The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has approved $2 million in planning work for a future 25,000-sq-ft terminal expansion of Stewart International Airport. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The planning and design for the phased terminal expansion is being conducted by the Port Authority who first took on the operation of the airport in 2007 and is expected to be completed by December 2011. The first phase of the planned expansion will consist of expanding the north side of the terminal to construct an adequate federal inspection service facility and to increase overall capacity as well
Related Links: How To Win Work in 2011 Among the darkest clouds looming over 2011 for the New York region’s construction industry is the state of subcontractors – and how many of them may falter this year. “The subcontractor community is starting to see the wear and tear of this recession,” says Joe Hogan, v.p. for building services at the Associated General Contractors of New York in Albany. “The risk of subs defaulting on projects is getting greater, and [general] contractors now have to look for signs of stress.” Contractors and subcontractors generally aren’t the best judges of their own
The City University of New York and NYU Langone Medical Center are joining together to create a 25,000-sq-ft, state-of-the-art urban health science simulation training facility located on the third floor of Bellevue Hospital at 462 First Avenue. Rendering courtesy of CUNY The 25,000-sq-ft New York Simulation Center for Health Sciences will be located on the third floor of Bellevue Hospital at 462 First Avenue and is scheduled to open in September 2011. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The New York Simulation Center for Health Sciences is being designed by Ballinger Associates of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and will feature eight simulation
Spector Group, a New York-based architecture and design firm has been named executive architect for the renovation of a 260,000-sq-ft full-service Volkswagen dealership. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Once home to Potamkin General Motors, the existing building located at 798 11th Avenue in Manhattan is being transformed to fit the national image of Volkswagen Group of America’s dealerships with the help of Volkswagen’s design/brand architect, Detroit-based Cityscape Architects, Inc. as well as Audi’s design/brand architect, New York-based CR Studio, Architects, PC. The new facility will occupy six floors of space, along with the building’s roof and a portion of
Construction has begun on Binghamton University’s $30 million New York State Center of Excellence in Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging building which will support more than 180 jobs per year throughout the construction process. Rendering courtesy cf Binghamton University The new two-story, 114,000-sq-ft Center of Excellence is expected to be completed by January 2013. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The new two-story, 114,000-sq-ft, metal and stone Center of Excellence facility will feature open laboratory space, a symposium hall and offices providing space for the expansion and consolidation of Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging and its team of
While some signs suggest the economic downturn has reached bottom, construction activity in the New York region still languishes with little optimism for a quick rebound. Photo courtesy of Connecticut DOT Construction is ongoing at the Q-Bridge (Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge) in Connecticut. Photo courtesy of MTA/Patrick J. Cashin Much of the New York Building Congress’ projections for 2012 include additional funding for MTA projects, such as the Second Avenue line now under construction but not scheduled to complete until 2016. “It’s very much a mixed picture in terms of what to expect,” says Kenneth D. Simonson chief economist of
Related Links: How To Win Work in 2011 Few construction industry leaders believe they’ll see a turnaround in the first half of 2011 in the New York region. But they may see one an important milestone by midyear when 30 New York City labor-contractor collective bargaining agreements are set to expire on July 1. The current crop includes some of the biggest unions, including the steamfitters, operating engineers, carpenters, and laborers. And a standoff looms over costs, says Louis Coletti, president and CEO of the Building Trades Employers’ Association. Coletti says contractors are getting pressure from owners’ groups, such as
Construction on the new 410,000-sq-ft, state-of-the-art Mount Sinai Center for Science and Medicine located on Madison Avenue in New York City which aims to expand its research and treatment programs while providing hundreds of job opportunities to local residents is currently underway. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The new building is designed to facilitate interactions through the integration of four types of space including interactive space such as education spaces, lounges and computer facilities, basic science research space, the Mount Sinai Brain Institute and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, the Center for Translational and Molecular Imaging and the Cancer
Snapshot January 1, 2011 Our editors are everywhere—at all the industry events that matter most. When They're not speaking on panels, they're busy taking notes—and snapping photos—so they can inform their readers about what was said and who was there. Waterbury Avenue Pedestrian Bridge Opens The permanent replacement for the Waterbury Avenue pedestrian bridge segment, that was knocked down in a 2008 truck collision, opened in time for the new school year. The recently completed construction was funded entirely by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Pictured from left: Philip Eng, Deputy Regional Director of The New York State
Ground has broken on the renovation of the 8-acre Schmul Park in Travis, Staten Island, the second major project in the development of the 2,200-acre Freshkills Park. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The $6.5 million Schmul Park, named for the Schmul Family who donated a piece of their farm to the city in 1939 will include a new playground with a spray shower, handball and basketball courts, a lawn area, native plantings and a new green comfort station that features a rain garden. Schmul Park will serve as a gateway into Freshkills Park, the largest landfill-to-park project in the
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