Las Vegas-based developer Triple Five Worldwide Development Co. expects to announce its construction team for the long-stalled $2.2-billion American Dream Meadowlands project as early as first quarter of 2014, a Triple Five spokesman says. Construction would start soon after and take 18 to 24 months to complete, says Alan Marcus, president and CEO of the Marcus Group, Little Falls, N.J., which represents Triple Five. Rendering Courtesy of GH+A A reawakening: A team may be chosen as early as the first quarter of 2014 for the long-delayed $2.2-billion project. Related Links: Outlook 2014: Sandy Work Still Helping Region's Gradual Recovery ENR
it may be more than a year since Superstorm Sandy pummeled the tristate region, but its powerful punch is still fueling industry activity and is expected to continue contributing to a gradual recovery. While emergency repair work flourished in nearly all sectors immediately after the late-October 2012 storm, rebuilding efforts in some regions have helped boost the 2013 bottom lines of many firms, industry executives say. Sandy-related activity is expected to continue into 2014, both in terms of rebuilding and as the public and private sectors fine-tune longer-term resiliency plans. Related Links: Lessons Learned From a Superstorm Outlook 2013: Recovery
Growing demand for luxury residential towers, particularly in Manhattan, is a key driver behind the 12% decline this year in New York City's list of stalled projects, according to the New York Building Congress (NYBC). Some of the luxury developments that have been shelved since 2009, when the Dept. of Buildings (DOB) began tracking stalled sites, "have come roaring back to life," says NYBC, which analyzed the DOB's stalled projects data from November 2012 to the present. These include the 60-story 56 Leonard Street and the 20-story 5 Franklin Place residential buildings, both in Tribeca.The city has so far this
Photo Courtesy Silverstein Properties After five years of construction, 4 WTC—the first tower on the original 16-acre World Trade Center site—was set to open on Nov. 13.Designed by Fumihiko Maki, the 977-ft-tall office building is the shortest of the four towers planned for the site. Tishman Construction is the construction manager for the 2.3-million-sq-ft structure as well as for 1 WTC, which is set to open early next year, and 3 WTC, a 1,170-ft tower whose eight-story podium is nearly completed. Two WTC has so far been built to street level. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Two trade groups and the New York City Dept. of Buildings (DOB) are scheduled to give oral arguments on Dec. 17 before a state judge in a case involving the prefabricated building units of Atlantic Yards' B2 tower. A factory at the Brooklyn Navy Yard is making the units for developer Forest City Ratner Cos.' $117-million modular high-rise, the first residential tower at the Atlantic Yards site. But the trade groups—Mechanical Contractors Association of New York (MCANY) and the Plumbing Foundation City of New York (PFCNY)—charge that the prefab work is being done without licensed trades people and sued DOB
From a $1.3-billion water treatment plant to a $5.6-million highway interchange, the winners of this year's Best Projects competition were not limited by value or scope of work.
It took only 20 hours this past weekend for crews to demolish and replace the eastbound lane of a twin bridge in Southeast, N.Y., under a federally funded accelerated bridge construction (ABC) program that involves the use of precast parts. The new 80-ft-long and 57-ft-wide bridge with full shoulders sits beside a new westbound span on Interstate 84 over Dingle Ridge Rd. The westbound bridge was completed Sept. 21, also in 20 hours. Photo by Rick Raglow, Courtesy HNTB Corp. Smooth Sliding: Working through the rain, crews began demolition of the existing structure at 5 p.m. Oct. 19 and slid
New York City has activated the final stage of Water Tunnel No. 3's Manhattan leg, turning on a new spigot for the borough for the first time in more than 90 years. The activation of this 8.5-mile stretch of the $6-billion tunnel—one of the largest infrastructure projects in the city's history—"is a historic milestone," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in an Oct. 16 statement announcing the event.Meanwhile, the city's trunk and water main installation work that connects the tunnel to the water distribution system is ongoing.Embedded 400 to 600 feet deep, Tunnel No. 3 will add redundancy to the city's water
Columbia, Cornell, Fordham and New York universities are among the region's institutions with major plans to grow their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) student bodies and, as a result, build new facilities. Drawing on long-term, billion-dollar capital investment programs, several have already begun to add space for classrooms, research, collaboration and even residential housing. Even public schools with smaller, dwindling budgets are including a STEM push in long-range plans to add or modernize facilities, many of which are 100 years old. The local efforts are in line with New York City's plans to become a world-class science and technology
When it comes to architecture, New York and Washington, D.C. are, indeed, zoos. At least, that is how architectural historian and children's book author Isabel Hill sees them as she introduces kids to the menagerie of animals in architecture that grace city buildings. Photo By Isabel Hill Designed to cultivate an appreciation for the built environment, these children's books highlight the details in urban architecture. "I'm trying to get them to look up," and away from their cell phones and other digital devices, says Hill, who is also a photographer and filmmaker. Through her three books aimed at 5 to