Plans to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge have moved a step forward with the federal government’s approval of the final environmental impact statement for the project. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced yesterday, Sept. 25, that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has issued a record of decision (ROD) approving the state’s plan for the $5-billion-plus bridge replacement. The move is the final step in the review of the project’s environmental impact. “With this major milestone, New York once again is demonstrating that we can make government work efficiently and effectively for the people of the state, and we
Construction starts in New York City dropped 16% in the first half this year, to $6.6 billion, compared with the same year-ago period, according to a recent New York Building Congress analysis of McGraw-Hill Construction Data. The non-residential sector took the hardest hit in the first six months, diving 48% to $3.2 billion, NYBC says. The data cover all project starts including new construction, alterations and renovations. Photo by Mark Lyon A project related to the Second Avenue Subway was one of the biggest starts in the non-building sector in the first half of 2012. "The data from the non-residential
The New York City Dept. of Design and Construction (DDC) says it plans to issue new guidelines on Sept. 13 for the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for new public buildings. The guidelines establish a framework to enable all future DDC-managed public building projects to be delivered using 3-D technologies and BIM processes. ENR New York reported on DDC's plans to roll out BIM standards earlier this year. The agency joins a small list of others in the region including the NYC Dept. of Buildings (DOB) and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York that have BIM
One construction worker was killed and a second was severely injured after the roof of a four-story residential structure gave way on a construction site yesterday, Sept. 10, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, says the New York City Dept. of Buildings. The injured man was taken to a hospital but no current status is available, says the Fire Dept. of New York.A Dept. of Buildings spokeswoman says that a preliminary investigation of the site shows that five workers were standing on the roof when a heavy load was delivered, and the roof gave way causing the two workers to fall to
ESPN says it has donated $1 million to help fund construction of a new 38,000-sq-ft family center for the Boys and Girls Club in Bristol, Conn., the same town in which ESPN’s headquarters are located. Construction is expected to begin in spring or summer 2013 and be completed later that year. The construction manager is a joint venture of O&G Industries Inc., Torrington, Conn., and The S. Carpenter Construction Company, Bristol, Conn. Amara Associates, West Hartford, Conn., is the architect. Photo by John Atashian/ESPN Last year, volunteers from The Boys and Girls Club and ESPN built a playground in Bristol,
On the heels of OSHA's announcement of a new safety campaign concerning construction-related falls, news spread of an ironworker fall at 3 World Trade Center on Aug. 29. The 36-year-old male ironworker fell Wednesday about 15 feet from a beam while erecting structural steel at the base of the building, John Gallagher, spokesman at Tishman Construction, said in an Aug. 29 statement. Tishman is the 3 WTC construction manager. The worker was alert when taken to Bellevue Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, he adds.The worker, whose name was not released, is with Falcon Steel Co., Inc., Wilmington, Del. Company officials
Lee Petrella, vice president of Thornton Tomasetti’s New York office and known to his colleagues as “Big Lee,” died on Monday, Aug. 20, in Astoria, Queens. He was 54. Petrella Petrella, who became vice president in 2008, had been battling cancer for many years, says a Thornton Tomasetti spokeswoman. He is survived by his wife, Luanne.Petrella began his career with Thornton Tomasetti’s predecessor company Lev Zetlin Associates in 1980 after graduating from City College of New York (CUNY) with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. He was a member of the Thornton Tomasetti building structure team and worked on many
From the outside, Princeton Theological Seminary's new library, under construction in Princeton, N.J., looks a lot like other scholarly research libraries on stately campuses. But looks in this case are deceiving. The new structure, when completed next year, will play a significant role in preserving one of the world's largest and oldest collections of theological books—second only to the Vatican Library in Rome. Related Links: ENR New York Digging Deeper Project Stories "People come from all over the world to see these priceless collections," says German Martinez Jr., PTS director of facilities and construction. Martinez oversees construction of the 94,000-sq-ft
Kris Bauman has joined Sam Schwartz Engineering, New York, as executive vice president and chief operating officer. He has more than 30 years of experience in construction and real estate and was the former president of Bauman Co. in Newtown, Pa. Related Links: ENR New York Featured People Chris Ward, executive vice president for major projects at Dragados USA, has joined the New York Building Congress' board of directors, a coalition representing all facets of the city's design, construction and real estate industry. From 2008 to 2011, Ward served as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and
New York Less Troubled Waters: Gov. Cuomo has applied for federal funding to build a new bridge that would replace the 56-year-old Tappan Zee Bridge. The Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project moved closer to start-up last month as Gov. Andrew Cuomo formally initiated New York's application for funding under the federal Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) for the $5-billion-plus project. The governor, joined by other state and local officials, signed an Aug. 20th letter of intent notifying U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood that the state is seeking TIFIA funding.The move came after New York Metropolitan Transportation Council
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