Ten days after Superstorm Sandy—a deadly, devastating late-season weather system—made landfal, construction industry participants from across the country joined overwhelmed public officials to restore crippled infrastructure and reshape an altered landscape in New York, New Jersey and nearby states.
Crews also were dealing with as many as 300,000 new customer outages in the wake of a Nov. 7 nor'easter storm that dumped from 3 to 8 inches of wet snow in the already hard-hit region. As of Nov. 9, about 761,418 customers remained powerless, down from 8.66 million when the storm hit on Oct. 29.