Authorities in the northeastern U.S. investigating flood-barrier technologies to block future flooding in subway tunnels have high hopes for one new device.
Superstorm Sandy has been the media star of the past month. But the documentary mission of New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority videographer J.P. Chan is to highlight Sandy's responders at the agency—those crews pumping out water, checking signal systems and bringing transit back to a dependent city as quickly as possible.
Nearly three weeks after Superstorm Sandy hit the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut coastline with an unprecedented combination of wind and storm surge, public-private teams have largely dealt with power outages and flood emergencies and now are turning their attention to damage in infrastructure and to longer-term restoration, debris cleanup, structural assessments and housing for the thousands who were displaced.
Building trades workers including the New York City District Council of Carpenters along with the Building Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, began an organized volunteer effort on Staten Island today, Nov. 9, the first part of a plan to help rebuild Hurricane Sandy-ravaged areas. Photo Courtesy of the NYC District Council of Carpenters Members of the NYC District Council of Carpenters volunteer on Friday, Nov. 9, with post-Hurricane Sandy cleanup on Staten Island. The workers met at 7 a.m. at the Federal Emergency Management Agency tent on Father Capodanno Blvd. in Staten Island and began the first phase
Unemployment Eases Construction's unemployment rate declined in October to 11.4% from September's 11.9%, as the industry recorded a gain of 17,000 jobs in the month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest monthly report. Any impacts on the job market from rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy would not start to be reflected until November's statistics. Stephen Sandherr, Associated General Contractors' CEO, said overall construction employment is not expected to show a major net change because of the hurricane. He said, "Even as some firms pick up work repairing damaged buildings and infrastructure, other firms will suffer as previously planned projects
New York City's downtown areas hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy's storm surge were getting pumped out through the weekend as city and federal officials worked to get more tunnels and subway systems back into operation.
Projects by Frank Gehry and Jean Nouvel, as well as ongoing work at the World Trade Center site, were inundated by the storm surge that accompanied Hurricane Sandy.
Courtesy of OConnell Electric Powerline crews around New York State struggled with lines damaged by trees. Debra K. Rubin for ENR John Pequet of Townsend Corp. traveled from Livonia, Mich. to New Jersey to help in Hurricane Sandy power restoration. Contractors based in areas struck by Hurricane Sandy pulled in additional hands from their region, joined by workers and companies well beyond, in a repair and restoration campaign of epic dimensions.One electrical worker who came in from Michigan was told only to head East "until you get to the ocean."Depending on logistical finesse and strong determination, crews tackled post-hurricane repairs,
Hurricane Sandy exceeded officials’ worst fears and dealt a knock-out punch to New York City’s century-old-plus-infrastructure, leaving an unprecedented 800,000 customers without power and millions more without public transportation for what could be weeks.
