SJB Group, LLC.

SJB Group Receives Professional Design Award

For Immediate Release Contact: Jamie Edwards (225) 769-3400

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 26, 2006, SJB Group, LLC, in consultation with CH2Mhill and in association with Joseph Furr Design Studios and Holden Associates, received the Merit Award in recognition of outstanding professional accomplishment from the Louisiana Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (LC/ASLA) for its “New Orleans Upriver Greenway Corridor for the Development of the Mississippi Riverfront Park”.

The plan was developed for the Trust for Public Land, the Port of New Orleans, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District to serve as the foundation for future phases, including design and construction, of the Mississippi Riverfront Park. The purpose of the study was to examine the possibilities for riverfront development in downtown New Orleans between Jackson Avenue and Orange Street stretching for about one mile on the river side of the floodwall.

Specific objectives included identifying the constraints and opportunities, providing conceptual ideas, developing project timelines, developing preliminary cost estimates, initiating dialogue with stakeholders, identifying potential funding sources, and determining next steps for the Mississippi Riverfront Park development.

The Merit Award was presented to SJB Group and its partner firms at the 21st Annual LC/ASLA Awards Presentation on Friday, October 13, 2006. The purpose of the Annual Awards Program is to recognize Louisiana landscape architects and affiliated professionals, who have demonstrated excellence in their pursuit to lead, educate and participate in the careful stewardship, wise planning and artful design of our cultural and natural environment.

SJB Group, LLC provides land planning, engineering, land surveying, construction management services, and recreational consulting to commercial, industrial, institutional, and governmental clients throughout the Southeastern region. The Company, founded in 1953, is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with offices in Gonzales, Louisiana and Jackson, Mississippi. For further information, please visit the Company’s website at www.SJBGroup.com.

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