Spector Group, a New York-based architecture and design firm has been named executive architect for the renovation of a 260,000-sq-ft full-service Volkswagen dealership. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Once home to Potamkin General Motors, the existing building located at 798 11th Avenue in Manhattan is being transformed to fit the national image of Volkswagen Group of America’s dealerships with the help of Volkswagen’s design/brand architect, Detroit-based Cityscape Architects, Inc. as well as Audi’s design/brand architect, New York-based CR Studio, Architects, PC. The new facility will occupy six floors of space, along with the building’s roof and a portion of
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 cf Binghamton University The new two-story, 114,000-sq-ft Center of Excellence is expected to be completed by January 2013. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" 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
While some signs suggest the economic downturn has reached bottom, construction activity in the New York region still languishes with little optimism for a quick rebound. Photo courtesy of Connecticut DOT Construction is ongoing at the Q-Bridge (Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge) in Connecticut. Photo courtesy of MTA/Patrick J. Cashin Much of the New York Building Congress’ projections for 2012 include additional funding for MTA projects, such as the Second Avenue line now under construction but not scheduled to complete until 2016. “It’s very much a mixed picture in terms of what to expect,” says Kenneth D. Simonson chief economist of
Related Links: How To Win Work in 2011 Few construction industry leaders believe they’ll see a turnaround in the first half of 2011 in the New York region. But they may see one an important milestone by midyear when 30 New York City labor-contractor collective bargaining agreements are set to expire on July 1. The current crop includes some of the biggest unions, including the steamfitters, operating engineers, carpenters, and laborers. And a standoff looms over costs, says Louis Coletti, president and CEO of the Building Trades Employers’ Association. Coletti says contractors are getting pressure from owners’ groups, such as
Construction on the new 410,000-sq-ft, state-of-the-art Mount Sinai Center for Science and Medicine located on Madison Avenue in New York City which aims to expand its research and treatment programs while providing hundreds of job opportunities to local residents is currently underway. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The new building is designed to facilitate interactions through the integration of four types of space including interactive space such as education spaces, lounges and computer facilities, basic science research space, the Mount Sinai Brain Institute and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, the Center for Translational and Molecular Imaging and the Cancer
Snapshot January 1, 2011 Our editors are everywhere—at all the industry events that matter most. When They're not speaking on panels, they're busy taking notes—and snapping photos—so they can inform their readers about what was said and who was there. Waterbury Avenue Pedestrian Bridge Opens The permanent replacement for the Waterbury Avenue pedestrian bridge segment, that was knocked down in a 2008 truck collision, opened in time for the new school year. The recently completed construction was funded entirely by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Pictured from left: Philip Eng, Deputy Regional Director of The New York State
Ground has broken on the renovation of the 8-acre Schmul Park in Travis, Staten Island, the second major project in the development of the 2,200-acre Freshkills Park. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The $6.5 million Schmul Park, named for the Schmul Family who donated a piece of their farm to the city in 1939 will include a new playground with a spray shower, handball and basketball courts, a lawn area, native plantings and a new green comfort station that features a rain garden. Schmul Park will serve as a gateway into Freshkills Park, the largest landfill-to-park project in the
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. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" 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,
Early autumn of 2010 may well have been the rock bottom point for the New York region’s design and construction market. That’s when it was clear that its few active sectors – healthcare, K-12 schools, and higher education – had backlogs drying up and new projects delayed, adding to gloom that had already enveloped private commercial and residential construction. Healthcare sector work is keeping Turner Construction’s prospects for 2011 brighter than last year, thanks in part to the ongoing $440 million effort at the University Medical Center at Princeton in Plainsboro Township, N.J. The 636,000-sq-ft, 269-bed replacement hospital will have
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services of Elmwood Park, New Jersey has acquired Treadwell & Rollo, a San Francisco-based geotechnical and environmental engineering firm helping to attain nationwide reach and shared access to technical resources. The acquisition is a first in the 40-year history of Langan, a privately held consulting firm with 500 employees in 14 offices around the world. 70 professionals from Treadwell & Rollo’s California offices in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and Sacramento will be added to Langan. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" “Two elite firms with more than 60 years combined experience have joined forces to
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