Non-Member Awardee

Robert S. Boh was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 23, 1958. He attended Jesuit High School in New Orleans, working during the summer as a surveyor’s helper.

He went on to study civil engineering at Tulane University and by taking business courses to fulfill his elective requirements, he was able to earn both his B.S. in Civil Engineering and an MBA degree in five years.

During his first eight years with the company, Robert Boh served as a field project manager on three of the company’s larger projects: a new container ship dock for the Port of New Orleans; a highway frontage road drainage and paving project for Louisiana DOTD; and a bridge approach and frontage road for the Mississippi River Bridge #2 in New Orleans. He then went on to serve as Vice President of the company from 1986 to 1994.

Boh Bros. was founded prior to World War I by the brothers, Arthur and Henry Boh. Henry’s son, Robert H. Boh, succeeded his father and uncle in managing the company, and in 1994, he in turn was succeeded by his son, Robert S. Boh as the company’s President and CEO. The company performs heavy, highway, marine, water, sewer and industrial work principally in New Orleans and its surrounding area.

After Hurricane Katrina, Boh Bros. was awarded a $31 Mil. contract for the reconstruction of the Interstate 10 Bridge over Lake Pontchartrain and opened both the eastbound and westbound lanes ahead of schedule, which lifted the spirits of the devastated City of New Orleans.

Other projects recently completed by Boh Bros. include the following: $72 Mil. St. George Island Bridge, Florida; $72 Mil. Runway Rehabilitation, Louis Armstrong International Airport, New Orleans; $64 Mil. 17th Street Canal Closure Structure, New Orleans; and a $17 Mil. Modification to Citrus Bank Levee Floodwall.

Robert Boh is a Past President of the Louisiana Associated General Contractors; a Member of the Construction Industry Roundtable; a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, New Orleans Branch; a Director and Past President, Boy Scouts of America, New Orleans Branch; a Member of the Advisory Board of Tulane University’s School of Science and Engineering; and a Past Director, Louisiana Children’s Museum.

He and his wife, Ann, have three children: Richard, Michael and Patricia.