Jeffrey J. Zogg, a leader of New York state general contractors for more than two decades and an activist in the national Associated General Contractors organization, died Oct. 24 in Delmar, N.Y., after a long battle with sarcoma, a form of cancer. Zogg served in that role since 2008, when the chapter was formed following the merger of the General Building Contractors of New York State (GBC) and AGC�s New York State Chapter, which represented heavy and highway construction firms. The combined chapter is now AGC�s sixth largest U.S. chapter. ZOGG He previously served as executive director of the building
Three former New York City project officials indicted in connection with a fatal 2007 fire at a vacant Ground Zero high-rise being cleaned of asbestos and demolished will stand trial on manslaughter and other charges on Jan. 18. A New York state supreme court judge rejected on Oct. 22 motions to dismiss charges. The fire killed two firefighters. Photo: AP August 2007 fire at former World Trade Center site killed two firefighters. Now facing trial related to the Deutsche Bank event are Jeffrey Melofchik, former lead project-safety manager and executive at Bovis Lend Lease; Mitchel Alvo, abatement director for The
The Christie Administration along with the state of New Jersey and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority have issued $30 million in federally subsidized, low-interest bonds to help finance construction of new classrooms and other needed facilities within the state�s charter schools. “For too long, charter schools have been denied equitable resources to finance construction projects needed to grow, expand and serve even more children,” said Acting Education Commissioner Rochelle Hendricks. “Other public schools have always been able to borrow money at a low interest rate to help them meet their facilities needs. Today, we begin to level the playing
Through Spanish construction and engineering company, Grupo Dragados SA and its subsidiary, Schiavone Construction of Secaucus, New Jersey, Grupo ACS has been awarded a new $447 million contract for the construction of the 72nd Street Station in Manhattan, part of the ongoing Second Avenue Subway Line project. The contract which was also signed by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority includes construction of the main cavern under Second Avenue which is approximately 1,056 ft long and 72 ft wide and is over 98 ft below ground level. It also includes maintenance and traffic control, monitoring of the existing buildings and
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has approved $2 million in planning work for a future 25,000-sq-ft terminal expansion of Stewart International Airport. The planning and design for the phased terminal expansion is being conducted by the Port Authority who first took on the operation of the airport in 2007 and is expected to be completed by December 2011. The first phase of the planned expansion will consist of expanding the north side of the terminal to construct an adequate federal inspection service facility and to increase overall capacity as well as allowing for the simultaneous processing
Construction has begun on Binghamton University�s $30 million New York State Center of Excellence in Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging building which will support more than 180 jobs per year throughout the construction process. Rendering courtesy of Binghamton University The new two-story, 114,000-sq-ft Center of Excellence is expected to be completed by January 2013. The new two-story, 114,000-sq-ft, metal and stone Center of Excellence facility will feature open laboratory space, a symposium hall and offices providing space for the expansion and consolidation of Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging and its team of scientists and engineers. The facility will
A year ago, signs of the construction market’s collapse were as clear as a crisp autumn day – backlogs were drying up, revenues were swept away, sputtering projects went dormant, and new work was nowhere on the bare landscape.
The $28 million first phase of a regional park in Far Rockaway, the fourth of eight regional parks proposed under PlaNYC, the city�s plan for a greener New York, has broken ground. The project will create a 13-acre park stretching from Beach 11th Street to Beach 17th Street and Beach 28th Street to Beach 32nd Street and contain such amenities as a synthetic turf football field, a performance venue, a skate park, a central lawn area, a climbing wall and a variety of sports courts. "The fact that we are moving forward on these projects in spite of the tough
Rendering courtesy of The S/L/A/M Collaborative The new North Clinical Tower will add approximately 300,000 sq ft to Danbury Hospital. Connecticut�s Danbury Hospital is set to expand with a new $150 million North Clinical Tower that will add approximately 300,000 sq ft to the hospital, the largest expansion in the 12-floor, 371-bed regional medical center and university teaching hospital�s history. The new North Clinical Tower Addition is being designed by The S/L/A/M Collaborative of Glastonbury, Connecticut to better align with the hospital�s mission of �a higher level of care� and will consist of a new main entry including a double
Rendering courtesy of the MTA The $176 million, 180,000-sq-ft Fulton Street Center is scheduled to open in 2014. A contract for the above and below-grade construction of the $176 million, 180,000-sq-ft, Fulton Street Transit Center has been awarded to Plaza Construction of New York who will serve as the General Contractor along with Schiavone Construction of Secaucus, New Jersey. Construction on the center which is said to modernize this major Manhattan subway complex began in December 2008 but Plaza Construction�s work isn�t scheduled to begin until this coming February following the erection of a tower crane in January. The scope
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