Industry Faces  October 1, 2010 NYBC and New York Construction Co-Sponsor Construction Industry Forum The New York Building Congress and New York Construction recently co-sponsored a Construction Industry Luncheon Forum at the Hilton in New York City. From left: U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler, Richard T. Anderson of the New York Building Congress, NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Michael McNally of Skanska USA, Raymond Daddazio of Weidlinger Associates and U.S. Representative Michael McMahon.(Photo by Bob Wallace) The Real Estate Lenders Association recently held their Seventh Annual Thomas E. Sasso Memorial Golf Outing at the Metropolis Club in White Plains, New York. The

Plans for the redevelopment and expansion of Delta Air Lines Terminal 4 at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport have been unveiled after being approved by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. Work on the $1.2 billion project began this September and is said to generate approximately 10,000 airport and construction-related jobs over the next three years. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The expansion of Terminal 4’s Concourse B includes the replacement of outdated facilities, the addition of nine new international gates sized to accommodate larger aircraft and the construction of a connector between Terminal

Construction on the GlobalFoundries factory in Saratoga, New York, has reached a milestone with completion of steelwork and precast concrete erection. Construction on the $4.2 billion project first began in June 2009. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Occupying more than 220 acres of the Luther Forest Technology Campus in Saratoga, New York, the new Fab 8, Module 1 facility is one of the largest computer chip factories in the world. Construction on Module 1, which consists of a water fabrication building, a technical support building, an administrative office building and a central utility building totaling more than 1.45 million

The $850 million Flushing Commons and Macedonia Plaza project that will transform a 5.5-acre, municipal parking lot into a mixed-use urban center in Flushing, Queens has now been approved by the New York City Council after years of planning and negotiating. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg joined Council Speaker, Christine C. Quinn and Council Member, Peter Koo in expressing their support of the project that will create approximately 2,600 construction jobs and 1,900 permanent jobs and have a projected annual economic output of $720 million. “Flushing is one of the most vibrant and diverse neighborhoods

Volunteers from the Department of Buildings have partnered with Habitat for Humanity-New York City to help with the interior construction of 16 homes that are being built as part of Mayor Bloomberg’s 165,000-unit affordable housing plan. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The project includes two, adjoining four-story buildings located at 512 and 514 Lafayette Avenue and two, four-story, individual buildings at 544 Lafayette and 118 Hart Street in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. All four buildings consist of four, multifamily two and three-bedroom condominiums each. The units will become home to 16 different families whose income is between 50%-80% of the

A former industrial building built in the late 1940’s and located at 6201 15th Avenue in Brooklyn is undergoing a top to bottom renovation in order to meet the corporate direction of its current tenant, the American Stock Transfer & Trust Co. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The 145,600-sq-ft, four-story office building which serves as Manhattan-based AST’s operations center will have interior and exterior renovations managed by Apogee Commercial Enterprises of Wayside, New Jersey with designs by Lerman Architecture based in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Interior renovations will include new space planning and redesign for all floors and

A three-year-long federal investigation of alleged overbilling on reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan by engineer Louis Berger Group appears likely to force Derish M. Wolff, chairman of the firm’s holding company, from his job, according to court documents filed last week. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The company is trying to resolve Wolff’s status as chairman of Berger Group Holdings, it said a statement released on August 16. “We anticipate that the matter of his employment to be resolved by the end of next week,” the company said. Contacted at his New Jersey home, Wolff, 75, said the matter is

The reconstruction of the Kew Gardens Interchange, a five year, $146.5 million effort to improve safety and traffic flow has broken ground. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The reconstruction project which is expected to create approximately 200 professional and trade labor jobs as well as hundreds of supplier, fabricator and subcontractor jobs overall is being funded by a contract awarded to ECCO III of Yonkers by the New York State Department of Transportation and the 2005 Transportation Bond Act, a key source of funding for the 2005-2010 capital program. The current five year capital plan is facing a $10

The construction of a 98,433 sq ft school located on West 44th Street in Manhattan is scheduled to take place this November. Turner Construction Company will be providing construction services through a $54.7 million contract awarded by the New York City School Construction Authority and UK based RMJM will be providing architectural services. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Upon completion, PS/IS 51M will accommodate 640 students and include 24 classrooms, two special education classrooms and other educational amenities and faculty facilities. Completion is scheduled for July 2013.

Wok is currently underway on the $21 million Grand Central Station renovations which includes a new employee facility and public tennis courts in the station’s annex as a result of the Metro-North’s compliance with federal laws that require quarters for railroad conductors. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" F.J. Sciame Construction Company of New York is providing architectural/engineering design and construction services on this design-build project as part of a single contract with the project owner. Ziggurat Systems of Lynbrook, New York is providing 3D modeling and coordination services in order to reduce impacts to the construction process by identifying