Author Archives: Labarre Associates, Inc.

About Labarre Associates, Inc.

LABARRE ASSOCIATES, INC. is a diversified organization that offers Facilities, Architecture, Construction, and Real Estate services. We uniquely provide clients with practical, high-quality and cost-effective services from site acquisition to design to construction to facility maintenance. Our four divisions operate together as well as independently to provide clients with "One Source, One Solution" for their building needs.

7 Ways Construction Might Go Wrong (and how you’re covered)

We never want something to go wrong with your construction project. But if it does, we want you to know how you’re covered. Continue reading

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Builder’s Risk Insurance 101

Builder’s Risk Insurance is an insurance policy to cover loss of anything built or materials for building under that construction contract whether the materials are on site, in storage, or in transit Continue reading

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Financial Benefits of Strategic Facility Planning

Facility Planning provides for numerous opportunities to improve financially by affecting rates of return, net present value, cycle times, and processes. Continue reading

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Decisions that Pass the Test of Time

Once you make a decision, you are headed down a road that locks in your future construction, operating, or lease costs. Your facility decisions may even unknowingly shape your organization’s culture and time to market. Our value proposition is that … Continue reading

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What is Strategic Facility Planning?

A Strategic Facilities Plan is the link between business strategies and real estate strategies.  A recent study in the Journal of Corporate Real Estate indicates that even the best real estate databases do not support high-level portfolio decision making.  Developing … Continue reading

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Why you Need to Survey Your Parking Lots Today and Tomorrow (January 4th & 5th)

The first two working days of the year, parking lots are 100% occupied with 100% attendance at work. This is important because parking lot capacity is the true barometer of a facility’s occupancy capacity. Continue reading

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White Paper: Restart Your Facility Planning Process

We’ve been on the road and would like to share some of our observations about the state of Strategic Facilities Planning for the primary markets that Labarre Associates serves in our recently published white paper. Continue reading

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Strategic Facility Planning Process

After you complete your strategic planning session, you might want to consider a Strategic Facilities Plan as it provides research, facility capital and operating cost details and consulting advice on how to implement your plan.  WHERE YOU’VE BEEN – In … Continue reading

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Facilities Operating Cost Cutting Conundrum

Conundrum:  (Oxford Dictionary): a confusing and difficult problem or question                           (American Heritage Dictionary): a paradoxical, insoluble or difficult                   … Continue reading

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Reconsidering the Branch: Retail Branch Case Study: Pelican State Credit Union – Pineville Branch

Location: Pineville, LA Type: Retail Branch / Teller Pods Owner: Pelican State Credit Union Architect: Labarre Architects, APAC Contractor: Labarre Associates, Inc. Completion Date: 2014 Pelican State Credit Union has committed through an extensive launch of their new prototype branch … Continue reading

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