Related Links: ENR MidAtlantic KLINEWilliam Kline, vice president and studio leader for SmithGroupJJR's health studio in Washington, D.C., has been named to the firm's board of directors. He is serving as managing principal for two major hospital projects for Holy Cross Health in Maryland.Bryan Carlisle has been promoted to chief executive officer of Maxim Crane Works, a Bridgeville, Pa.-based rental and sales company with 35 branches across the U.S. Carlisle had been the company's chief operating officer. He replaces Art Innamorato as CEO.Heery International has promoted Richard "Skip" Parks to vice president in Baltimore. He continues as area manager.Garrett
Several contractors in the mid-Atlantic region continue to report a gradual rise in revenue, but most firms in the area have not yet seen business strengthen to where it was before the recession.
Amid criticism for taking too long to fill major vacancies in his administration, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio chose Rick Chandler as the new commissioner of the Dept. of Buildings last month. Chandler replaces Thomas Fariello, acting commissioner, who took the helm after Robert LiMandri resigned at the end of last year. A professional engineer, Chandler has served as Hunter College's assistant vice president of facilities. His prior experience includes serving as borough commissioner of Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx from 1995 to 2002."The stakes of this work are incredibly high," Chandler said in a statement. "We're there
When the project team for Winthrop University Hospital's new research building approached J&A Concrete about foundation work, the subcontractor was happy to provide a quote—along with an alternative proposal for a much different foundation package that shaved $2 million off the cost. Related Links: More Project Stories Sandy-Hit Beaches Made Whole Again When Winthrop's team chose that route, the five-story, 95,000-sq-ft project became Nassau County's first to use an innovative foundation based on an underground stormwater storage system.The experience validated Winthrop's decision to implement design assist, up-front payments to subcontractors for contributions during the planning stage of the $80-million project
As public sector work continues its downward spiral, regional contractors are filling revenue gaps with a much more diverse mixture of project types than in recent years. While several large-scale energy and transportation projects broke ground in and around New York City in 2013, most of industry's new construction was sharply focused in the private sector, executives say. The broader array of offerings, they add, is fueling industry growth and providing work for more firms that struggled through the downturn. Related Links: More Industry Forecasts Building Up Industry One Tower, One Bridge at a Time "The market today is unquestionably
Thatcher Associates, a subsidiary of K2 Intelligence Inc., New York City, has hired Kimberly D. Hardy as managing director. She joins Thatcher from the New York City Dept. of Housing Preservation and Development, where she established monitoring procedures for issues involving prevailing wage, minority and women-owned business enterprises and fair housing requirements. Related Links: ENR New York For More People on the Move Passero Associates, Rochester, N.Y., has made several appointments. It has hired Bruce Clark as aviation services senior Clarkproject manager; Tim Harris and Matt Newcomb as project engineers in the civil engineering department; and Tim Geier as intern
New York Photo Courtesy of U.S. Dept. of Energy New Direction: New York's highest court has upheld local bans on shale gas fracturing. Related Links: http://newyork.construction.com/ ENR New York http://newyork.construction.com/new_york_construction_news/ ENR New York Featured News Court Upholds Towns' Rights to Ban Fracking The hydraulic fracturing sector is assessing the impact of a ruling late last month by New York state's highest court that municipalities have the right to stop the practice.At issue were challenges to bans on oil-and-gas production activities, including shale gas drilling, that were enacted in the upstate towns of Middlefield and Dryden. In a 5-2 decision on
The U.S. Tennis Association is expected to name the construction manager for its $550-million-plus Billie Jean King National Tennis Center project in Queens as early as the second week of July, say sources close to the project. Rendering Courtesy of Rossetti Work began on the three-phase project in April and is set for completion in August 2018, in time for the U.S. Open Tennis Championships that year. The three-phase project includes building a $150-million, Rossetti-designed retractable roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium as well as two new stadiums on the 46.5-acre site. Rossetti is the original stadium’s architect.Phase one began in
Rendering courtesy of Hickok Cole Hickok Cole designed the new Reston Station project in Reston, Va., which broke ground last year. The 1.5-million-sq-ft mixed-use, transit-oriented development is located directly above the new Reston Station-Wiehle Ave. stop on the Metrorail system. Related Links: ENR MidAtlantic Top Design Firms ENR MidAtlantic Top Design Firms By Market Sector ENR MidAtlantic Prospects have clearly brightened for design firms in the mid-Atlantic region. As the economic recovery continued, several locally based firms saw business improve last year, including Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson; KCI Technologies; Whitman, Requardt & Associates; and Pennoni Associates, which is ENR MidAtlantic's
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