After years in the doldrums, many specialty contractors have seen improved market conditions this year and are spotting signs of an even better market in 2015.
When the 800 students of Frank W. Ballou High School in southeast Washington, D.C., come back to classes in January after the holiday break, they won't return to the time-worn, heavily used 54-year-old brick building they left in mid-December.
Stamford Hospital's project team had nearly finished design and preconstruction work on a new three-story facility to house emergency, surgery and acute care services when the client added a request: Add a seven-story tower that the master plan did not specify for another decade.
From the $4.6-billion Manhattan West complex to the $3.9-billion Tappan Zee Bridge replacement span, the 2013 start-up of megaprojects in and around New York City has brightened prospects for specialty contractors with work forces large enough to handle the loads, say industry executives.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has invalidated most of a $511-million loan for 12 projects related to New York's Tappan Zee Bridge replacement work, contending that the span's construction activities do not advance the water quality mandates as specified by the loan program. The agency says it will, however, award $29.1 million to five of the 12 projects. Related Links: 8/22 News Wrap: $1.3B in N.J. Water Work Ok'd; MWBEs Transport Work Up; Data Center Planned (& More) 7/14 News Wrap: Fracking Bans Upheld; Big Solar Eyes NYS; JFK Gets Energy Plan Funds; USTA NYC Update The move is a
CoffeyCNY Group LLC has hired Rick Coffey as the firm's director of operations. Related Links: ENR New York ENR New York Featured People John Boulé has joined Dewberry as senior vice president and manager of its New York City office. He will also focus on the firm's transportation, water resources and facility engineering practice in the region as well as its post-Sandy rebuilding efforts and resilience initiatives in the Northeast. Boulé was vice president and resiliency director at Parsons Brinckerhoff, a role he took after retiring as commander of the New York district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.Donnelly
Tata & Howard, Inc. has acquired the assets of civil engineering consultancy Roald Haestad, Inc. (RHI), for an undisclosed sum. Both firms specialize in water-related consulting engineering services and are based in Waterbury, Conn. The deal adds to the growing list of mergers and acquisitions of industry firms operating in the tristate region. This includes WSP Global Inc.’s recently announced plan to buy Parsons Brinckerhoff from Balfour Beatty for $1.35 billion. Photo by Sue Pearsall Coming Together: Industry merger and acquisition activity is heating up. T&H focuses on water, wastewater, stormwater and hazardous water engineering services. The deal bolsters its
In the first two days after Sandy's devastating blow on Oct. 29, 2012, several of the region's largest general contractors began a massive mobilization effort throughout the areas hit the hardest.
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