Levee and pump work around Belle Chasse
Belle Chasse lives behind levees on three sides, and the lifts, armouring and pump station work never really stop. A Belle Chasse levee job needs a unit that follows the crew along the crown road, which we move at each service rather than making a Belle Chasse foreman haul it.
Access to a Belle Chasse levee reach is by borrow pit road and gate, and the road is often one truck wide. We take the Belle Chasse gate code once and note which pump station the crew is working that week.
The air station and Belle Chasse contractor gates
Work on the Belle Chasse naval air station comes with clearance, escorts and a delivery window that does not move. We plan a Belle Chasse base drop for early morning and hold one driver on it so the paperwork stays attached to the same name. Off base the Belle Chasse side of it is far simpler. Belle Chasse hangar contractors and fence crews outside the wire take an ordinary fenced unit on a weekly service day, with no escort and no badge list to work around.
Belle Chasse ground, water and heat
The ground at Belle Chasse is marsh fill and river silt, and the water table sits close enough that a post hole fills itself. We never set a Belle Chasse unit on bare soil, because shell, plank or slab is what keeps it upright through a wet month.
Storm season shortens every notice period in Belle Chasse. Jobs get tied down or cleared ahead of a named system, and the Belle Chasse site contact hears from us first, usually while the forecast cone still covers half the coast.