Related Links: ENR MidAtlantic Charged with developing a "living laboratory" to demonstrate energy-saving solutions in existing buildings and sustainable strategies in new facilities, the team behind the Consortium for Building Energy Innovation project at the Philadelphia Navy Yard faced a formidable challenge to bring together a wide variety of high-performance building systems.But creating the collaborative environment to achieve the project's objectives proved to be just as challenging. With completion scheduled for late summer, the CBEI team's approach is expected to yield a project with expanded scope that also exceeds targeted energy goals and stays on budget.The project originated in 2011,
McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics Total Picture A Sharp Pullback in Commercial Work Should Lead to a Decline in Total Construction Starts Non-residential construction starts nearly doubled in 2013, but they will retreat by more than 40% this year. Related Links: ENR MidAtlantic City Grill LIEBELTom LiebelPrincipal Marks, Thomas ArchitectsLiebel, who is AIA Baltimore's 2014 president, says he sees a growing interest in pushing development beyond the traditionally active neighborhoods."We see a renewed enthusiasm for moving into midtown and other neighborhoods that have been considered transitional areas in the past," he says.Liebel also says he sees particular interest in multifamily residential projects
Related Links: ENR MidAtlantic When the recession hit, leaders at engineering firm Pennoni Associates could easily have been tempted to follow a safe, conservative strategy. After all, the firm, which has been in business for nearly a half-century, had played a key role in building many landmark structures in and around its Philadelphia home, including stadiums, bridges and skyscrapers. But Pennoni decided not to stand pat.As many firms pulled back because of weakened markets, Pennoni went on the offensive, growing internally and through acquisitions. As a result, Pennoni revenue rose steadily, to $128 million last year—$107 million of which was
Related Links: http://enr.construction.com/midatlantic/ ENR MidAtlantic Gino J. Gemignani Jr. has been appointed to the board of directors of KCI Technologies, Sparks, Gemignani Md. Gemignani was a senior vice president at The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. until he retired earlier this year. He had spent 52 years at Whiting-Turner.Drake Wauters has joined Perkins+Will as technical director and associate principal at the firm's Washington, D.C., office. He has nearly 30 years of experience, having worked on more than 30 million sq ft of projects.James A. Martin has been promoted to vice president of STV. He is the director of rail vehicle engineering for
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and New Jersey Transit are set to receive $234 million in federal funds as reimbursement for ongoing capital work as well as new projects related to Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts.Under the Federal Transit Administration’s Emergency Relief Program, PANYNJ was awarded about $167 million for the PATH rail system and NJT $67 million. The U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s agency so far has allocated $1.36 billion to PANYNJ and $448.2 million to NJT through the program. For all transit agencies eligible to receive Sandy aid, FTA says it has so far allocated about
While accidents involving large circular saw blades failing can happen, it is highly unusual for a blade to become dislodged from its saw and fly off into the air, says one industry expert, referring to such an incident that occurred at a Manhattan job site on May 27. The 3-ft-diameter blade appears to be from a slab saw, or flat saw, which is typically used to cut thick concrete structures and roadways and is tough enough to cut through steel reinforcements, says Russell Hitchen, a staff member of the non-profit Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association (CSDA), which provides training, forums
The New York City Economic Development Corp. has issued a request for proposals to conduct a feasibility study for flood protection of Superstorm Sandy-damaged neighborhoods adjacent to Brooklyn’s Coney Island Creek. Also under consideration are waterfront access and quality improvements to these communities, as well as stormwater management and economic development, the agency said in a May 16 announcement.The feasibility study, which NYCEDC will manage on behalf of the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency, is scheduled to commence this fall and evaluate a tidal barrier and wetlands concept that the city put in place after the October 2012 superstorm.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority says that Metro-North Railroad has completed 14 of the 27 safety measures either mandated or suggested in the Federal Railroad Administration’s review of its operations earlier this year. The railroad has made progress on five of the measures and has a plan for eight more, MTA says. The May 15 announcement came the same day that the National Transportation Safety Board made safety recommendations to both MTA and FRA. Safety steps taken since last December include train speed reductions, automated track inspections and cab cameras, MTA says. It adds that it has begun to expedite implementation of positive
Staten Island, N.Y.-Elizabeth, N.J. Related Links: ENR New York ENR New York Featured News Work Begins on New $1.5B Goethals BridgeAfter nearly a decade of negotiation and debate, work began earlier this month on the $1.5-billion project to replace the more than 80-year-old Goethals Bridge. Substantial completion of the new cable-stayed bridge—said to be the Northeast region's first surface transportation project built as a public-private partnership—is expected in late 2016, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.The bridge, which connects Staten Island, N.Y., with Elizabeth, N.J., will include wide travel lanes and 12-ft shoulders aimed at
Metropolitan Transportation Authority says that Metro-North Railroad has completed 14 of the 27 safety measures either mandated or suggested in the Federal Railroad Administration’s review of its operations earlier this year. The railroad says it has made progress on five of the measures and has a plan for eight more. Photo by Sue Pearsall Tracking Safety: Metro-North Railroad has completed 14 of the 27 safety measures either mandated or suggested in the Federal Railroad Administrations review of its operations, MTA says. Steps taken since last December include train speed reductions, automated track inspections and cab cameras, MTA says in a
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