Blue Works on the Houma Maritime Campus

The Houma Maritime Campus is the physical location of a combined presence of Blue Works, LUMCON’s soon to be built Marine Operations Center, and Fletcher Technical Community College. The facility is the first in a new era of expansion of the organization. The expansion of programs and operations will help LUMCON realize new ways to support and achieve its mission to promote, facilitate, and conduct research and education collaborations among Louisiana’s universities in marine and coastal sciences relevant to the sustainability of the coastal and marine environments of the Gulf of Mexico. The new facility is located in the center of Terrebonne Parish’s maritime industry and closer to the members of the consortium who believe that the wealth of talent and knowledge within the current workforce and community will define the workforce of tomorrow.

This facility has state of the art capabilities in every space.  Besides research and education spaces the facility also has spaces for collaborative working groups or meetings, formal and non-formal meeting spaces, a flexible lecture hall, a large exhibit space, and pond access.  LUMCON’s library has also expanded into this location which currently is housing some of the rare holdings found in our collection.  Other spaces include record storage for virtual documents and other assets.  LUMCON’s natural history collection that is important for retaining knowledge of the Terrebonne Bay system is now being housed at Blue Works.  The collection has been revitalized, now with over 1000 specimens, and plans to expand and reinvent what our collection represents and how people can engage with it.