Birdsall Services Group, Inc., Eatontown, N.J., furloughed 300 employees on April 10 after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order in favor of the State of New Jersey's efforts to block the embattled engineering firm's bankruptcy filing. Birdsall is also in talks with a potential buyer, according to court filings. Birdsall and seven of its former executives were indicted on corruption charges on March 26, and the firm filed for bankruptcy on March 29. The temporary restraining order, issued by U.S. District Court Judge Michael Shipp, blocks Birdsall from using cash collateral for salaries and other expenses, says a
Sandhogs have decided that no more major blasting is needed under Grand Central Terminal where they are working on the East Side Access (ESA) project, says a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) spokeman. Since March 2007, joint venture contractors Dragado USA and Judlau Contracting have headed up a team of about 1,000 workers who toiled round the clock five days a week to complete more than 2,400 controlled blasts, MTA says. Photo Courtesy of MTA Tunnels lead into caverns underneath the Grand Central terminal where a concourse for arriving and departing Long Island Rail Road trains is planned. The $8.76-billion ESA
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is building an 11,400-ft-long wall along the A Line in Broad Channel, Queens to protect the track right-of-way from washouts should another Sandy-like storm hit the area. The A Line suffered signal, switch, and cable damage when the Oct. 29, 2012 storm hit the region. Photo by Kevin Ortiz/Courtesy of MTA Putting Up Obstacles: Crews are drilling steel sheets 33 ft below ground to protect tracks. J-Track LLC, College Point, N.Y., is building the $15-million wall, which will be located on the Jamaica Bay side of Broad Channel and is scheduled to be completed by May.
A s Superstorm Sandy bore down on the New Jersey coast last fall, officials at the Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin huddled to figure out what to do. Nor'easters had historically pummeled the low-lying area laced with inlets, and so the hospital was taking the storm seriously. To compound problems, Southern Ocean was nearing the end of the first phase of a two-phase project to build a new emergency department (ED) and renovate its existing ED structure. The 32,500-sq-ft project would more than triple the ED's size and nearly double the hospital's patient rooms to 42. Related Links: ENR
Squeezed between towers and tunnels under construction, and with only two street access points, crews are digging away at the third and final phase of the now popular High Line on the West Side of Manhattan. While many questions loom regarding coordination among multiple other parties and future funding for some aspects of work, High Line participants are benefiting from lessons learned from the previous phases and public embrace of the project. Related Links: ENR New York More ENR New York Projects When construction on the first two sections of the elevated High Line park began in 2006, New York
Buro Happold, New York, has hired Ariella Rosenberg as a strategic planner to work in the firm's strategic management company Happold Consulting. Rosenberg has more than a decade of urban planning experience focusing on sustainability planning, energy management and climate action. She previously served as deputy director of the New York City Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, where she was part of the team that developed PlaNYC to combat climate change. Related Links: ENR New York ENR New York Featured People Anthony S. Pecci, based in Dewberry's Bloomfield, N.J., office, has been promoted to senior vice president from
Tristate Photo by Sue Pearsall On the Job: New York construction jobs grew 2.4% last year, but New Jersey and Connecticut employment declined. Rendering Courtesy of NYS Thruway Authority The Long Stretch: The Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project is expected to begin construction later this year. Related Links: ENR New York ENR New York Featured News Industry Employment Up in N.Y., Down in N.J. & Conn.The tristate Region's year-over-year industry employment rates were mixed, according to an Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) jobs report released last month. But the industry overall shows signs of emerging from a six-year slump,
Related Links: ENR MidAtlantic's Top 20 Under 40 This year’s call for nominations yielded an impressive collection of entries from around the region. An independent jury pored over the entries, judging candidates on the basis of their career experience; industry leadership; community service; and other factors. ADUCCIKen AducciDepartment Manager, Sr. Vice PresidentHDR Inc.Aducci is responsible for day-to-day management of all HDR engineering staff and operations in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He has 31 years of experience in the construction industry, including extensive experience in highway project management and design. HOPam HoHuman Resources ManagerSmithGroupJJRHo is the human resources manager for the
Related Links: Engineering News Record MULLENEXBarbara Mullenex has joined Perkins Eastman as a principal in Washington, D.C. A 26-year industry veteran in architecture and interior design focused on hospitality and corporate interiors, she had been a managing partner at OPX.Brennan Fama was hired by Balfour Beatty Construction as a project executive on its multi-family housing team in Fairfax, Va. Previously a project executive at Clark Construction, he has led such projects as the $120-million Clarendon Center in Virginia. BAXTERFrank Baxter was hired by Skanska USA as the environment, health and safety director for its greater Philadelphia region. He had
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