Mark Erlich, executive secretary and treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, is not an optimist. With an industry career spanning four decades, Erlich has been through many economic highs and lows, and so Boston's current private-sector building boom does not greatly impress him.
Each of the 10 winners of ENR New England's second annual Top Young Professionals competition impressed the judges with a multitude of leadership skills.
New England Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's (D) signature on the five-year, $12.7-billion transportation bond bill last month has brought a great sigh of relief, industry executives say.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has unveiled a series of community-driven rebuilding proposals aimed at helping storm-battered cities, towns and villages throughout New York become more resilient. Under the state’s Rising Community Reconstruction Program (NYRCR), eligible communities affected by hurricanes Sandy and Irene as well as Tropical Storm Lee may receive up to $25 million for rebuilding and revitalization efforts. Photo Courtesy of the Governor's Office New York Rising: The program, which was established by Gov. Cuomo in April 2013, received more than 700 rebuilding project proposals. The program, which Cuomo established in April 2013, received more than 700 project proposals, “and
In time for New York City’s April 22 Earth Day celebrations, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced two initiatives related to environmental issues—one focusing on sustainability and resiliency efforts and another concerning air pollution. Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York Division Cleaning Up: The Army Corps of Engineers headed up beach restoration work on the Rockaway peninsula last fall. The mayor issued a progress report on the city’s PlaNYC guidelines, saying that the Office of Recovery and Resiliency—which he launched last month—will continue the push begun under the Bloomberg Administration for major climate resiliency efforts.Among the
Related Links: Top Project Starts Of 2013 Major projects moved ahead throughout the mid-Atlantic states in 2013, thanks in large part to significant investment in heavy civil, power and industrial projects. The 20 Top Starts in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia, ranked by total project value, tallied a combined $8.44 billion in work. Notably, projects related to natural gas led the way. With natural gas production expanding in the region, due to extraction from the Marcellus shale formation, energy companies are pushing ahead with significant projects. Dominion Virginia Power tops this year's list with
Related Links: ENR MidAtlantic Paul Lund was hired by Hord Coplan Macht, Baltimore, as a principal. He had been a principal at Bowie Gridley Architects, Washington, D.C. Lund has 22 years of design experience and will be a leader in the firm's higher education practice.SmithGroupJJR recently promoted John Harriman and Don Posson to be vice presidents in its Washington, D.C., office. Harriman is director of engineering, leading a group of 30 engineers. Posson is co-leader of sustainable design. He joined the firm in 2013.Grunley Construction Co., Rockville, Md., recently announced several promotions. Sonya Brown has been promoted to vice president
Related Articles: Natural Gas Boom Helps Fuel Region's Major Projects DC Water Innovates To Meet $4B Expansion Needs ENR MidAtlantic Index Top Starts In The MidAtlantic Rank Project/Location ProjectCost($ mil.) Start Date/End Date Owner/Prime Contractor 1 Brunswick County Power StationBrunswick County, Va. 1,200 Sept. 2013Summer 2016 Owner Dominion Virginia Power EPC Contractor Fluor 2 Panda Liberty Generation PlantBradford County, Pa. 800+ Aug. 2013Early 2016 Owner PandaPower FundsEPCContractor Gemma-Lane 2 Panda Patriot Generation PlantLycoming County, Pa. 800+ Aug. 2013Mid-2016 Owner PandaPower FundsEPCContractor Gemma-Lane 4 High Performance Computing Center 2Fort Meade, Md. 792 May 2013Summer 2015 Owner U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Related Links: ENR MidAtlantic Top Starts In The MidAtlantic Top Starts In The MidAtlanticRank Project/ Location Project Cost ($ mil.) Start Date/ End Date Owner/ Prime Contractor1Brunswick County Power StationBrunswick County, Va.1,200Sept. 2013Summer 2016Owner Dominion Virginia PowerEPC Contractor Fluor2Panda Liberty Generation PlantBradford County, Pa.800+Aug. 2013Early 2016Owner Panda Power FundsEPC Contractor Gemma-Lane2Panda Patriot Generation PlantLycoming County, Pa.800+Aug. 2013Mid-2016Owner Panda Power FundsEPC Contractor Gemma-Lane4High Performance Computing Center 2Fort Meade, Md.792May 2013Summer 2015Owner U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore DistrictDesign-Build Contractor Hensel Phelps/Kiewit5Enhanced Nutrient Removal Process Back River Wastewater Treatment PlantBaltimore560Oct. 2013Late 2017Owner City of Baltimore Dept. of Public WorksDesigner Whitman, Requardt &
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