Construction on the first phase of City Point, a mixed-use project in Downtown Brooklyn has begun in large part to a $20 million tax exempt bond issued through the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Rendering courtesy of Cook + Fox Architects The first phase of the $24 million City Point project consists of a 50,000-sq-ft, four-story, retail building. The bond will cover most of the $24 million project which will transform approximately 1.5 million sq ft of the Fulton Mall into a combination of retail and commercial space as well as affordable and market-rate housing. The first phase of
The expansion and modernization of St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside, New York, a $114 million project that is expected to create 420 construction jobs is began in September with Turner Construction Company providing pre-construction and construction management services through a $72 million contract. Anshen and Allen of Columbus, Ohio is serving as the architect. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The project includes a five-story, 90,000 sq ft expansion of the current 90,000-sq- ft, 97-bed hospital that provides full medical care for infants through teenage patients with life threatening illnesses and injuries and the modernization of the building
Aiming to grow to meet an increasing demand for higher education, New York City’s major universities are investing in substantial upgrades to their campuses. “It’s a strong segment in the New York construction market,” says Richard Anderson, president of the New York Building Congress in Manhattan. “Institutional coupled with infrastructure is sustaining the industry at this point.” New York University, Columbia University and the City University of New York have multiple projects in the works. In addition, Weill Cornell Medical College broke ground in May on its $650 million, 18-story Medical Research Building; Mount Sinai School of Medicine began constructing
Lower Manhattan Starbucks would be the last place one would expect to find the man New York City prosecutors tried to portray as “Wild Bill Rapetti.” Photo:AP Rapetti on the media spectacle that surrounded his “perp walk” shortly after turning himself in to authorities: “It was disgusting.” Photo Courtesy Of The Rapetti Family Rapetti on his acquittal: “I feel like the Verizon commercial. ‘Do you hear me now?’” Rapetti, the master rigger who was recently acquitted on manslaughter charges stemming from the deadly collapse of a 200-ft tower crane in Manhattan in 2008, was called “reckless” by the prosecution and
“It’s not for girls.” Photo Courtesy Of Lenore Janis In the 1970s Janis lobbied then-Gov. Mario Cuomo [receiving an award from Janis above] to set a goal of 5% participation for female contractors on all state-funded projects. That’s how Lenore Janis describes the reaction to her childhood interest in the family business. As the association Janis founded – the Professional Women in Construction – celebrates its 30th anniversary this year she’s been able to reflect upon and enjoy just how much progress she and other women have made in an industry that once rejected them. Janis loves to talk about
The tri-state area’s designers were on the front lines of a construction market choking on its excesses in 2008. Today, even if temporarily, most of the rampage seems to be over, but there is little cause for excessive optimism: colleagues across the three states remain unemployed, projects are stalled, and there are few indicators that the federal or state governments will come to the rescue to the extent they did in previous downturns. Among those still standing, there’s a growing consensus that business as usual is over, and the industry as a whole will need to reinvent itself to stay
Recent decisions in a Chinese drywall case in Virginia highlight the challenges builders and contractors face in acting responsibly while preserving potential insurance coverage. The case points out that contractors need to know the terms of their policies. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The Case: Builder’s Mutual v. Dragas Management Dragas Management of Virginia Beach, Va., had multiple liability and umbrella policies with Builders Mutual Insurance Co. and Firemen’s Insurance Co. of Washington, D.C. The underlying liability policies all contained language which required the insurers to pay damages, which the builder “became legally obligated to pay” because of bodily
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., nbj Architecture, and WDG Architecture were selected as the design-build team for the West Grace Street Student Housing and Laurel Parking Deck projects at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. The West Grace Student Housing community will have 122 dwelling units with 459 beds, totaling 162,000 sq ft. The 212-space, 98,675-sq-ft parking deck will feature 6,360 sq ft of retail space. The project will be designed to meet LEED-NC Silver standards.
The Baltimore district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Forrester Construction Co. of Rockville, Md., a $25-million contract to build the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command Headquarters and Dental Clinic at Fort Belvoir. Construction will include the administrative building, standby generator, and building information systems. The architect is HDR Architecture of Alexandria, Va. Completion is scheduled for September 2011.
Cianbro Construction’s Baltimore office has been awarded a $17.2-million contract to repair a 1.5-mi. section of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Hagerstown, Md., that is now used primarily for hiking and biking within the C&O Canal National Historic Park. The project—funded via ARRA funds—includes tree removal, jet grouting, drilled pier installation, caisson drilling, and placement of precast deck and face panels. A large portion of the work must take place from barges anchored offshore on the Potomac River.
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