Glenn J. Schexnayder, Jr., EI

Glenn J. Schexnayder, Jr, EI

Mr. Schexnadyer received a degree in Civil Engineering, with a minor in Structural Engineering from LSU in 2003. Since graduation, he has been a Project Manager with Boh Bros. Construction Co. He has served as Project Manager on a variety of bridge projects, including the Louisa Bridge in Cypremort Point, the US190 Bridges in Krotz Springs, and the North Boulevard Bridge in Baton Rouge. Most recently, he managed the emergency repairs to the I-10 Twin Spans over Lake Pontchartrain, following their destruction by Hurricane Katrina. Boh Bros. completed Phase I of this high-profile, fast-track project using only 28 of the 45 days allowed by the contract specifications.

The Emergency Rehabilitation of the I-10 Twin Spans

Glenn J. Schexnayder Jr, EI
Edward A. Scheuermann, PE

The Emergency Repairs of the I-10 Twin Spans was a contract bid amid a flurry of public and media criticism of numerous no-bid projects being given to contractors by the federal government in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development assembled a bid package and held a pre-bid meeting only eight days after the damage occurred. The project was bid two days later and a contract was awarded that same day, Friday, September 9, with the Notice to Proceed issued for Monday, September 12, two weeks to the day of the hurricane. The Twin Spans project was publicly bid and won by Boh Bros., a New Orleans-based contractor. When the project started, New Orleans was still under a mandatory evacuation order, and much of the city was still under floodwaters. Over 80% of Boh’s employees were displaced from their residences and living in some type of temporary quarters. Mr. Schexnayder will share with us some of the remarkable ways that Boh Bros. was able to repair this vital transportation artery – the ‘road to recovery.’