in 1962, President John F. Kennedy told attendees at the grand opening of the 10-building Penn South affordable housing cooperative to "keep the faith and fight to preserve this desperately needed type of housing in the middle of a real estate boom in Manhattan." Related Links: ENR New York More ENR New York Projects Now, more than 50 years later, the building complex still stands, but its mechanical system is in dire need of an upgrade, a situation that a team of more than 250 contractors is working to remedy as about 4,594 residents, many of whom are over the
I t's usually not difficult to tell when repairs are under way at one of New York state's more than 17,000 bridges. If the street signs or workers donning bright orange vests flagging drivers toward alternate routes don't give it away, motorist delays and frustration usually drive the point home. But the state is attempting to ease the pain in certain heavily trafficked areas under a program launched last year that aims to put road and bridge repair work on the fast track, curbing driver inconvenience in the process. Related Links: ENR New York More ENR New York Projects Under
WSP, New York, has hired Allan Alterman as director of the firm's U.S. IT operations and infrastructure. Previously, he was managing director of the IT consulting firm Operations-View LLC, serving clients including New York University. Alterman Related Links: ENR New York ENR New York Featured People The LiRo Group, Syosset, N.Y., has promoted Edward Frysztacki to senior associate vice president from associate.In addition, David Hall has been elevated to senior associate from associate, and Mark Swanson has been promoted to associate from project manager.EYP Architecture & Engineering, Albany, N.Y., has hired Bob Eichelman as a technical director. He has more
Related Links: ENR New York Featured News Seaside Park, N.JSandy Funds Ok'd for Boardwalk Fire WorkNew Jersey Officials have given formal approval of Gov. Chris Christie's plan to use $15 million of the state's Superstorm Sandy funds for repair of the New Jersey boardwalk that was destroyed by fire last month. The governor announced the plan Sept. 14, two days after faulty electrical wiring under part of the Seaside Park boardwalk triggered a fire that spread to the neighboring Seaside Heights boardwalk.In a special session last month, the state's Economic Development Authority (EDA) supported the plan to draw from
Superstorm Sandy was behind the faulty electrical wiring that caused the Sept. 12 wind-swept blaze that destroyed part of the Jersey Shore's iconic boardwalk last week, officials say. Ocean County investigators have made that connection and determined that the fire was accidental, Joseph D. Coronato, Ocean County prosecutor, said in a Sept. 17 press conference aired in part on the Internet. The blaze originated in Seaside Park underneath a structure that housed the Biscayne Candies and Kohr's Frozen Custard shops and then spread to Seaside Heights, destroying more than 50 businesses. The team of 27 investigators and four accelerant-detection K9
As the investigation continues into the cause of last week's fire at N.J.'s Seaside Park and Seaside Heights's famous boardwalk, Gov. Chris Christie announced plans to tap Superstorm Sandy funds to help in recovery efforts from the devastating wind-swept blaze. The governor says the state will act "swiftly and aggressively" in the rebuilding effort for victims including the boardwalk businesses that took a direct blow from Sandy 11 months ago. Photo by Tim Larsen/Governor's Office Starting Over: Gov. Christie says the state will act "swiftly and aggressively" in the rebuilding effort for victims of the Sept. 12 Seaside Park and
The New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) Hudson River Estuary Program has issued 12 grants worth a combined total of $564,000 for water resiliency projects in NYS. The funding comes after Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee both rocked the region in 2011, says DEC, which is working in partnership with the non-profit New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) on the grant program. Photo Courtesy of Hudson River Estuary Program Irene's Blow: The Hudson River Maritime Museum and Tugboat Mathilda, also part of the museum, suffered severe flooding from 2011's Hurricane Irene. The grants will help
The newly formed Associated Construction Contractors of New Jersey (ACCNJ), Edison, the state chapter of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America, plans to tackle about six legislative initiatives in the next year that will help create jobs and funding streams for industry, says Jack Kocsis, Jr., CEO. He declined to identify those initiatives but says they are among several others aimed at helping to grow New Jersey's economy. Photo Courtesy of ACCNJ New Board: From left to right, first row: Torcivia; Hall; Earp; Weeks; and (slightly behind) Creamer. Second row: Blanchard; Epifano; Natoli; and Ferreira. Third row: Parry; Prisco;
Federal regulators dealt a blow recently to Williams Partners L.P. in putting off a decision for six months on whether the firm's plans to build a 3.17-mile natural gas pipeline extension off the coast of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens is approved. Rendering Courtesy of Williams Partners L.P. Hanging On: The project includes building the meter and regulator stations inside one of the historic hangar buildings at Floyd Bennett Field and restoring the facade to that structure. Williams had planned to start work on the $182-million Rockaway Delivery Lateral Project this month but the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said
A U.S. District Court judge in Washington, D.C. has dismissed a lawsuit filed last October by three environmental groups last year to stop construction of the Susquehanna-Roseland high-voltage transmission line between Pennsylvania and New Jersey that crosses three national parks. Judge Richard Roberts said Aug. 30 that the decision by the U.S. National Park Service to allow construction of the 500-kV line through the parks was rationally based and that the plaintiffs have not shown it was arbitrary and capricious. The 145-mile line will run from Berwick, Pa., near the PPL Electric Utilities’ Susquehanna nuclear plant, to Roseland, N.J. PPL
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