It all began with one house.

In 1945, Roy Berard Sr., an innovative sugar cane farmer, was offered $50 dollars to move a friend’s small house to a new location a few miles away. Using an old truck and homemade trailer, he did the job in just one day. "I loved doing this type of work, because back then, $50 seemed like $50,000." This one job got people in the area talking, and his farming operation slowly emerged into a company specializing in moving buildings and other large objects

Today, Berard Transportation continues to innovate with new ways to meet the demands of our clients. Utilizing the latest technological advances in the industry, Berard has the equipment together with the skill set and over 65 years of experience to handle your projects on time and with a safety attitude that makes us an industry leader in the field of heavy transport.

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At Berard Transportation, safety is our top priority.
To emphasize this, every Berard employee participates in our “Safety Pays Program”. The program rewards each employee based on their attentiveness and dedication to safety each month with gift certificates to local retail business. This program has proven encouragement and dedication between all employees to keep safety at the forefront of every project. Berard Transportation thoroughly trains every employee in the operation of each piece of equipment they will be responsible for.

Primarily, every field employee for Berard Transporation is trained and certified in forklift operations and rigging practices upon hiring. When involving equipment operations, we believe great equipment only works as well as the operators. Therefore, All Goldhofer transporter operators go through a meticulous training sequence including classroom time as well as on the job training.

Operators are only classified based on their skill level after they complete the training, and are assigned to tasks on a ranking basis. Operators may always advance ranking, but only after demonstrating excellent proficiency to upper company management. With this system, Berard ensures every operator is appropriate for each assigned task.