Landis Construction

Landis Construction is a commercial general contractor based in New Orleans, founded by Fred Landis in 1956, with a second office in Pensacola, Florida. The company works under construction management at risk, design-build and design-bid-build, and it offers preconstruction, self-performed work, BIM, historic renovation, new construction and service work. Its local resume includes the 1984 World’s Fair, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, Jax Brewery, Harrah’s Casino and Brennan’s Restaurant, plus repairs at Xavier University after Hurricane Katrina. It’s a member of LCI, ABC and AGC. Landis is the design-build contractor on the Touro Shakspeare Home in Algiers, a $26 million conversion of a 1933 landmark into 52 affordable apartments for seniors that’s due in early 2027.

Landis Construction is certified as a women-owned business through WBENC, which is the detail most relevant to owners and developers working against supplier diversity targets on publicly funded or institutionally financed projects.

Safety carries its own credential. The firm holds a 2023 STEP Platinum designation from Associated Builders and Contractors for its safety management system, the top tier of that programme. Awards from the same period span both the building and the preservation side: four projects took Excellence in Construction awards from ABC New Orleans/Bayou in 2023, and the Louisiana Landmarks Society gave Landis a 2023 Excellence in Historic Preservation award. On the employment side the firm was named a Times-Picayune Top Workplace in New Orleans for 2025 and a CityBusiness Best Places to Work honoree in 2023.

Staff continuity is unusual for the trade. Landis reports an average employee tenure of ten years, which for a general contractor doing historic renovation work matters practically rather than sentimentally, since that kind of job depends on people who have seen the failure modes before.

The sector list is broader than the headline project resume suggests: civic, education, healthcare, historic preservation, hospitality, industrial, multi-family residential, office and retail, and sustainability each get their own practice page. Recent named work includes the Gert Town Natatorium, New River Garden Apartments, the Iberville Tower renovation at Hotel Monteleone, repairs at the Saenger Theatre, Bellwether HQ, Rose Mary Loving School (formerly Behrman Elementary) and 4528 Freret Street.

Offices are at 8300 Earhart Boulevard, Suite 300 in New Orleans and 6 N Coyle St. in Pensacola, with mail routed to a New Orleans PO box. The firm describes its working territory as the Gulf South rather than a single metro, and alongside general contracting and preconstruction it offers post-bid construction analysis, which is the kind of service an owner uses when a bid comes in and the numbers need interrogating before award.