The number of stalled construction sites in New York City has risen 17% to 691 from February to November, “erasing virtually all of the progress made in the prior 15 months,” according to a recent New York Building Congress (NYBC) analysis of New York City Dept. of Buildings (DOB) inspection records. Some 26% of the stalled projects were added to the list this year, NYBC says. “While it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what happened, it is worth noting that the upturn in stalled sites roughly coincided with a period of rather steep declines in the stock market as well as
Immediately after "Superstorm" Sandy, N.Y. and N.J. officials indicated that the cost of the storm's damage would be staggering but now they have come up with preliminary estimates of just how formidable. The combined total damage estimate for both states is about $62.8 billion, according to official reports. N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, citing a study with local government officials and private firms including PricewaterhouseCoopers and the PFM Group, estimates that repair work and response to the storm cost New York State $32.8 billion and he anticipates a further $9.1 billion in mitigation and prevention costs. N.J. Gov. Chris Christie says
New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo has formed three commissions to study how best to overhaul the state's emergency preparedness and response capabilities and how to improve infrastructure to better withstand monster storms like Hurricane Sandy. The commissions have a Jan. 3, 2013 deadline for making recommendations. Major storms have revealed major weaknesses in the state's transportation, energy, communications and health infrastructures, Cuomo said in a statement today, Nov. 16. The new commissions—dubbed NYS 2100, NYS Respond and NYS Ready—will help prepare and equip the state for future natural disasters, he said."Over the past two years, New York State has
Building trades workers including the New York City District Council of Carpenters along with the Building Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, began an organized volunteer effort on Staten Island today, Nov. 9, the first part of a plan to help rebuild Hurricane Sandy-ravaged areas. Photo Courtesy of the NYC District Council of Carpenters Members of the NYC District Council of Carpenters volunteer on Friday, Nov. 9, with post-Hurricane Sandy cleanup on Staten Island. The workers met at 7 a.m. at the Federal Emergency Management Agency tent on Father Capodanno Blvd. in Staten Island and began the first phase
The first damage and economic loss estimates of Hurricane Sandy are pegged at about $33 billion for New York State and $50 billion for the region, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today, Nov. 8, in an update on the storm. "That is a staggering number, especially with the financial situation that we’ve been in," he said. The state may also incur, at least, an additional $1 billion deficit due to the storm, Cuomo said.The governor also criticized utilities, calling them monopolies, for being unprepared. "Part of it is the system design and part of it is just their performance, and part
The judges said the team on the PSEG New Haven Peaking Project—the winner of ENR New York's first-ever Safety Award—put many proactive safety measures in place and involved everyone from management to craft workers in the process.
This $136-million project is part of an ongoing $2-billion project to build an extradosed cable-stay bridge across New Haven Harbor to replace the aging "Q Bridge" there today.
The Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center, which offers long-term care to children with complex clinical conditions and disabilities, had been based on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan for a century. But an expiring lease forced the center to relocate to Yonkers, N.Y., where it built a 137-bed, 165,000-sq-ft facility on the top of a hill.
Leaking roofs in the former stable complex that served as the police station in 2002 for Manhattan's Central Park forced the precinct to relocate to a temporary structure next door until the complex was repaired.
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