The 22,000-sq-ft St. Charles Resurrection Cemetery Welcoming and Information Center is currently under construction in Farmingdale, New York and is seeking LEED Silver certification. Rendering courtesy of BBS Architects & Engineers The Town of Babylon, which includes Farmingdale, requires all new public use buildings of more than 5,000 sq ft to comply with LEED requirement, according to Roger P. Smith, principal and lead designer for the design team BBS Architects & Engineers of New York. The design team which also includes structural engineer Ysrael A. Seinuk of New York and landscape designer Greenman-Pedersen of Babylon, New York developed a design
Photo courtesy of Assassi Omega Center Photo courtesy of Hopkins Architects Kroon Hall The American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment have selected the top ten green projects that showcase excellence in sustainable design and reduced energy including Kroon Hall, part of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and Omega Center for Sustainable Living in Rhinebeck, New York. Designed by London-based Hopkins Architects and Centerbrook Architects Planners of Centerbrook, Connecticut, Kroon Hall, the 68,800-sq-ft new home for the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies replaced a brownfield site and was charged as a net zero energy
It may not be the biggest job nor the most important, but workers at Clackamas, Ore.-based Oregon Iron Works are clamoring to work on one of the company�s most unusual projects: Ocean Power Technologies� PowerBuoy 150, a device designed to capture 150 kW of wave energy off Oregon�s coast. Photo: Ocean Power Technologies Oregon Iron Works crew, working on a wave-power prototype, hopes to build bigger generators. “The guys in the shop are pretty excited about this,” says Chandra Brown, vice president of Oregon Iron Works. “It’s pretty fun.” For the company, which typically builds bridges and boats, the job
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is finding itself in a unique situation these days. With more than $11 billion in active construction contracts and another $3-plus billion in planning and design – with $14.6 billion more on the way in the form of a new 10-year Capital Plan – the DEP has become one of the most important owner-developers in the tri-state area, especially with most private sector building still frozen in place. “Through this down economy we’ve still managed to put out a couple billion dollars worth of work or more a year,” says James Mueller,
Four New York State trade associations representing heavy construction contractors are suing the state over Gov. David Paterson�s announcement in March that the New York Dept. of Transportation would halt payments on all statewide capital construction projects not funded through federal stimulus dollars. NYSDOT photo As many as 500 bridge and highway projects in New York State are being affected by Gov. David Paterson�s decision to halt payments on all non-stimulus funded projects. The suit, filed on April 16 in state Supreme Court, alleges that the state has violated construction contracts with hundreds of contractors working highway and bridge jobs
NYBC Holds Industry Recognition Dinner April 2010 Approximately 900 members of the building community gathered to pay tribute to four industry greats during the New York Building Congress 2009 Industry Recognition Dinner at the Grand Hyatt New York last November. EE Cruz & Company CEO Edward Cruz and Boston Properties Senior Vice President/New York Region Manager Robert E. Selsam were presented with Industry Recognition Awards. F.J. Sciame Construction Company Chairman and CEO Frank J. Sciame received the George A. Fox Public Service Award, and Special Recognition for Public Service was given to New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan.
Image courtesy of West 8 Construction on New York City�s ambitious redevelopment of Governors Island is expected to begin in 2012. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday announced an agreement that gives the city long-term planning and development control of Governor’s Island, a 172-acre chunk of largely undeveloped real estate in New York Harbor. The announcement of the agreement preceded the mayor’s unveiling of a sweeping redevelopment plan for the one-time military base that includes the creation of a new, 87-acre public park and a waterfront promenade and public space. The city also has plans to build a
Construction on the first two phases of the five-phase, multi-use Hindu American Religious Center located on 33-acres in Robbinsville, N.J. is currently under way. The center broke ground in September 2010 and upon its completion in 2016, it will total 262,000 sq ft. Rendering: BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha The first two phases of the project include a main atrium building that will enclose a 9,000-sq-ft, 36-ft high Hindu prayer building known as a Mandir designed by PS&S of Warren, N.J. who are also acting as engineers on the project, in collaboration with local and India based artisans. Hand-carved stone for the
A $266 million project to remediate the Brookfield Avenue Landfill in Staten Island has broken ground. The project which will transform the contaminated site into a 132-acre park is being funded with $166 million in city funding and $100 million in funding from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The Brookfield site was operated by the Department of Sanitation from 1966 to 1980 accepting 1,000 tons of solid waste per day. In the 1970s, the NYS DEC determined that liquid and hazardous wastes were illegally dumped at the landfill and in 1986, it was classified as a Class
Rochester, NY-based LeChase Construction Services announced that it has acquired Northeast Construction Services of Syracuse, New York. The firm has more than $400 million in work projected for New York State this year. The new logo courtesy of LeChase Construction Services The new company’s Syracuse office will be called “Northeast, a LeChase company” and will work primarily the education, healthcare, process industrial, science and technology and commercial markets. Northeast, founded in 1982 currently employs 55 people and all employees will remain with the company and continue to operate with the same management team in place. Richard Schneider will serve as