The overall decline in the public sector took a toll on many of the New York region's design firms last year, some of which were still trying to dig their way out of the recession. The greatest demand for design services in the sector has been and is expected to continue to be fueled by numerous multi-year transportation projects and Superstorm Sandy-related work, executives say. On the private side, signs of life have returned, especially in the residential, commercial and higher education markets, they add. Related Links: 2014 Top Design Firms Ranking 2012 Top Design Firms: Moving Forward With Caution
Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT) has presented Cristina Martinez, a senior associate at Thornton Tomasetti's Newark office, with the Young Alumni Achievement Award. The award recognizes undergraduate alumni from the last two decades who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their careers. Martinez Related Links: ENR New York ENR New York Featured People Parsons Brinckerhoff, New York City, has appointed Kenneth Jackson as systems integration manager in the New York City office. Jackson's responsibilities include managing testing and systems integration for the Second Avenue Subway project. He is a project manager and senior systems engineer and integrator with more than 25
The New York region's crowded roster of huge transportation projects now under way all have complex plans, billion-dollar budgets and daunting construction challenges and are expected to bolster the construction industry's core infrastructure market for years to come.
Mark Erlich, executive secretary and treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, is not an optimist. With an industry career spanning four decades, Erlich has been through many economic highs and lows, and so Boston's current private-sector building boom does not greatly impress him.
Each of the 10 winners of ENR New England's second annual Top Young Professionals competition impressed the judges with a multitude of leadership skills.
New England Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's (D) signature on the five-year, $12.7-billion transportation bond bill last month has brought a great sigh of relief, industry executives say.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has unveiled a series of community-driven rebuilding proposals aimed at helping storm-battered cities, towns and villages throughout New York become more resilient. Under the state’s Rising Community Reconstruction Program (NYRCR), eligible communities affected by hurricanes Sandy and Irene as well as Tropical Storm Lee may receive up to $25 million for rebuilding and revitalization efforts. Photo Courtesy of the Governor's Office New York Rising: The program, which was established by Gov. Cuomo in April 2013, received more than 700 rebuilding project proposals. The program, which Cuomo established in April 2013, received more than 700 project proposals, “and
In time for New York City’s April 22 Earth Day celebrations, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced two initiatives related to environmental issues—one focusing on sustainability and resiliency efforts and another concerning air pollution. Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York Division Cleaning Up: The Army Corps of Engineers headed up beach restoration work on the Rockaway peninsula last fall. The mayor issued a progress report on the city’s PlaNYC guidelines, saying that the Office of Recovery and Resiliency—which he launched last month—will continue the push begun under the Bloomberg Administration for major climate resiliency efforts.Among the
Related Links: Top Project Starts Of 2013 Major projects moved ahead throughout the mid-Atlantic states in 2013, thanks in large part to significant investment in heavy civil, power and industrial projects. The 20 Top Starts in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia, ranked by total project value, tallied a combined $8.44 billion in work. Notably, projects related to natural gas led the way. With natural gas production expanding in the region, due to extraction from the Marcellus shale formation, energy companies are pushing ahead with significant projects. Dominion Virginia Power tops this year's list with
RSS
