Bastion Works

Specialties

We specialize in historic renovations, both large and small, with our goal to make your vision for your home a reality. By working closely with you, as the owner, architects, and sub-​contractors, we ensure the project stays on time and within budget, while offering a clean, safe job site.

What makes us different? We make sure your house looks and feels like a historic home, but functions like a modern house. How do we do this? We are careful to use period appropriate material and dimensions, but also meld in the newest floor plans, plumbing, HVAC and electrical systems that a modern house requires. We spend a lot of time salvaging material, be it millwork such as doors or windows, or lumber.

This allows us to reuse this material in projects to instill a sense of originality to the house, like building vanities and built-​in cabinets out of salvaged wood.

History

Established in 2005.

Bastion Works was founded in 2005 by two skilled builders and friends, Albert Walsh and George Peake. Their experiences encompass every phase of construction and renovation — from foundation work, cabinetry, tile, finish carpentry to green design and landscaping. From structure to design, their combined training and on-​the-​job experience can handle any job, large or small.

Meet the Business Owner

George P., Albert W.

Business Owner

George worked construction growing up with his dad, and held construction jobs in New Orleans while pursuing his architecture degree at Tulane University. He continues to renovate and manage his own properties while working closely with the Bastion crew and subcontractors to ensure that each client’s vision is realized. He has a BA and Masters in Architecture from Tulane University.

Albert got a hands-​on education in construction in the years immediately following Hurricane Katrina, when he moved to New Orleans and started working on friends’ houses and then started managing construction projects for other people. In addition to his construction knowledge, he has developed a keen sense of client’s needs, and an insistence for high quality work. He loves to salvage old wood and ensure that it gets put to use in modern applications in New Orleans homes. UC Santa Barbara with a degree in Engineering.