Faithful+Gould has appointed Reza Amirkhalili as the new president and managing director of the organization's Americas business. He will be based in Washington, D.C. Amirkhalili has spent 25 years with Faithful+Gould, holding various positions including estimator, project manager, office managing director, sector lead and chief operating officer. Related Links: Engineering News Record ENR New York AMIRKHALLISkanska has promoted Axel Wingard to chief financial officer of its Skanska USA Commercial Development unit. The division invests in and develops office and multifamily properties in Boston, Houston, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Wingard is based in New York City. He has worked for Skanska
A rebounding market and resiliency work helped STV grow its New York regional revenue nearly 60% in 2014—rising to fourth in the ranking of Top Design Firms in the region after placing seventh in last year's list.
Revenue for architects and engineers in the New York-New Jersey region rose just over 20% in 2014, according to the ENR New York survey of Top Design Firms.
Propelled by a wave of major residential development projects in New York City and Jersey City, N.J., the construction value of the region's top 30 projects to break ground last year totaled just over $11 billion.
Turning an Art Deco landmark erected 85 years ago into a high-capacity data hub might seem less daunting in a building that was the former headquarters of Western Union Co.
Dewberry has promoted Craig Johnson to president of its Northeast regional operations. He is based in Bloomfield, N.J., and had been branch manager. The firm has more than 500 employees in the region. Johnson also maintains regional leadership for Dewberry's transportation service line and alternative delivery services. Johnson The firm also promoted Keith Itzler to vice president from assistant branch manager. He is based in New York City.BEM Systems Inc., Chatham, N.J., has hired Audrey Heffernan as environmental planning practice leader. She will be responsible for leading National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and environmental compliance tasks on its major infrastructure
In 1962, New York officials set up the State University Construction Fund to expedite creation of the State University of New York (SUNY) campus system, double enrollment and give schools a unified appearance based on design guidelines created through coordinated master plans.
EverPower Wind Holdings has proposed building a 300-MW wind farm in Steuben County, New York near the Pennsylvania border. The Pittsburgh-based developer is proposing the project through its subsidiary Baron Winds, the company said in a filing made March 6 with the New York Public Service Commission.The company said the commercial scale project will be built on leased private lands in a rural area that will include 150 wind turbines, a collection substation and nine miles of 230-kV transmission line. It will interconnect with New York State Electric & Gas's Hillside-Meyer 230-kV transmission line at the Canandaigua substation.The 300-MW project
A high voltage direct-current undersea transmission line proposed from South Brunswick, N.J. to Huntington, N.Y. has received interconnection approvals from the PJM Interconnection and the New York Independent System Operator, a spokesman for the developer said on March 9.The line is anticipated to deliver 500 MW of low-cost energy to the downstate New York grid in Long Island that is capable of powering about 500,000 homes. With NYISO approval on March 6 of the 82-mile line’s reliability impact study, the New York Public Service Commission has begun a formal project review, said developer Poseidon Transmission.The firm did not release the
Construction is set to start this summer on nearly $64 million of school upgrades in the West Babylon Free and Shoreham-Wading River Central school districts in Long Island, N.Y. following recent voter approval of two school bonds to finance the work. Dubbed the “Renewal Project,” the $48.5-million Shoreham-Wading River Central School District’s (SWRCSD) improvements and renovation program is being partially funded by a $33.5-million bond.Work will take place in all four district schools — Shoreham-Wading River High School, Albert G. Prodell Middle School, Miller Avenue Elementary School, and Wading River Elementary School. Prior-year state aid funds will cover about $15
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