Photo Courtesy of Atlantic City Electric Wired Up: Atlantic City Electric plans to spend $934 million on its distribution system and operations during the next five years. Related Links: Tristate Industry News ENR New York Atlantic City Electric has received approval for a base rate increase aimed at helping it with ongoing investments for Superstorm Sandy repairs as well as for new infrastructure and upgrades. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) authorized the utility late last month to increase its electric distribution rates by 28%, or $25.5 million, beginning July 1.The rate adjustment is 36% of the
The New York City District Council of Carpenters entered its third day of a strike on July 3 after negotiations broke down with the Manufacturing Woodworkers Association of Greater New York (MWA). The association is seeking an across-the-board wage freeze and a second-tier employee system with lower wages and benefits, "while locking members into a 10-year agreement," the council says. "Nobody wants a strike, especially during the celebration of our country's independence, but if we concede any further it would be detrimental to all our members and their families," Stephen McInnis, the council's executive secretary treasurer, said in a July
A 29-year-old man has been arrested and charged in the July 1 shooting of a union foreman at Manhattan's Hells Kitchen jobsite. Anthony Manco of Flushing, Queens, was charged on July 2 with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and criminal possession of a weapon, says an NYPD spokesman. A second suspect, identified as Robert Sasso, was also taken into custody on July 2 in connection with the shooting, but had not been charged as of late Wednesday afternoon, the spokesman says. He would not say whether Sasso was still in custody.Media reports quoting anonymous sources say that police
New York City Police Dept. officials picked up two men for questioning on July 2 in connection with the prior day's shooting of a 56-year-old union foreman at Manhattan's Hells Kitchen jobsite. Neither suspect—Anthony Manco nor Robert Sasso—had been charged by late afternoon Tuesday, says an NYPD spokewoman. Police began searching yesterday morning for the shooter, who fled the crime scene at West. 49th St. and Ninth Ave., where a joint venture of Judlau Contracting and its parent firm OHL USA are doing trunk and water main work for the Manhattan leg of the Water Tunnel No. 3 project.The victim,
New York City Police Dept. officials are investigating the July 1 shooting of a 56-year-old union foreman at a Hells Kitchen jobsite. Police are seeking the suspect who fled the site at West. 49th St. and Ninth Ave. in Manhattan in a white vehicle, says a spokeswoman with the NYPD. The call came in 9:33 a.m. from the crime scene, a job site managed by the NYC Dept. of Design and Construction (DDC). The victim, Louis Lamburini, was shot in the left shoulder and taken to Bellevue Hospital Center, where he was in "fair" condition as of 4 p.m., says
Contractors renovating three joined buildings at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard knew they might find some surprises as they began work on the 220,850-sq-ft structure. The steel-framed buildings, which make up what will become the yard's Green Manufacturing Center (GMC), were built separately between 1895 and 1941 and joined together over time during various building campaigns. The result was a structure with a mix of materials and styles that, in some places, has been a puzzle for the renovation team to figure out. While structural repair drawings helped the team anticipate early on what needed to be done, it was
BronxWorks, a nonprofit that provides social services in the South Bronx, has honored L+M Development and Debra Kenyon, L+M's COO, for their contributions to the community. Under Kenyon's leadership, L+M donated two rooms at 500 E. 165th Street to BronxWorks for an after-school center for the children of tenants of the building. Kenyon Related Links: ENR New York ENR New York Featured People Pennoni Associates, Haddon Heights, N.J., has hired Thomas Dancsecs as a senior engineer in its transportation division. He previously worked as Buchart Horn Inc.'s roadway department manager. Skanska USA Civil has promoted John Crecco and John Sullivan
As the economy continues to strengthen, the private sector markets—particularly residential and commercial—are beginning to drive the region's construction activity.
With 48 years in construction, Torcon is a strong player in the tristate region with a track record of going after highly complex projects in R&D and health care.
The New York City Dept. of Environmental Protection has issued a request for proposals (RFPs) for an engineering team to help on a $2.4-billion, long-term research and development (R&D) program focused on greening waterways. The Green Infrastructure and R&D Program will use both public and private funding to increase the city's installation of green infrastructure by 2030, DEP says. This includes bioswales, stormwater green sheets, rain gardens, blue roofs, sub-surface detention systems, green roofs, porous pavement, permeable pavers, and constructed wetlands.The program aims to “significantly reduce the discharges from the city’s combined sewer system, which can occur during heavy rain
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