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Byline: Becky Hurley
Upon arriving at the Louisiana National Guard's Jackson Barracks in New Orleans in October, members of the Nakata Planning Group were struck by the mingling odor of mold, chemicals and decay. Even more dramatic were the visuals: exposed foundations, leveled buildings, barges washed ashore and piles of debris scattered across the 100-acre installation.Bob Preston, Nakata's executive vice president, was joined on the site visit by Damion Kelly, a civil engineer and planner, and Suzanne Casagrande, a landscape architect, both from the company's Colorado Springs office.All were awed at the magnitude of the destruction and at the many cases of unsung heroism they discovered."The man we worked for, Lt. Col. Bill Aldridge, for example, was put in…