The owner of Grand Central Terminal, Andrew Penson, is suing the city of New York for $1.1 billion, following the city’s green-lighting the construction of a 65-story tower nearby, called One Vanderbilt.
Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon New York University’s School of Engineering has received a $100 million dollar donation, and will be renamed NYU Tandon School of Engineering to pay tribute to the benefactors, Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon.
Hatzel & Buehler Inc. has managed to thrive in a declining market. The Wilmington, Del., based electrical contracting company booked New York-New Jersey regional revenue of $111.54 million in 2014 to rank seventh in ENR New York’s 2015 ranking of Top Specialty Contractors.
One of the largest and most expensive construction projects under way in New York State can’t be seen, and never will be seen, but it is essential to New York City’s health, well being and continued growth. Related Links: Schemata of the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass (PDF) If it were happening in a hospital, it would be called by- pass surgery; but in this case, the life-giving fluid is water and the artery is a 2-1⁄2 mile section of the Delaware Aqueduct running deep beneath the Hudson River.The two major construction portions of the $1.2-billion bypass operation are being managed by
Regional revenue for specialty contractors in the New York-New Jersey area declined in 2014, com- pared to the previous year, according to the results of ENR New York’s 2015 ranking of firms working in those fields. Aggregate revenue for the top 45 specialty contractors on the 2014 list was $3.49 billion while those who ranked in 2013 reported $3.84 billion. The rankings are based on firms’ prior year revenue figures.
New York City's public and private institutions initiated $2.9 billion in construction projects during the first half of 2015, up from $796 million through June of 2014, a 269% increase, according to a New York Building Congress analysis of construction data from Dodge Data & Analytics. The sectors examined include elementary and secondary schools, hospitals and health care, higher education, courts, libraries, cultural facilities, and religious institutions.“New York City's public and private institutions continue to demonstrate a remarkable consistency in terms of their willingness and ability to methodically invest in maintaining and upgrading their facilities
A solar farm proposed for Oneida in Madison County would be one of the largest in Upstate New York, covering ten acres of land. The city signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Vermont-based company groSolar to build the solar farm, which will feature roughly 9,000 3 by 3 ft solar panels. It will generate 3.5 million kilowatts of electricity, covering about 90% of the city’s electricity needs. “The city recently completed a climate action plan to review potential strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and meet sustainability goals,” said Jon Rauscher, city engineer. “We identified solar
SUNY Polytechnic Institute is planning a 504-bed residence, new student center and a 650-space parking facility near its Albany headquarters. SUNY Poly’s Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering recently split from the University at Albany and currently has no dorms of its own. In March, the college solicited dorm proposals from developers but did not say where the buildings would be located. Under the plan, 11 homes would have to be demolished to make room for the new facilities. Approvals for the new facilities are pending before local government officials. The first phase of the
Despite some press reports that the giant Ferris wheel project on Staten Island in New York City is in danger of being scrapped, a spokesman for the $500 million project said the project is in “full construction and will not be scrapped.” The Staten Island advance reported that Rich Marin, CEO of The New York Wheel, after a Dept. of City Planning meeting said the project would be scrapped unless proposed revisions are approved. Modifications to the original design are now under consideration at the DCP approval process. The spokesman declined to estimate when
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