The full New York City Council voted 44-1 in favor of New York University’s 30-year plan to expand in Greenwich Village. The June 25 vote follows a vote last week in which two council committees also approved the plan that would add 2 million sq ft to the university’s space. Rendering Courtesy of NYU The university's reduced expansion plan includes decreasing the proposed Mercer building from its original 11 stories down to 4 stories and reducing the Zipper building from approximately 1 million sq ft to 980,000 sq ft. Before gaining council approval, the planned project, known as NYU 2031,
The Queens Library in Elmhurst says it completed foundation work today, July 25, on its new $27.8-million library, which will be nearly triple the size of the library it replaces. The original structure was demolished earlier this year. While construction continues on the new library, a temporary building located at 51st Avenue and Broadway is providing library service. Rendering Courtesy of Marpillero Pollak Architects Bricks taken from the original library will be used in the new structure. Construction of the new three-story, 30,000-sq-ft structure began last March and is scheduled for completion in 2014. The library, designed by New York-based
Three months after Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer approved New York University’s reduced plan to expand by over 2 million sq ft in Greenwich Village, two key City Council committees voted overwhelmingly in favor of the plan on July 17. Council Member Margaret Chin and City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn also approved the university’s 30-year plan. Photo Courtesy of GVSHP GVSHP and NYU-FASP rally back in March calling for Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer to vote "no" on NYU's 30-year expansion plan. The university’s NYU 2031 plan goes to the full City Council for a vote on July 25.The
An old Queens-based power plant may get recharged with new and more efficient generating equipment if the state creates a request for proposals process, a move that could come as early as next year, according to developer NRG Energy, Princeton, N.J. Rendering Courtesy of NRG Energy The Astoria Repowering Project would increase onsite generation from 600 MW of power to 1,040 MW. “What we need is an offtake contract to purchase the power,” says David Gaier, a spokesman for NRG, which would fund the upgrade.Smart Power NY—a coalition of business, labor, and environmental groups formed to advance a clean energy
New office construction in Manhattan’s central business district will reach 2.1million sq ft in six buildings by year-end, up from 1.8 million sq ft in seven buildings this time last year, according to a recent New York Building Congress report about ongoing and planned projects in Manhattan. Photo Courtesy of Lend Lease Extell Development Company and Lend Lease celebrate the topping out of One57 on June 20. From left: Anthony Mannarino, executive vice president, Extell Development Company, New York; Nick Grecco, senior vice president, Lend Lease Construction; Charlie Loskant, senior vice president, Extell Development Company; Jeff Dvorett, vice president, Extell
The New York City Dept. of Buildings has named Timothy E. Hogan deputy commissioner of enforcement, replacing Eugene J. Corcoran. Hogan will oversee the DOB’s enforcement division, including all emergency and safety operations, complaint inspections and construction accident investigation. He will also oversee more than 120 attorneys, investigators and inspectors who focus on investigating violations of NYC construction codes and zoning resolution, DOB says.Hogan will also oversee DOB’s Office of Internal Audits and Discipline; work closely with the city’s Dept. of Investigation (DOI); and assist DOI with the Buildings Special Investigations Unit, which investigates unethical business practices and unsafe construction
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has awarded the New York-based joint venture team of Hill International, The LiRo Group, and HDR a $21.1 million expansion on its construction management contract on the No. 7 subway line extension project. Photo Courtesy of Skanska USA The new contract, awarded June 27, is for tunnel fit-out and terminal work. It follows the JV of Hill, LiRo, Lemley International, and HDR’s original contract for tunnel excavation work that was awarded in May 2007. The original contract work is expected to be completed by November 2013.The MTA’s $1.7-billion No. 7 line project will extend the
The Dept. of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined four New Jersey contractors a total of $463,350 for exposing workers to fall hazards. The fines follow a December 2011 OSHA inspection in which employees of the four firms working on the fourth floor of the 20-story Cast Iron Lofts project in Jersey City lacked fall protection or fall protection systems, OSHA says. The agency fined Jersey City-based owner White Diamonds Properties LLC $95,400 and masonry contractor Blade Contracting Inc. $11,550.Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.-based Altura Concrete Inc. and Nathil Corp., the concrete contractors for the foundation and superstructure of the
City and other officials are investigating why a crane's steel load hit and shattered windows on the 45th and 46th floors of 4 World Trade Center on June 27th. There were no injuries, said a spokesman at the FDNY, which received the call about the incident at 11:30 a.m. Tishman Construction, the CM on the 72-story tower, says it has suspended steel lifts pending the investigation, is inspecting the entire facade of the building and reviewing protocols for evaluating weather conditions. Photo by Joe Woolhead The tower recently held a topping out ceremony to mark completion of steel erection. "A
Mergers and acquisitions have heated up recently in the engineering sector. Recent deals include the merger of Clough, Harbour & Associates (CHA), Albany, N.Y., with RW Armstrong. Indianapolis, earlier this month. The combined $210-million firm has 1,250 employees, which CHA intends to expand to 2,000 by 2016. Terms of the merger were not disclosed.Under the deal, RW Armstrong has become a wholly owned subsidiary of CHA.RW Armstrong, which will retain its name, has 500 employees in 11 offices in the U.S. as well as offices in Azerbaijan, the Middle East, North Africa and the Pacific Rim.CHA, which has 30 offices
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