CIRCLE CONSTRUCTION

One once needed a keen memory just to remember the company names: Monroe J. Wolfe, General Contractor and Circle Dredging Company, Inc. Fittingly perhaps, the lengthy name would ultimately prove to be somewhat ironic because Mr. Wolfe lived and toiled in another era, in another time when business was conducted by those who were long on trust... The story of how Mr. Wolfe and two subsequent generations initially survived and eventually succeeded in business is pure Americana. First we step back to the 1940s when Mr. Wolfe, a Mobile, Ala. transplant, came to New Orleans with his pockets empty and his aspirations high. Mr. Wolfe, then 30, purchased a house on Ridgewood Drive in Metairie with a goal of converting the home into a business office. His assets included one broken crane. His personnel included two brothers. His work schedule included one drainage project. But those hard times would gradually change and so would his fortunes. As an oil field contractor, he began to dredge..

Also known as: Circle Construction Company, Circle Construction, LLC, Circle Dredging Company, Inc., Circle, Inc., Circle, Incorporated, Circle, LLC

Primary location: Belle Chasse United States