United States, July 10 -- B&K Construction Co. LLC, Mandeville, Louisiana, was awarded a $11,839,945 firm-fixed-price contract for clearing and grubbing, degrading preload areas, placing sand fill, compacted clay embankment, driving steel sheet pile cutoff, driving steel pipe piles, constructing reinforced concrete T-type floodwalls, fabricating and installing a structural steel swing gate, and related work.Bids were solicited via the internet with 13 received. Work will be performed in LaPlace, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 28, 2027.Fiscal 2026 civil construction funds in the amount of $11,839,945 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, is the contracting activit...