Two construction companies and two supervisors were charged with manslaughter and other crimes in the death of a worker who was crushed this year, authorities said Wednesday in announcing a task force to investigate misconduct in the booming building industry.
Chart courtesy of the U.S. Bureau of the Census Building permits issued in New York City rose for the sixth consecutive year, according to an analysis of data by the New York Building Congress. Permits authorizing construction rose 156% in Fiscal Year 2015 (July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015) compared with FY 2014 with 52,618 permits issued for residential units in the just ended fiscal year, according to NYBC analysis of U.S. Census data The number of permits rose in each of the five boroughs, but Brooklyn experienced a 225% increase with 23,326 dwelling units authorized for construction in
Diagram courtesy of Clean Coalition New York is moving toward becoming one of the leading states in the nation in terms of microgrid installations. Earlier this month Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that 83 communities in the state would each receive grants of about $100,000 to support microgrid projects. The awards are part of the governor’s Reforming Energy Vision that aims to revamp the state’s energy regulatory structure and were administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).There is no official definition of a “microgrid,” but it is generally understood to be the opposite of the centrally
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on July 28 unveiled a $4 billion construction project that aims to tear down and rebuild large parts of LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York. Image courtesy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Pedestrian walkways, part of a $4 billion plan to develop LaGuardia Airport, would increase aircraft taxi space. The gateway project is being developed in concert with separate development efforts by Delta Air Lines, which operates in terminals A, C and D. “We are transforming LaGuardia into a globally-renowned, 21st century airport that is worthy of the city and state
Contractor revenue has risen steadily over the past several years, coming in at just under $20 billion in 2014 in ENR New York’s latest ranking of the 50 largest regional contractors.
Christopher O. Ward has joined AECOM as senior vice president and CEO of design and consulting services for the metro New York region, months after leaving a top executive role he had held since 2011 at Dragados USA, a unit of the Spain-based contractor and concessions firm. He left the Dragados role as executive vice president for major projects at the end of 2014, telling Crain’s NY Business that the expected public-private-partnership construction market “was not as large as it had been.” The firm was part of a design-build team that had been short-listed for the $4-billion Tappan Zee replacement
Lendlease has been a beneficiary of the highly visible New York City building boom, leaving its mark on such projects as 10 City Point Place in downtown Brooklyn; the Delta Airlines terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens; and the high-end residential buildings sprouting up across the city.
A joint initiative of Boston Properties Inc. Rudin Development and WeWork, in conjunction with the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp. is developing a new 675,000-square-foot building at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to cater to the rapidly emerging technology and creative industries in Brooklyn. The $380 million building, Dock 72, will be one of the largest commercial buildings to be built outside of Manhattan in decades. Construction of the 16-story building is scheduled to begin in late 2015 with an anticipated tenant delivery in late 2017. The project will seek LEED certification. The site is centrally located within the Yard on a 60,000-square-foot strip
Solar power in New York State grew more than 300% between 2011 and 2014, according to the office of Governor Andrew Cuomo. A total of 314.48 MW of solar facilities was installed across the state as of December 2014. Solar capacity tripled, quadrupled or quintupled in every region of the state other than Long Island, which has more installations than any other region. In addition, numbers of projects at least doubled in every region. The largest increase in percentage of megawatts was in the North Country, followed by the Finger Lakes, Central New York and New York City. In addition,
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