German Contractor HOCHTIEF has acquired New York-based construction firm E.E. Cruz and Company through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Turner Construction of New York and Flatiron Construction Corp. of Colorado. “These three companies will form one of the most powerful players in the competition for forthcoming investments,” said Dr. Herbert Lütkestratkötter, CEO of HOCHTIEF. Established in 1984, E.E. Cruz specializes in civil construction projects in the New York metropolitan region and has completed numerous infrastructure projects including building and modernizing highways, bridges, tunnels, railroad infrastructure, pipelines, water supply and treatment systems and foundation work. With almost 250 employees, its annual contract revenue

MKDA Celebrates 50th Anniversary  May 01, 2010 East Rutherford, New Jersey-based Mc Gowan Builders, Inc. donated $15,000 to St. Joseph’s Children Hospital at a ceremony that took place at the hospital’s main campus in Paterson, New Jersey. Seated from left: Patrick Mc Gowan’s daughters Niamh, Emma, and Sarah Mc Gowan. Standing from left: Chris Coyne, Director of Major Gifts, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center Foundation; Timothy P. Barr, Vice President for Development, St. Joseph’s Healthcare System, and Executive Director, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center Foundation; Patrick J. Mc Gowan, President of Mc Gowan Builders; Martin C. Mc Gowan, Vice President of

Corgan Assoc. in Dallas named Bob Morris, a managing principal in the firm, as president and chief executive officer. He is succeeding David Lind who has been named chairman of the board. Jon Holzheimer will retain the position of chief operating officer. Also, Matt Mooney, Brian George, and Steve Hulsey were named to the firm’s management committee. Rosecrans Interests LLC in Houston has new ownership. The management trio of Roy G. DiPasquale, CEO; Jeffrey A. Stocks, president; and Gary Jorden, senior vice president, will oversee the daily operations of the firm. Linbeck announced the promotion of two tenured employees in

Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation announced the selection of PA Developers of New York and ShopRite to develop and operate a full-size supermarket on a six-acre site known as Admirals Row at the Brooklyn Navy Yard helping to create 500 long-term jobs. Rendering courtesy of GreenbergFarrow In addition to the 55,000-sq-ft supermarket, the first of its kind in the neighborhood, the team will also develop 30,000 sq ft of retail space and 125,000 sq ft of industrial space, part of a $60 million development deal. The developers were selected following a request for proposals that was issued by BNYDC last

Queens Borough President Helen Marshall approved two projects in Downtown Flushing, Flushing Commons and Macedonia Plaza helping to revitalize the Borough of Queens and create approximately 2,600 construction jobs and 2,000 permanent jobs. Rendering courtesy of NYCEDC The $850 million Flushing Commons project will transform what is now a 5.5- acre, city-owned municipal parking lot into a mixed-use development including up to 620 residential condominiums, a 1.5-acre town square of open space with a fountain plaza, 1,600 parking spaces, a 62,000-sq-ft, state-of-the-art YMCA, 36,000 sq ft of community space, up to 275,000 sq ft of retail space and up to

The 22,000-sq-ft St. Charles Resurrection Cemetery Welcoming and Information Center is currently under construction in Farmingdale, New York and is seeking LEED Silver certification. Rendering courtesy of BBS Architects & Engineers The Town of Babylon, which includes Farmingdale, requires all new public use buildings of more than 5,000 sq ft to comply with LEED requirement, according to Roger P. Smith, principal and lead designer for the design team BBS Architects & Engineers of New York. The design team which also includes structural engineer Ysrael A. Seinuk of New York and landscape designer Greenman-Pedersen of Babylon, New York developed a design

Photo courtesy of Assassi Omega Center Photo courtesy of Hopkins Architects Kroon Hall The American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment have selected the top ten green projects that showcase excellence in sustainable design and reduced energy including Kroon Hall, part of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and Omega Center for Sustainable Living in Rhinebeck, New York. Designed by London-based Hopkins Architects and Centerbrook Architects Planners of Centerbrook, Connecticut, Kroon Hall, the 68,800-sq-ft new home for the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies replaced a brownfield site and was charged as a net zero energy

It may not be the biggest job nor the most important, but workers at Clackamas, Ore.-based Oregon Iron Works are clamoring to work on one of the company�s most unusual projects: Ocean Power Technologies� PowerBuoy 150, a device designed to capture 150 kW of wave energy off Oregon�s coast. Photo: Ocean Power Technologies Oregon Iron Works crew, working on a wave-power prototype, hopes to build bigger generators. “The guys in the shop are pretty excited about this,” says Chandra Brown, vice president of Oregon Iron Works. “It’s pretty fun.” For the company, which typically builds bridges and boats, the job

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is finding itself in a unique situation these days. With more than $11 billion in active construction contracts and another $3-plus billion in planning and design – with $14.6 billion more on the way in the form of a new 10-year Capital Plan – the DEP has become one of the most important owner-developers in the tri-state area, especially with most private sector building still frozen in place. “Through this down economy we’ve still managed to put out a couple billion dollars worth of work or more a year,” says James Mueller,

Four New York State trade associations representing heavy construction contractors are suing the state over Gov. David Paterson�s announcement in March that the New York Dept. of Transportation would halt payments on all statewide capital construction projects not funded through federal stimulus dollars. NYSDOT photo As many as 500 bridge and highway projects in New York State are being affected by Gov. David Paterson�s decision to halt payments on all non-stimulus funded projects. The suit, filed on April 16 in state Supreme Court, alleges that the state has violated construction contracts with hundreds of contractors working highway and bridge jobs