Among the many historical sites in New Orleans is the Jackson Barracks, a military base established in 1834. Listed as a historic landmark since 1976, the entire base sustained severe damage during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. But thanks to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) $7 million in funding, New Orleans, Louisiana remodeling contractors were able to renovate and upgrade five of the two-story structures at the garrison. And just recently, FEMA donated an additional $11.6 million for New Orleans remodeling pros to restore and preserves the remaining structures at the base. But this remodel is more difficult than most, as the base is the country’s largest collection of pre-war structures, and consists of wood-frame and masonry buildings. The renovations have to meet historical-renovation guidelines and federal- and state-preservation reviews.