After three years of construction, computer chip-maker GlobalFoundries’ new $4.6-billion plant in Malta, N.Y. is nearing completion. Construction of the interior is currently under way, with full plant start up set for year-end. Photo Courtesy of GlobalFoundries The 1.2-million-sq-ft “Fab 8” will be one of the most technologically advanced fabs worldwide, with capacity to process about 60,000, 32/28 nm wafers a month, the company says. It will serve 160 companies including IBM, which worked with GlobalFoundries last December on an initial production of advanced chips at the site.“The project is currently transitioning into the operations phase,” says a spokesperson for
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it has suspended construction at the No. 7 subway line extension project and ordered inspection of all cranes at every MTA Capital Construction work site, following the April 3 crane collapse at the No. 7 project. The collapse took place around 7:20 p.m., killing one worker from subcontractor J&E Industries LLC, Far Rockaway, N.Y. and injuring the leg of another from Yonkers Contracting Co., the agency says. Yonkers Contracting is the owner and operator of the Manitowoc 4100 model crane that collapsed at the site, located between 33rd and 34th Streets on 11th Avenue in
New York state and city officials have big plans brewing, including sprawling developments like the $2-billion planned applied science campus on Roosevelt Island, controversial proposals like a new $4-billion convention center in Queens, and billion-dollar infrastructure upgrades like those planned for the George Washington Bridge. But industry watchers say that while such complex multi-year projects bode well for the A/E/C industry, there are likely to be speed bumps along the way. Photo Courtesy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey In suspense: Work on the planned $1B-$1.2B George Washington Bridge includes the replacement of suspension cables and
Manhattan contractors are used to building in small spaces. But when an owner-developer joint venture team offered to custom-design a 24-story tower for Pace University housing at 180 Broadway, the idea of "small spaces" took on a new dimension. The $60-million project is in a particularly congested part of the city—and within two blocks of five other major construction jobs, including the World Trade Center redevelopment and the Fulton Street Transit Center, which is across the street.The 156,000-sq-ft structure on the 7,000-sq-ft site is also across the street from the historic Corbin Building, which is undergoing construction at 192
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has appointed Anna Young of Dewberry, Fairfax, Va., to the New Jersey State Board of Architects. YoungShe will be one of two landscape architects on the 13-member board. John M. Dionisio has been elected chairman of the New York Building Congress, succeeding Peter A. Marchetto, the president of Tishman Construction. Dionisio is chairman and CEO of AECOM.Art Hance, president of Hance Construction, Washington, N.J., has been elected to a two-year term as president of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Metal Building Contractors & Erectors Association.Grassi & Co., Jericho, N.Y., has hired Brian Sackstein as a
New Jersey Image Courtesy of Ocean Thermal Energy Corp. Sea Change: Ocean Thermal Energy's $100-million cooling system will pump 25,000 gallons of seawater via a closed-loop system. Photo Courtesy of AECOM Bridging Gaps: At a California school, students who received free "Those Amazing Engineers" books practice what they've learned. DCO Wins Contract for Seawater SystemDCO Energy LLC, Mays Landing, N.J., has won the engineering, procurement and construction contract for work on a $100-million seawater district cooling system (SDC) at a resort under construction in Nassau, Bahamas. This is the world's first such system, DCO says.Ocean Thermal Energy Corp., Lancaster, Pa.,
Cornell University plans to rent a temporary Manhattan space this fall, says a spokesman for CornellNYC Tech. “We have not announced exactly where yet; stay tuned for that,” he says. Cornell recently shortlisted six architects, chosen out of 43, to design the Roosevelt Island core academic building, which is set to open by 2017. The building will be part of CornellNYC Tech, the planned $2-billion-plus, state-of-the-art tech campus that Cornell will build in partnership with Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Cornell says it plans to select the winner and sign a contract next month.
DCO Energy, LLC, Mays Landing, N.J., has begun installing a $100-million cooling technology at the new Bara Mar Resort under construction in Nassau, Bahamas. DCO is the engineering, procurement, and construction contractor on the project, which it calls the world’s first seawater cooling district (SCD) system. Ocean Thermal Energy Corp., Lancaster, Pa., signed a 30-year energy service contract with the resort last December and will build, own and operate the 12,000-ton SCD system. The system is expected to be operational in December 2013, about a year before the multibillion-dollar resort construction is completed.The SCD system, which does not include refrigerants,
New York City has issued a request for proposals (RFPs) for construction of a waste-to-energy conversion facility. The project, part of a new waste-reduction plan under the PlaNYC initiative, aims to double the rate of waste diverted from landfills, primarily through increased reuse, recycling and composting. Proposals are due by June 5. The city will not provide capital funding for the state-of-the-art plant but will pay a per-ton fee to the plant operator, said Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office in announcing the project on March 6. Private sector firms should submit plans for a pilot plant that would use sustainable
HALLR. Randall Hall was named president of Batson-Cook Co., Atlanta, effective Jan. 1, 2012. Hall most recently served as senior vice president and general manager of the West Point, Ga.-based contractor's Atlanta division, where he was responsible for the Duke Energy Center project in Charlotte, N.C. Prior to that, Hall had served as senior vice president and general manager of the firm's West Point division. Raymond Moody, who had served as Batson-Cook's president for the past 16 years, will continue with the firm as chief executive officer. Steve Kufrovich has been hired by Choate Construction Co. in Atlanta as
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