More than $10 billion of bridge projects are either under way or about to start in the metro New York City area, most with multiyear plans that bode well for industry, executives say. Photo Courtesy of PANYNJ Closing In: Construction on the $1.5-billion Goethals Bridge replacement project may begin as soon as the end of this year, a PANYNJ spokesman says. Photo Courtesy of CCA Civil All Hands on Deck: Work to replace the deck of the Pulaski Skyway, part of NJDOT's rehabilitation program, is expected to start next year. Related Links: Outlook 2014: Sandy Work Still Helping Region's Gradual
Las Vegas-based developer Triple Five Worldwide Development Co. expects to announce its construction team for the long-stalled $2.2-billion American Dream Meadowlands project as early as first quarter of 2014, a Triple Five spokesman says. Construction would start soon after and take 18 to 24 months to complete, says Alan Marcus, president and CEO of the Marcus Group, Little Falls, N.J., which represents Triple Five. Rendering Courtesy of GH+A A reawakening: A team may be chosen as early as the first quarter of 2014 for the long-delayed $2.2-billion project. Related Links: Outlook 2014: Sandy Work Still Helping Region's Gradual Recovery ENR
it may be more than a year since Superstorm Sandy pummeled the tristate region, but its powerful punch is still fueling industry activity and is expected to continue contributing to a gradual recovery. While emergency repair work flourished in nearly all sectors immediately after the late-October 2012 storm, rebuilding efforts in some regions have helped boost the 2013 bottom lines of many firms, industry executives say. Sandy-related activity is expected to continue into 2014, both in terms of rebuilding and as the public and private sectors fine-tune longer-term resiliency plans. Related Links: Lessons Learned From a Superstorm Outlook 2013: Recovery
Gilbane Building Co. has hired Jay Prybylski and Jim Murphy as senior project executives in the firm's New York City office. They bring decades of construction experience from field operations to senior management across a wide spectrum of markets. During his career, Prybylski has worked on a wide range of projects, including the CNBC headquarters building, the GM Building Plaza and retail build-outs for Barneys, Brooks Brothers and Hermes of Paris. Murphy has 40 years of construction and technical services experience across residential, medical, commercial, hospitality, gaming, process chemical, life sciences, manufacturing and correctional markets. Related Links: ENR New York
Growing demand for luxury residential towers, particularly in Manhattan, is a key driver behind the 12% decline this year in New York City's list of stalled projects, according to the New York Building Congress (NYBC). Some of the luxury developments that have been shelved since 2009, when the Dept. of Buildings (DOB) began tracking stalled sites, "have come roaring back to life," says NYBC, which analyzed the DOB's stalled projects data from November 2012 to the present. These include the 60-story 56 Leonard Street and the 20-story 5 Franklin Place residential buildings, both in Tribeca.The city has so far this
Some $86 million of Superstorm Sandy recovery funds will be used to improve infrastructure on Amtrak's four East River tunnels that carry more than 300,000 Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) commuters a day to and from Penn Station. The aging single-track tunnels, which Amtrak owns and maintains, have been the source of numerous LIRR delays due to track issues, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement and at a broadcast press conference held at the Mineola LIRR station today, Nov. 18. He says he pushed Amtrak to develop the tunnel improvement program following an LIRR service disruption last August
Despite a firm completion deadline, tough site conditions and damage caused by vandals, the 403-bed Redstone Lofts apartment complex on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington was delivered on time and under budget in July 2012—in time for the start of the fall semester.
Meeting tolerance limits of one thousandth of an inch would pose a challenge on any construction project. But when the job is in an active shipping channel, where crews often work from barges, the task is particularly daunting.
The city of East Providence, R.I., needed to bring its 10.4-million-gallon-per-day wastewater treatment plant and 115-mile, 25 pump station and collection system into regulatory compliance.
Constructed under MassDOT's Accelerated Bridge Program, the $54-million Neponset River Bridge rehabilitation project was delivered by the project team in March, five months ahead of schedule.
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