Despite some press reports that the giant Ferris wheel project on Staten Island in New York City is in danger of being scrapped, a spokesman for the $500 million project said the project is in “full construction and will not be scrapped.” The Staten Island advance reported that Rich Marin, CEO of The New York Wheel, after a Dept. of City Planning meeting said the project would be scrapped unless proposed revisions are approved. Modifications to the original design are now under consideration at the DCP approval process. The spokesman declined to estimate when
The Dept. of Transportation issued a bid solicitation last month for additional repair work on the Brooklyn Bridge with no connection to the current major rehabilitation project.The $600 million dollar construction project currently underway is the first major repair to the bridge since 1958. After being delayed for decades due to the high cost, the bridge earned a “poor” condition rating by the state in 2007, and renovations began in 2010.The project has faced several obstacles since breaking ground. Earlier this year, completion was pushed back once again following the discovery of 3,000 structural “flags”
Cortesy of Dodge Data & Analytics Office construction in New York City is at its highest level since 1990, according to a New York Building Congress analysis of multiple data sources.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Aug. 27 announced $100 million in capital funding aimed at extending storm protection measures around lower Manhattan.
After opposing former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed plan to fill open space owned by the New York City Housing Authority with mostly market rate housing, Mayor Bill de Blasio has revealed his own plan to help agency with its financial struggles.
Courtesy of Stephen Chernin, Associated Press After the longest civil trial in Manhattan Supreme Court history, a jury found James Lomma liable for the 2008 crane collapse that killed Donald Leo, 30, and Ramadan Kurtaj, 27—ordering the crane magnate to pay the families of the victims a total of $96 million.
Courtesy of SURE HOUSE The students at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J., have completed work on the SURE HOUSE, an energy efficient house that’s been built to better withstand storms with the force of Hurricane Sandy.
Courtesy of Associated Press The New York City Council on Aug. 13 passed legislation aimed at preventing the spread of diseases such as the outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease in the Bronx that has killed at least a dozen people.
Courtesy of the District Attorney, New York County In conjunction with the New York City Dept. of Investigation, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey office of the inspector general
The New York City metropolitan area led the U.S. in commercial and multi-family construction starts in the first half of 2015 as measured by dollar value, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.
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