The School of Visual Arts in New York City will undergo a redevelopment of its existing office space into a new, 8,000-sq-ft Information Technology space that will be the IT workgroup�s new home, located at 136 West 21st Street. Spector Group of New York has been selected as the project’s prime architect and interior designer and will create, through a contemporary design, a glass enclosed data center complete with training rooms, offices and classrooms with plenty of open ceiling space. Spector and the School of Visual Arts team are working together and aim for the project to be LEED certified
New York City officials announced today the first citywide plan for the waterfront in almost two decades and one that aims to reconnect New Yorkers with the waterfront. Image courtesy of NYC Department of City Planning The Blue Network map shows where New Yorkers can enter not just the waterfront but the water via boats, kayaks, canoes, ferry landings, etc. Image courtesy of NYC Department of City Planning The public access map shows the new or expanded parks, greenways and esplanades that are coming. Dubbed the Waterfront Vision and Enhancement Strategy, it consists of a two-component, three-year plan, led by
Scott Fisher was promoted to the position of vice president of information services for Barnhill Contracting Co. in Raleigh, N.C. Fisher previously served as the company’s IT director. PRIVITERA FISHER Brendan Horgan was named chief executive officer of Sunbelt Rentals, an equipment rental firm based in Fort Mill, S.C. Horgan, who replaces Joe Phelan , has been with Sunbelt Rentals for the past 15 years, previously serving as chief operating officer and chief sales officer. Randy Thron was named senior vice president of federal programs for BRPH in Melbourne, Fla. He has been with BRPH for 25 years. David Privitera,
The U. S. Green building Council has announced the recipients of the 2010 LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design) for Homes Awards recognizing projects, developers and homebuilders who have raised the standard in residential building. Image Courtesy Of Bernstein Associates; Sam Schwartz Engineering The Eltona is the first affordable rental LEED Platinum building in New York state. Three New York-area projects earned recognition in such categories as affordable housing projects and developers. Blue Sea Development of New York was honored with the Outstanding Affordable Developer award for three projects: the LEED Platinum General Colin L. Powell Apartments, Morrisinia Homes
Through a $92-million contract, Skanska USA Building will construct two laboratory buildings at the City University of New York in Harlem for the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York. Rendering Courtesy Of Skanska The $92-million CUNY laboratory buildings that Skanksa will be constructing are scheduled to be completed by the summer of 2014. The contractor has already begun construction on a 474,000-sq-ft research building that will include laboratories, a cafeteria and a 100-seat lecture hall as well as a 248,000-sq-ft second laboratory building for biology, chemistry and physics. Skanska has also recently completed two additional buildings for teaching
Sam Schwartz Engineering,a transportation consulting firm based in New York City, aiming to expand operations in the Midwest, acquired Metro Transportation Group Inc., a Chicago-based traffic engineering, planning and design and signal systems company. Photo by Kristin Golojuch Dave Miller “Metro brings to Sam Schwartz Engineering a rich 30-year history of working on some of the most significant projects in Illinois and the region while significantly increasing our Midwest footprint,” said Rob Phillips, executive vice president and COO of Sam Schwartz Engineering. Metro’s major projects include the development of a traffic management plan for Northwestern University, a metered parking survey
In February, Buffalo became the second city in the nation to ban hydrofracking, as a response to concerns over possible negative impacts of the technique used for extracting natural gas. In November, the New York state Assembly passed a temporary moratorium on hydrofracking to allow for studies to be conducted. With the moratorium ending May 15, some communities are considering if they should follow Buffalo’s lead. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Vast portions of western and central New York sit atop the Marcellus Shale formation, which contains large reserves of natural gas. The oil and gas industry claims that
Article toolbar NINE MILLION New York City residents are depending on Welsbach Electric to meet a critical April milestone at the Catskill/Delaware Ultraviolet Disinfection Facility now under construction in Westchester County, north of the city. Photo Courtesy Of Malcom Pirnie Massive Materials The Cat/Del project includes large quantities of large materials, including this 12-ft-diameter steel pipe. The Queens, N.Y.-based electrical contractor is charged with powering up the $1.4-billion New York City Dept. of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) project. With a capacity of 2 billion gallons per day, the Cat/Del project will be the world’s largest UV facility when fully operational in
Article toolbar Years after planners planted the seeds of redevelopment at the World Trade Center complex, the 16-acre site in lower Manhattan shows significant signs of life. Cranes are in motion and crews are fully mobilized at towers two, three and four, ending a difficult period in the project’s progress and offering hope that the vision of these buildings will finally be realized. Photo: Tishman Construction Signs Of Life At center foreground, tower four is heading skyward, while directly behind it crews work at ground level and below on towers two and three. The three buildings seemed destined to be
Article toolbar Three years after the banking crisis and recession hit the U.S. economy, slowing investment in power resources, firms in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are trying to reenergize the sector and address future demand that will grow as the economy improves. Experts note that the pace of economic recovery will impact the sector’s ability to deal with numerous pressing issues such as meeting renewable energy goals, integrating renewable power into the grid, transmission congestion and smart grid technologies. Photos Courtesy Of Beacon Power; PSE&G Grid Stability Tyngsboro, Mass.-based Beacon Power is completing construction on a 20-MW flywheel
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