Ground was broken in October for the Sustainable Energy Technology Center (SEnTeC), a research and development facility at the campus of the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville, Va.
The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded Grunley Construction Co. of Rockville, Md., the $57-million Phase 1B Adaptive Reuse contract as part of the consolidation of the Dept. of Homeland Security at the St. Elizabeths Hospital site in Washington, D.C.
Work on military bases and other public projects has kept many Maryland contractors busy during the recession. “Our area has always done better than others, but we are still on the downslope with government work,” says John Barotti, senior vice president of Skanska USA Building in Rockville, Md. “If you look at the forecast for the next year, I don’t see as many projects as in the past.” Barotti adds that the Base Realignment and Closure and Army Transformation projects are winding down. “There is still a lot of work associated with the BRAC realignment aftereffects,” adds David Birtwistle, vice
One thing we’ve come to expect every year when it comes to our annual, year-end “Best Of” competition is that it’s nearly impossible to make any assumptions or predictions as to the outcome. Related Links: Best of 2010 Project of the Year: New Meadowlands Stadium Architectural Design: The Juilliard School Renovation and Expansion, New York Civil/Public Works: Fulton Street Transit Center Foundations, New York, N.Y. Cultural: Queens Theater-in-the-Park, Corona, N.Y. Cultural: Queens Community College Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center, Bayside, N.Y. Engineering Design: Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge/Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Environmental/Flood Control: Horseshoe Road Superfund Site Environmental/Flood Control: Harlem Riverbank
Schiavone Construction Co. has agreed to pay a $22.4-million settlement of a federal investigation of Schiavone's use of phony companies in place of legitimate minority-owned businesses on four big New York City infrastructure contracts, prosecutors said Nov. 29. Photo: NYC DEP Subcontracting on Croton water filtration plant in Bronx, N.Y. and other projects are at center of fraud settlement. The payment is a civil settlement agreement' made with the U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn, N.Y. U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch said that the firm admitted that some of its employees engaged in a scheme to defraud public agencies by submitting reports
New York City-based Skanska USA has confirmed that the government is probing subcontracting arrangements made by the company and other large contractors that may have involved phony certified minority and women-owned firms. Photo: NYC DEP Subcontracting on Croton water filtration plant in Bronx, N.Y., set for completion in 2012, is under investigation. The New York Times also reports that Schiavone Construction Co., Secaucus, N.J., is a target of the investigation. Neither firm has been charged with any crime. The investigation, according to published reports involving unnamed sources, centers on contracting activity on the $2.8-billion Croton Water Filtration plant in Bronx,
Before a courtroom filled with rank-and-file workers, Michael Forde, former executive secretary-treasurer of the New York District Council of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, was sentenced to 11 years in prison, an additional three years of supervised release and restitution. He pleaded guilty in July to participating in what Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa Zornberg called a �mind boggling� 15-year racketeering scheme. On July 28, 2010, Forde admitted to taking bribes from multiple contractors, helping contractors cheat the District Council Benefit Funds out of millions of dollars, rigging job assignments, lying under oath, and obstructing investigations into his conduct.
After deeming Hoboken, New Jersey�s 14th Street Viaduct structurally deficient and functionally obsolete despite its history, Hudson County selected Stantec along with consultants, Trans Systems and T.Y. Lin International/Medina to complete a replacement design for the 100-year-old viaduct. Rendering courtesy of Stantec Currently, the 14th Street Viaduct stretches almost ¼ of a mile and rises over 70 ft carrying over 20,000 vehicles per day. It is also considered an iconic landmark in the Hoboken skyline and a result, the New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office required certain steps to be taken to have the replacement structure appropriately reflect the context
Skanska has been selected to construct an approximately five-story, 17,200-sq-ft intermediate and high school at South Hunter�s Point in Long Island City, New York through a contract totaling $61 million. The school will consist of 26 classrooms and house teaching facilities for 1,000 intermediate and high school students as well as laboratories, a music suite, gym, kitchen and cafeteria and a 4,736-sq-ft roof terrace. Skanska will be responsible for implementing the project which will be designed to meet Silver LEED certification. Work is scheduled to begin this November and is expected to be completed in October 2013.
Lorraine Grillo has been appointed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg as President of the New York City School Construction Authority which manages new school construction and renovation of the city�s existing school buildings for the Department of Education. She has been serving as Acting President since April when then SCA President Sharon Greenberger was appointed by the Mayor and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein to Chief Operating Officer for the Department of Education. The announcement made today comes at a time when there is a lot of turnover taking place in the administration as Cathie Black is said to replace
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