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How did Brown & Root ended up moving headquarters from Houston to Baton Rouge?

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10:55p, 6/27/26
Don't understand why a lifelong Texas company would move from Houston to Baton Rouge.

What's the backstory?

What do they gain from moving to Baton Rouge?
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6:58a, 6/28/26
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Maybe the CEO spent last night in the arms of a girl in Louisiana…
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Serious Lee
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9:20a, 6/28/26
are they calling it brown and root again, or you just really old?
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10:19a, 6/28/26
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Who?
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Jugstore Cowboy
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11:23a, 6/28/26
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https://www.brownandroot.com/contact/

Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC. was established in 2015 as an independent corporation with investments by KBR and Bernhard Capital Partners (BCP). Brown & Root is separate from KBR's business and operations.

Corporate Headquarters
Brown & Root Industrial Services
4171 Essen Lane
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
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1:35p, 6/29/26
Wanted to get closer to the red stick.
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2:00p, 6/29/26
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Would Brown & Root have ever been a large contractor without all the big federal contracts LBJ got for them?
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2:55p, 6/29/26
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I've often wondered why Brown & Gay Engineers is now known as BGE.

Same kinda thing.. what's going on there, and why would they change such a longstanding company name?
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Tree Hugger
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9:15a, 6/30/26
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The first time I had ever heard of Brown and Gay I was talking to one of our CAD techs (who happened to be Mexican and gay). I saw a map with the B&G logo and asked the CAD tech if he was operating a side biz or something.

He thought it was funny, no calls to HR needed.
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62strat
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In reply to Tree Hugger • 10:18a, 6/30/26
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Tree Hugger said:
The first time I had ever heard of Brown and Gay I was talking to one of our CAD techs (who happened to be Mexican and gay). I saw a map with the B&G logo and asked the CAD tech if he was operating a side biz or something.

He thought it was funny, no calls to HR needed.

I used to work by that building so it's always stuck with me.
Found out more recently one of the founders was Dick Gay lol. Like, he actually went by Dick.
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In reply to 62strat • 9:43p, 6/30/26
AG
62strat said:
I've often wondered why Brown & Gay Engineers is now known as BGE.

Same kinda thing.. what's going on there, and why would they change such a longstanding company name?

This is why.
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/brown-gay-sign-causes-amusing-misunderstanding/285-65427555
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In reply to Jack Klompus • 12:08a, 7/1/26
AG
Jack Klompus said:
62strat said:
I've often wondered why Brown & Gay Engineers is now known as BGE.

Same kinda thing.. what's going on there, and why would they change such a longstanding company name?

This is why.
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/brown-gay-sign-causes-amusing-misunderstanding/285-65427555
I had lunch at the Logan farms before my interview at the job I referenced!

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Martin Q. Blank
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6:43a, 7/1/26
When I first heard Kellogg merged with Brown & Root, I wondered what a cereal company had to do with a construction company.
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Jugstore Cowboy
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In reply to 62strat • 1:51p, 7/1/26
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Found out more recently one of the founders was Dick Gay lol. Like, he actually went by Dick.


Everyone I've ever known who knew him or the firm through work has said pretty much the same thing. "And he actually goes by Dick! Why wouldn't you just say Richard?"
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Mat Lanticus
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9:18a, 7/4/26
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Kellogg Tower was a dingy, gross place. Think "liminal spaces" and the movie Backrooms.

That was how Kellogg Tower felt when I used to visit clients there.
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