About LGI

LGI is owned and operated by Alvin P. Loupe (“Paul Loupe”) who over a period of 35 years has grown LGI from a small construction company to a multi-faceted services organization with a peak annual turnover in excess of USD1b. United States Government CCR registered, the Company was organized and registered in Louisiana on February 2, 1978. The Company’s headquarters office is located near the banks of the Mississippi in Reserve, Louisiana - just west of New Orleans.  

After Hurricane Katrina, LGI joint-ventured with Kostmayer Construction, LLC (a longtime and highly respected marine and heavy civil construction contractor in the New Orleans area) to perform the debris removal and disposal work in Jefferson Parish. The Loupe-Kostmayer Joint Venture performed over $500 million worth of work for Ceres Environmental Services, Inc. in support of the Corps of Engineers clean-up in Louisiana.

The Joint Venture quickly mobilized and timely completed its Hurricane Katrina work. The Joint Venture worked hard to utilize as many local small business contractors as possible. In fact, due in large part to the Joint Venture’s efforts, the Corps awarded Ceres an Outstanding Performance Rating for the work while specifically noting the exceptional participation rate for local contractors. After Hurricane Katrina, LGI participated in many of Ceres’ levee rebuilding contracts which required the procurement and development of borrow pits, hauling of material from the pit to the levee, placement, design and other activities. Following this experience LGI has grown into a significantly-sized construction contractor, and is able to provide project bonding over USD1b.

After the BP Deepwater Horizon incident, LGI became the prime contractor for all cleanup activities. Since this experience, LGI has expanded its service offering into major marine, cargo and logistics; commodities trading and financial support of major joint-venture activities.