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Airport/Transit Award of Merit: World Trade Center Transportation Hub

October 6, 2016

The World Trade Center Transportation Hub is part of a 16-acre redevelopment of lower Manhattan after the destruction of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack..

Pulse: New York

October 3, 2016

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Genting New York LLC is in the planning stage for the Resorts World Casino expansion in Jamaica, Queens.

People: New York

October 3, 2016

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GZA has elevated Patrick Mahon to associate principal. He has been at the firm since 2002 and is based in New York City.

“Our work in affordable, supportive, senior and market rate housing, K-12 and college-university education and high-tech design for advanced manufacturing are all contributors to the firm’s growth in the region,” says David Beinetti.

Natural Gas

Builders Picked for East Coast Pipeline as Foes Fight Project

Mary B. Powers

September 28, 2016

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Despite adversaries’ strong opposition to a proposed 600-mile mid-Atlantic natural-gas pipeline on environmental, eminent domain and conflict-of-interest grounds, project developers late last month hired a four-firm team to build the estimated $5-billion project.

Construction Disputes

Hartford Stadium Controversy Still Unresolved

Team and city say they are relying on surety, but its role remains unclear

Scott Van Voorhis

September 20, 2016

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The conflict between the team and the stadium developer lands in a Connecticut court.

Energy

Macquarie Proposes 1,400-MW Power Project in Virginia

Mid-Atlantic market is active as coal-fired capacity is retired

Peter Maloney

September 20, 2016

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Developers are looking to replace aging, coal-fired unit with efficient, cleaner gas-fired plants. In a market in which many plants are built on spec, each new project threatens the economics of all plants.

Structures

Oldest DC Synagogue To Move Again, Twice, for 'Capitol Crossing' Project

Historic structure will anchor planned Jewish Museum expansion

Justin Rice

September 19, 2016

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After moving 40 ft to 50 ft to a temporary position in mid-October, the 140-year-old synagogue will shift another 1,000 ft to its final location above a parking garage at the corner of Third Street and F Street Northwest.

DOE Award Advances Maine Tidal Energy Project Program

Johanna Knapschaefer

September 14, 2016

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At the mouth of the Bay of Fundy on the border between easternmost Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, Ocean Renewable Power Co. has been testing huge undersea turbines that the company claims eventually will generate low-cost tidal power from the tidal flow in Cobscook Bay for all of Downeast Maine.