The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's board of directors this month approved a record-setting $51.5-billion, five-year capital plan that will also include alternative project delivery methods, according to officials.

The 172-acre island in New York Harbor is “poised for growth as a laboratory for research, education and public engagement [on] the critical issue of climate adaptation,” according to Trust for Governors Island President and CEO Clare Newman.

The office of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) is orchestrating energy retrofits for nine public buildings with a combined area of 1.6 million sq ft.

School Construction Authority VP is named to the post three months after her predecessor left the position.

The drive to create “digital twins” of physical facilities is transiting from idea to reality, as sophisticated owners and their construction management consultants begin harnessing the growing power of computer processing, reality capture and improved data management tools and techniques to begin putting digital meat on the twins’ bones.