Radisson Hotel News

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its contractor, GCR & Associates, Inc., won a national planning award involving the $585 million industrial canal lock replacement. The award was presented at a luncheon at the Radisson Hotel during the Federal Planning Division's annual conference in New Orleans, La. The community planning process developed by the Corps and Metairie-based GCR was cited by the Federal Planning Division of the American Planning Association as the "outstanding non-military federal planning project" of 2001.

Port directors, commissioners, staff and other professionals in the maritime industry will soon gather at the American Association of Port Authorities' (AAPA) 90th Annual Convention in Québec City, Québec, from September 30 to October 4. The convention, hosted by the Québec Port Authority, will be the first held in Canada since AAPA met in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1996. AAPA's Annual Convention officially begins on Sunday evening, September 30, with a welcome reception. AAPA's Technical and Policy Committees will meet during the day on Monday, October 1. Opening Ceremonies will be held Tuesday, October 2, at the Québec Convention Center, and will adjourn following the Chairman's Gala on Thursday, October 4.