PSEG Long Island has selected 55 entities to build 76 solar power projects totaling 100 MW at various locations on Long Island.The selected projects were chosen through the second phase of Long Island Power Authority’s Clean Solar Initiative Feed-in Tariff program. In the first phase of the FIT program, 50 MW of solar power projects were selected through a solicitation, and they entered service in 2014.PSEG operates LIPA’s transmission and distribution system.The winners in the FIT II program are in the process of securing power purchase agreements for the electrical output of their projects. The final bid price in the

A rigging failure caused the air conditioning unit being lifted into place at 261 Madison Ave. in Manhattan to fall to the street 28 stories below on May 31, according to an investigator on the scene.The massive unit hit the step-backed building as it fell, raining debris on Madison Ave. between 38th and 39th streets and injuring eight people in the area and two construction workers.There were some reports that the unit fell as it was being put into place or that the floor cracked or gave way as the unit was being moved into place. “None of those are

Indicators point to continued strength in the New York City construction market, according to recent reports from the New York Building Congress. Both spending on construction and construction employment are up strongly, indicating a stronger market than NYBC anticipated in its October forecast. “If the trend continues in 2015, we can expect to see construction employment reach 130,000 for just the second time in this decade,” Richard T. Anderson, NYBC president, said. At the end of May, NYBC reported that private sector construction employment in New York City rose 4.5% in 2014 and 10% since 2012. Construction employment also rose

A rigging failure caused the air conditioning unit being lifted into place at 261 Madison Ave. in Manhattan to fall to the street 28 stories below on May 31, according to an investigator on the scene. The massive unit hit the step-backed building as it fell, raining debris on Madison Ave. between 38th and 39th streets and injuring eight people in the area and two construction workers. There were some reports that the unit fell as it was being put into place or that the floor cracked or gave way as the unit was being moved into place. “None of

A massive air conditioning unit being lifted into place on a 28- story building in Midtown Manhattan on Sunday morning broke free, ricocheting off the tiered building and landing the street below. Ten people were injured, including two construction workers, none with life-threatening injuries. The other people injured were either pedestrians or occupants of passing cars. Traffic was restricted to a single lane on Madison Ave. between 38th and 39th streets, during the lifting operation. The building, 261 Madison Ave., is owned by The Sapir Organization. It was not clear at press time if the accident was a result of

Faithful+Gould has appointed Reza Amirkhalili as the new president and managing director of the organization's Americas business. He will be based in Washington, D.C. Amirkhalili has spent 25 years with Faithful+Gould, holding various positions including estimator, project manager, office managing director, sector lead and chief operating officer. Related Links: Engineering News Record ENR New York AMIRKHALLISkanska has promoted Axel Wingard to chief financial officer of its Skanska USA Commercial Development unit. The division invests in and develops office and multifamily properties in Boston, Houston, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Wingard is based in New York City. He has worked for Skanska

Dewberry has promoted Craig Johnson to president of its Northeast regional operations. He is based in Bloomfield, N.J., and had been branch manager. The firm has more than 500 employees in the region. Johnson also maintains regional leadership for Dewberry's transportation service line and alternative delivery services. Johnson The firm also promoted Keith Itzler to vice president from assistant branch manager. He is based in New York City.BEM Systems Inc., Chatham, N.J., has hired Audrey Heffernan as environmental planning practice leader. She will be responsible for leading National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and environmental compliance tasks on its major infrastructure

EverPower Wind Holdings has proposed building a 300-MW wind farm in Steuben County, New York near the Pennsylvania border. The Pittsburgh-based developer is proposing the project through its subsidiary Baron Winds, the company said in a filing made March 6 with the New York Public Service Commission.The company said the commercial scale project will be built on leased private lands in a rural area that will include 150 wind turbines, a collection substation and nine miles of 230-kV transmission line. It will interconnect with New York State Electric & Gas's Hillside-Meyer 230-kV transmission line at the Canandaigua substation.The 300-MW project

A high voltage direct-current undersea transmission line proposed from South Brunswick, N.J. to Huntington, N.Y. has received interconnection approvals from the PJM Interconnection and the New York Independent System Operator, a spokesman for the developer said on March 9.The line is anticipated to deliver 500 MW of low-cost energy to the downstate New York grid in Long Island that is capable of powering about 500,000 homes. With NYISO approval on March 6 of the 82-mile line’s reliability impact study, the New York Public Service Commission has begun a formal project review, said developer Poseidon Transmission.The firm did not release the

Construction is set to start this summer on nearly $64 million of school upgrades in the West Babylon Free and Shoreham-Wading River Central school districts in Long Island, N.Y. following recent voter approval of two school bonds to finance the work. Dubbed the “Renewal Project,” the $48.5-million Shoreham-Wading River Central School District’s (SWRCSD) improvements and renovation program is being partially funded by a $33.5-million bond.Work will take place in all four district schools — Shoreham-Wading River High School, Albert G. Prodell Middle School, Miller Avenue Elementary School, and Wading River Elementary School. Prior-year state aid funds will cover about $15