Overcoming the harsh effects of years of neglect and water damage to restore a historic property's original splendor was the core challenge facing contractors renovating the 1920s-era, 16-story Hotel John Marshall in Richmond, Va.
Throughout the 643,500 man-hours tallied during renovation and restoration of this historic site, the team had no OSHA recordable incidents or lost-time accidents.
The $62.7-million expansion doubled the Abingdon Water Treatment Plant capacity to 20 million gallons per day, which addressed increased demands on Harford County's water distribution system.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid out a strategy on Dec. 6 to reexamine New York City’s major infrastructure in light of Sandy and how it can be protected from any future storms. He also announced that Seth Pinsky, president of New York City Economic Development Corp. (NYCEDC), will develop recovery plans for hardest-hit communities. Photo by Spencer T. Tucker Deputy Mayors Cas Holloway and Bob Steel will oversee Pinsky’s work, Bloomberg says. In addition, Marc Ricks, an infrastructure expert and vice president of infrastructure at Goldman Sachs but had previously served the Bloomberg Administration, will be taking a leave of absence
The NYU Langone Medical Center and the New York Police Dept. (NYPD) are set to receive the first round of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding for Superstorm Sandy costs. Under the deal, which totals about $190 million, FEMA will grant Langone $114,632,500 for emergency costs in the wake of the storm and FEMA Public Assistance will award the NYPD $75,660,695 for overtime and compensatory time costs. This is not the final amount of funding for reimbursement work throughout the city, U.S. Senators Charles Schumer (NY-D) and Kirsten Gillibrand (NY-D) said in a Dec. 4 statement."The city's first responders and
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Bridges and Tunnels has awarded Tutor Perini Civil, New Rochelle, N.Y., a five-year, $235.7-million contract to replace the upper level deck of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge that connects Brooklyn and Staten Island.
After years of delays, the 26-acre Hudson Yards site, Manhattan's single-largest undeveloped property and New York City's largest private development since Rockefeller Center, broke ground on its first building today, Dec. 4. Led by general contractor Tutor Perini and builder Tishman Construction, work on the $1-billion-plus, 47-story South office tower at 10th Ave. and 30th St. is set for completion in 2015. The 1.7-million-sq-ft, mixed-use tower, designed by New York-based Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, is part of a planned $15-billion complex to be built over a Long Island Railroad storage yard. Other planned structures on the site include a 2.4-million-sq-ft
Besides the many residences and businesses damaged or destroyed in Superstorm Sandy's wake, several projects that ENR New York covered earlier this year were also affected. These include projects in or near the hardest-hit regions, including Long Beach, N.Y.; New York City; and the New Jersey coast. Related Links: ENR New York More ENR New York Projects The Oct. 29th storm dealt a devastating blow to Long Island's barrier island of Long Beach, where severe flooding and high winds took out power and severely damaged or destroyed homes and infrastructure. The island is also home to Long Beach High School,
Now that Superstorm Sandy's floodwaters have receded and power is restored to most of the millions it affected, industry executives in the tristate region are warily eyeing the sudden surge in construction activity and spending. The storm's boost to industry may last till around mid-2013, they say. But, unlike Sandy, that boost is not powerful enough to affect the industry's long-term economic outlook dramatically. Related Links: ENR New York: Bright Spots in an Otherwise Hazy Outlook More ENR New York Features That is in part because the storm slowed or stopped projects in the last quarter of 2012; whether and
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