Base and aviation work at Belle Chasse
The joint reserve base gives Belle Chasse a steady program of hangar, apron and infrastructure construction on secured ground. A Belle Chasse base project requires gate clearance arranged well in advance, and units go where the contractor staging is rather than anywhere airside. Service times at Belle Chasse are set with the contractor so nothing conflicts with flight operations.
Support work around the Belle Chasse base brings its own contractor yards and laydown areas along the highway. Those Belle Chasse placements sit on the shell pad with handwashing stations from the first delivery. Hangar projects at Belle Chasse can run a year or more, so the order is reviewed as crew size changes.
Citrus, farms and Belle Chasse ground
Belle Chasse is still citrus country, with satsuma and navel groves on the natural levee ridge behind the highway. A Belle Chasse grove project takes a unit at the packing shed or the headland rather than out among the trees where a truck sinks.
The ridge ground at Belle Chasse drains better than the back marsh but still holds water after heavy rain. We set Belle Chasse units on shell or concrete so nothing settles during a long rental. Freeze events that damage a Belle Chasse citrus crop also bring cleanup crews who need a unit at short notice.
Highway 23 and Belle Chasse access
Highway 23 is the single spine of Belle Chasse, and the tunnel and bridge approach create real congestion at shift change. We schedule Belle Chasse service visits around those peaks so a truck is never sitting in the line.
Drainage and pump station work is constant across Belle Chasse as the parish maintains a system holding back water on three sides. Those Belle Chasse units go on the station apron where the surface is paved and the truck has somewhere to turn.