes managing our subcontractors with the
same expectations and standards that we have for our own
employees. All subcontractors are closely evaluated and
pre-qualified by Beard prior to being selected.”

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