A complex $37.6 million remediation project cleaned up a Superfund site in Sayerville, New Jersey, tainted with chemicals and hazardous wastes. Photo Courtesy Of The Conti Group Related Links: Best of 2010 For more than 30 years the 12-acre Horseshoe Road site near the Raritan River in Sayerville housed various operations producing coal tar, epoxy resins, paint pigments, sealants and pesticides. Poor waste handling practices and the dumping of waste materials left the site contaminated. In 1981 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) learned of the site when a brush fire exposed 70 partially filled drums of silver cyanide, acetonitrile
As New Yorkers regain access to their rivers, Hudson River Park has been a signature success, running from Battery Park City north for 5.5 miles along an uninterrupted causeway for pedestrians and cyclists. But the work is far from over, as the park’s newest addition, Segment 3, added a mile-long stretch of nature walks, recreational and sport fields (including miniature golf, sand volleyball and a concrete skate park), a playground and a boathouse. Additionally, the project saw the creation of two piers, occupying 21 acres of upland and pier space, as well as 90 acres of “safe water” for boating.
Across the East River from Manhattan, a new rail station, constructed to its original specifications despite the recession, is bringing a civic transit presence to Brooklyn. Photo: di Domenico + Partners Related Links: Best of 2010 The Long Island Railroad Pavilion at Atlantic Terminal, completed in January, has replaced the station originally built in 1907, and connects six LIRR tracks and 10 subway lines. At $108 million, and serving 32,000 daily commuters, it is modest compared to its Manhattan sisters. But in its adherence to the original designs it stands unique. “We made a serious effort to support the design
Delivery of the new $90-million Media Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., was a long time coming, but in the end the client got just what it envisioned. The 163,000-sq-ft, six-story building was initially conceived in the late 1990s by Japanese firm Fumihiko Maki and Associates with its Boston-based partner Leers Weinzapfel Architects. Driven largely by donations, the project lost much of its funding and stalled when the dotcom boom went bust. Photo courtesy of STV Related Links: Best of 2010 After nearly five years on-hold, the project found its financial footing again and the project broke ground in spring
The $260 million NewBridge on the Charles retirement community embraces a new cottage-style model for senior housing and was completed two months ahead of schedule. Photo Courtesy Of Suffolk Construction Related Links: Best of 2010 “This project was done in a relatively short period of time with a high density of construction,” says Robert Keaffer, project director for Suffolk Construction Co., in Boston. “There was a lot happening in a relatively small space in multiple buildings that are all connected together.” Suffolk approached the 1 million-sq-ft project, started in September 2007, as a collection of individual jobs, with hybrid teams
For more than three decades, the Jets and Giants have been just as much siblings as rivals in football’s largest market – the older brother crashing at the younger brother’s Shea Stadium pad in Queens for the 1975 season while Giants Stadium was being built on New Jersey swampland, and the younger one then moving over in 1984 for an extended stay at the elder’s new home. And after both scouted options to build new digs – the Jets especially hoping to finally call one their own – they ended up choosing to bunk together again, but this time in
When Apple rolls out a new product, be it the latest iPhone or a new Manhattan retail location, consumers expect something exceptional. True to form, the store Apple planned for its $26 million West 67th Street location was its largest in North America, more spectacular—involving more challenges from a construction stand point—than any of its previous New York locations. Related Links: Best of 2010 “As a client, Apple is extremely demanding—they expect perfection, anything else will not be tolerated, whether the paperwork or the process of construction,” says Shawn Taylor, the project executive for lead contractor Shawmut Design and Construction.
Most of the demolition and construction work associated with the first $93 million phase of the Atlantic Avenue Viaduct Rehabilitation project in Brooklyn, N.Y. transpired on weekends to minimize disruption to MTA Long Island Rail Road trains. Even so, Kiewit Constructors of Woodcliff Lake, N.J., completed the job five months ahead of schedule. Photo Courtesy Of Kiewit Constructors Related Links: Best of 2010 “We tried to accomplish a tremendous amount of work in a short period of time, with half of the viaduct open with live running trains and third rail,” says Wayne Thomas, area manager for transit and transportation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added New York City’s Newtown Creek to its Superfund list, which prioritizes cleanup and remediation efforts for the country’s most hazardous waste sites. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The 3.8-mile-long Newtown Creek, which runs along the border of Brooklyn and Queens, was found to be contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), pesticides and metals. One of the most active industrial areas in New York City was adjacent to the creek for many years. This is the city’s second site assigned to the Superfund List. Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal was added in
According to an analysis made by the New York Building Congress, New York City local construction costs have increased from .8% to 4.9% through the first three quarters of 2010 with construction spending in New York remaining above $20 billion a year. Nationwide, construction costs have increased between .1% and 7.2%. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Using a series of surveys in its analysis including Engineering News-Record’s Building Cost Index which shows that construction costs in New York City have risen by 3.3% in 2010, after a .9% decline in 2009 while nationwide, costs have increased by 5.6%, the
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