Related Links: Climate Change Plan Offers Opportunities for Innovation Two U.S. Offshore Wind Teams Deploy Lidar Units Connecticut is developing a road map for other states to follow with the recent launch of the nation's first statewide microgrid pilot program, analysts say. The program, part of Gov. Dannel Malloy's (D) plan to harden infrastructure against future storms, aims to maintain electricity delivery to critical government services and businesses during large-scale power outages, such as the one that struck the state last October as a result of Superstorm Sandy.The initiative has secured $18 million in funding, primarily through the state's Dept.
A new study on New York City's institutional construction starts proves what most industry firms already knew: The "meds and eds" sector helped keep many firms afloat during the recession. Related Links: Higher-Ed Pipeline Sprouting Leaks? Groups Sue City for Approving NYU Expansion Plan Urban Upgrades: NYC's Universities Embark on Robust Capital Programs Progress Report: Renzo Piano's New Whitney Museum Weill Cornell Medical Research Building Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Renovation and Expansion The city's public and private institutions initiated $14.8 billion in construction work from June 2008 through May 2013, with the educational and health care sectors accounting for
The Associated General Contractors of New Jersey (AGCNJ) plans to merge soon with its sister group, the Building Contractors Association of New Jersey (BCANJ), says Thomas J. DiGangi Jr., AGCNJ executive director. Both groups, part of the AGC of America, are based in Edison. AGCNJ focuses on the marine, roads and bridges, utility and other heavy industry sectors. BCANJ serves the non-residential and residential building side and says it is the largest general building contractor and construction management organization in New Jersey.Jack Kocsis Jr., CEO of both groups, will take the helm of the merged group, which will be called
Connecticut plans to launch the nation's first statewide microgrid pilot program, an initiative aimed at keeping electricity supplied to critical government services and businesses even through large-scale power outages. The program is pending Conn.'s State Bond Commission authorization, which is expected this fall. Photo Courtesy of the Governor's Office First Launch: Gov. Dannel Malloy recommends that the state add to the program's current funding. Part of the state's plan to harden infrastructure against future storms, the program involves establishing small energy centers independently powered by natural gas-powered turbines, fuel cells, solar power and other energy sources. The microgrids can be
Related Links: Green Light for Proposed Record-Tall Modular Building at Atlantic Yards Two New York City licensed trade groups have sued the city's Dept. of Buildings (DOB) over the agency's approval of work on prefabricated building units for Atlantic Yards' B2, a 32-story modular residential tower under way in Brooklyn.The groups—the Mechanical Contractors Association of New York and the Plumbing Foundation City of New York (PFCNY)—charge that off-site work done in a factory without supervision of DOB-licensed master plumbers and fire-suppression contractors violates core Construction Code requirements. The suit, filed on July 8 in the state Supreme Court, New York
A federal judge yesterday rejected the Manufacturing Woodworkers Association of Greater New York's (MWA) request for a preliminary injunction to halt the New York City District Council of Carpenters ongoing strike. The July 18 decision by U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman came as the strike by 350 members of the council enters its 18th day. A council spokesman says that his group and MWA are still in non-binding negotiations but are "far apart."MWA is seeking a 10-year agreement, an across-the-board wage freeze and a second-tier employee system with lower wages and benefits. "Throughout a heat wave and weeks of
The New York City District Council of Carpenters entered its third day of a strike on July 3 after negotiations broke down with the Manufacturing Woodworkers Association of Greater New York (MWA). The association is seeking an across-the-board wage freeze and a second-tier employee system with lower wages and benefits, "while locking members into a 10-year agreement," the council says. "Nobody wants a strike, especially during the celebration of our country's independence, but if we concede any further it would be detrimental to all our members and their families," Stephen McInnis, the council's executive secretary treasurer, said in a July
A 29-year-old man has been arrested and charged in the July 1 shooting of a union foreman at Manhattan's Hells Kitchen jobsite. Anthony Manco of Flushing, Queens, was charged on July 2 with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and criminal possession of a weapon, says an NYPD spokesman. A second suspect, identified as Robert Sasso, was also taken into custody on July 2 in connection with the shooting, but had not been charged as of late Wednesday afternoon, the spokesman says. He would not say whether Sasso was still in custody.Media reports quoting anonymous sources say that police
New York City Police Dept. officials picked up two men for questioning on July 2 in connection with the prior day's shooting of a 56-year-old union foreman at Manhattan's Hells Kitchen jobsite. Neither suspect—Anthony Manco nor Robert Sasso—had been charged by late afternoon Tuesday, says an NYPD spokewoman. Police began searching yesterday morning for the shooter, who fled the crime scene at West. 49th St. and Ninth Ave., where a joint venture of Judlau Contracting and its parent firm OHL USA are doing trunk and water main work for the Manhattan leg of the Water Tunnel No. 3 project.The victim,
New York City Police Dept. officials are investigating the July 1 shooting of a 56-year-old union foreman at a Hells Kitchen jobsite. Police are seeking the suspect who fled the site at West. 49th St. and Ninth Ave. in Manhattan in a white vehicle, says a spokeswoman with the NYPD. The call came in 9:33 a.m. from the crime scene, a job site managed by the NYC Dept. of Design and Construction (DDC). The victim, Louis Lamburini, was shot in the left shoulder and taken to Bellevue Hospital Center, where he was in "fair" condition as of 4 p.m., says