The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is starting its search in May for a “construction manager advisor” to shepherd work on a $46-million visitors’ center at the Niagara Falls State Park.

Five years in the making, the Niagara Falls rehabilitation program has transformed 400 acres of park land in a place of stunning natural beauty with a lingering industrial past.

Total construction spending expected to climb by more than 21% in 2019