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If the final version of the health care reform bill must resemble more closely what was passed by the Senate, as lawmakers on Capitol Hill say, the House's public option is probably out but the fate of the Senate's special provision targeting construction remains uncertain. Some contractor groups whose workers tend to be unionized are supporting the Senate's special construction industry amendment. After the Senate's approval of a measure that aims to make broad changes in the U.S. health-care system, the focus will turn to negotiations to reconcile the newly passed Senate bill with the version the House cleared in
KSS Architects of Philadelphia is designing a new addition and renovation for SUNY Cortland that will transform the school�s Studio West, located on the south entrance of the college campus. Rendering courtesy of KSS Architects LLP The new building for the School of Professional Studies will consolidate four of the six departments in the institution and include a courtyard and connector that will link the new building to the existing one. The project, which broke ground in October, will add a 20,000-sq-ft, two-story-addition to the east side of Studio West, a 43,000-sq-ft metal panel and red brick building originally constructed
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert C. Lieber and Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman and CEO Jay H. Walder recently announced the completion of the first phase of the Number 7 subway extension at the Hudson Yards in Manhattan which includes the second of two tunnel boring machines having reached the southern wall of the 34th Street Station cavern after mining a combined 2,900 ft from its starting point at 26th Street under 11th Avenue. The 7 Line extension project which is being managed by the MTA, will help transform the Hudson Yards into a 24-hour, mixed-use community
The Hobbs Court Apartments project located at 315 East 102nd Street in East Harlem, New York is now underway after Oldcastle Precast Building Systems of South Bethlehem, New York was awarded a $2.9 million contract. Rendering courtesy of MHG Architects PC The Hobbs Court project consists of twelve deteriorated walkup buildings which will be demolished along 102nd Street in East Harlem and replaced by 159 new, affordable units ranging from studio to three-bedroom duplex apartments. Oldcastle Precast Building Systems will be on the project team along with Lettire Construction, MHG Architects, and Robert Silman Associates all based in New York,
Aragon Construction of New York has recently begun construction on Columbia University�s newly leased space at 880 Third Avenue, Jack Resnick & Son�s 18-story office tower at the northwest corner of 53rd Street. Photo courtesy of Rubenstein Associates, Inc. Aragon and AIA Integrated Design Group created 14 treatment rooms, an elevator lobby, a waiting area, office rooms and technical rooms out of this 7,300-sq-ft midtown space renamed Gloria & Lewis Vision Center of Columbia University Medical Center. Columbia will utilize the entire 7,300-sq-ft second floor of the new midtown space for its Medical Center’s Department of Ophthalmology, which will operate
A joint venture of New York-based Turner Construction and STV has been awarded the $650 million construction management contract for the first phase of a new police academy for the New York City Police Department designed by Perkins+Will. City officials held a ceremonial groundbreaking on Wednesday. Perkins+Will / Consulting Architect: Michael Fieldman Architects The first phase will consist of a recruit academic building with an administration wing, a physical training complex with tactical demonstration gyms and a central utility plant that can accommodate future sequences as well as a field house, a running track, a parking lot and room to
NEW HIRES Howard Epstein and Alex Fazio have joined Winoker Realty Company, Inc. of New York as Associate Directors. Warren E. Fink has joined West End Partners, a California based strategic advisory and restructuring firm as Senior Advisor in the New York office. Rich Smith has joined KS Engineers, P.C. of Newark, New Jersey as Vice President of Construction Management Services for Buildings and Facilities. PROMOTIONS Joseph R. Loring, founder and former Chairman/CEO of Joseph R. Loring & Associates, Inc. of New York has been promoted to Chairman Emeritus. Barry L. Maltz has been promoted to Chairman/CEO of Joseph R.
A probe into New York’s concrete testing industry has prompted city officials to launch a new program to increase the oversight and evaluation of concrete testing at construction projects throughout the city, including projects funded by the city and private developers. Related Links: New York Waits for $1.5 Billion in Stimulus Funds South NJ Road Project to Create 500 Stimulus Jobs NYC�s Gouverneur Project Tops Off NYC Cracks Down on Concrete Testing USGBC-NJ Announces Free Green Jobs Training Brooklyn Navy Yard Receives $15M for New Green Development Lincoln Square Synagogue Tops Out W New York-Downtown Hotel Nears Completion The program,
New Jersey Department of Transportation recently broke ground on the second phase of a major replacement project on the Route 52 causeway near Atlantic City, improving a key link to the southern Jersey Shore tourist region. Related Links: New York Waits for $1.5 Billion in Stimulus Funds South NJ Road Project to Create 500 Stimulus Jobs NYC�s Gouverneur Project Tops Off NYC Cracks Down on Concrete Testing USGBC-NJ Announces Free Green Jobs Training Brooklyn Navy Yard Receives $15M for New Green Development Lincoln Square Synagogue Tops Out W New York-Downtown Hotel Nears Completion NJDOT spokesman Tim Greeley says the $251