Project Summary

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In 2016, massive rainstorms inundated regions of Louisiana, including the entire Greater Baton Rouge area. Thousands of homes were flooded and left uninhabitable from water and wind damage. GOSHEP and FEMA instituted the Shelter in Place Program, which provided basic repairs to eligible homeowners, allowing residents to live at home until long-term permanent repairs could be completed.

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SLS was engaged as a prime contractor in the program and tasked with providing safe and code-compliant clean-out and rehabilitation work. Over 250 personnel were utilized, with work performed in a highly compressed time frame seven days a week, 18-hours a day. As a result, SLS successfully rehabilitated over 1,200 homes in a five-month period, providing comfortable living conditions to displaced Louisiana residents.