Laboring over the summer break, the team working on the University of Connecticut's McMahon Dining Hall completed the renovation portion of the project in just 120 days.
To build an 18,100-seat arena, it's best to avoid certain obstacles. One is choosing a property at the busiest intersection of a borough with 2.5 million people.
New York Rendering Courtesy of Tappan Zee Constructors LLC and HDR Engineering Inc. The Long Stretch: The New NY Bridge (as viewed from Losee Park in Tarrytown, N.Y.) will have eight traffic lanes and include a bike and pedestrian path when completed. Photo Courtesy of the NYC Mayor's Office New Flow: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the activation of the Manhattan leg of Tunnel No. 3 from inside its valve room under Central Park. Related Links: ENR New York Featured news ENR New York Education Conference Cuomo Kicks Off Start of Work on New TZBCrews began installing the permanent
Naik Consulting Group PC, Edison, N.J., has hired Samir Mody as senior vice president. He will lead the firm's short- and long-range plans and develop overall growth objectives and opportunities through strategic planning, supervision, and client liaison activities. Mody Related Links: ENR New York ENR New York Featured People Arup, New York, has hired Susan Baer as a principal and global aviation planning leader. She will be responsible for leading efforts in aviation and management consulting for existing and new clients. Previously, Baer worked for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) and was the first person
Construction has officially begun on the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project, with installation of permanent piles that will make up the foundation of the new bridge. Construction on the long-awaited, twin span, named New NY Bridge, is expected to be completed in 2018 and cost under $4 billion, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office. Rendering by Tappan Zee Constructors LLC and HDR Engineering Inc. Large Spans: The New NY Bridge (as viewed here from Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.) will have eight traffic lanes and include a bike and pedestrian path upon completion. Related Links: Tappan Zee Bridge Advances, With HNTB Named
It took only 20 hours this past weekend for crews to demolish and replace the eastbound lane of a twin bridge in Southeast, N.Y., under a federally funded accelerated bridge construction (ABC) program that involves the use of precast parts. The new 80-ft-long and 57-ft-wide bridge with full shoulders sits beside a new westbound span on Interstate 84 over Dingle Ridge Rd. The westbound bridge was completed Sept. 21, also in 20 hours. Photo by Rick Raglow, Courtesy HNTB Corp. Smooth Sliding: Working through the rain, crews began demolition of the existing structure at 5 p.m. Oct. 19 and slid
New York City has activated the final stage of Water Tunnel No. 3's Manhattan leg, turning on a new spigot for the borough for the first time in more than 90 years. The activation of this 8.5-mile stretch of the $6-billion tunnel—one of the largest infrastructure projects in the city's history—"is a historic milestone," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in an Oct. 16 statement announcing the event.Meanwhile, the city's trunk and water main installation work that connects the tunnel to the water distribution system is ongoing.Embedded 400 to 600 feet deep, Tunnel No. 3 will add redundancy to the city's water
Columbia, Cornell, Fordham and New York universities are among the region's institutions with major plans to grow their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) student bodies and, as a result, build new facilities. Drawing on long-term, billion-dollar capital investment programs, several have already begun to add space for classrooms, research, collaboration and even residential housing. Even public schools with smaller, dwindling budgets are including a STEM push in long-range plans to add or modernize facilities, many of which are 100 years old. The local efforts are in line with New York City's plans to become a world-class science and technology
When it comes to architecture, New York and Washington, D.C. are, indeed, zoos. At least, that is how architectural historian and children's book author Isabel Hill sees them as she introduces kids to the menagerie of animals in architecture that grace city buildings. Photo By Isabel Hill Designed to cultivate an appreciation for the built environment, these children's books highlight the details in urban architecture. "I'm trying to get them to look up," and away from their cell phones and other digital devices, says Hill, who is also a photographer and filmmaker. Through her three books aimed at 5 to
An unspecified "hydraulics issue" is cited as the cause of a tower crane carrying a 13,000-lb load getting stuck in midair earlier today, Oct. 7, resulting in the closure of a midtown Manhattan street. The crane's block was stuck 400 ft above ground at the 157 W. 57th St. site and was manually lowered without incident at around 3:30 p.m., says an Office of Emergency Management spokeswoman. The street has been reopened to traffic, but the Dept. of Buildings (DOB) has issued a partial stop-work order at the site, says a DOB spokeswoman. The investigation is ongoing, she adds.The incident
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