Outstanding Project Award Winner: Plaquemines LNG Driven Pile Megaproject-Video

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Cajun Industries presented its work on the Plaquemines LNG Mega Project in Louisiana, a 632-acre facility designed to produce more than 20 million metric tons of LNG annually. From 2022 to 2024, Cajun completed 15 scopes involving over 18,300 piles, 32 cranes, and more than 250 employees, handling roughly 312 million pounds of material.<br /><br />The work included pipe, precast, and H-piles; sheet piling; floodwalls; outfall structures; and 41 temporary and permanent cofferdams. Key challenges included limited site access, tight hurricane-season deadlines, difficult soil conditions, and coordination with many contractors. Cajun responded with rapid pile testing that enabled production changes, custom templates and lifting plans for long precast piles, engineered cofferdam solutions, and reuse of sheet piles to reduce cost and maintain schedule.<br /><br />The presenters credited project success to adaptability, design-build capabilities, close coordination, and lessons learned throughout construction. They emphasized Cajun’s safety culture, including mentorship programs, equipment walk-arounds, weekly safety reviews, employee-designed safety banners, and recognition of safe crews. Their central message was that putting employee safety first, listening to field teams, and acting as a solution provider were essential to delivering the project successfully.

Keywords

Plaquemines LNG

Cajun Industries

Louisiana construction

LNG mega project

pile driving

cofferdam solutions

construction safety