CCA Civil, a company of China Construction America, is the “apparent low bidder” for the Dept. of Transportation's (NJDOT) northbound deck replacement of the Pulaski Skyway, says Joe Dee, an NJDOT spokesman.

New York City homeowners, landlords and tenants hit hard by Superstorm Sandy will soon be able to tap into a new city program that includes grants and loans for repairing Sandy-damaged homes. The program, dubbed "Build it Back," builds on the city's free Rapid Repairs initiative that helped more than 20,000 families return to their homes, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a June 3 announcement. The Build it Back initiative is funded with $648 million of the city's $1.77 billion first installment of federal disaster recovery assistance. Photo By Esther D'Amico Still Standing: Many Sandy-damaged homes like these -- which

The Louis Berger Group, New York, has hired Kirit Mevawala as director of rail and transit. He will be based in the company's Morristown, N.J., headquarters and serve as project manager for the Northeast Corridor Maglev project and support other rail and transit initiatives. Mevawala Related Links: ENR New York ENR Featured People LeChase Construction Services LLC, Rochester, N.Y., has named H. Jessie Brewer vice president. He will report to Kyle L. Sayers, executive vice president.Lehrer LLC, New York, has appointed Norbert W. Young as executive vice president.The LiRo Group, New York, has hired Michael Rennard as head of its

Tristate Photo By Sue Pearsall Working Together: Some New Jersey union contractors welcome more DOL prevailing wage inspections. Related Links: ENR New York ENR New York Featured News Will Sandy Work Trigger More DOL Site Visits? The New York state Dept. of Labor (DOL) says it has no specific plans related to ramping up inspection activities this fall. But that does not convince some industry professionals who contend that contractors will likely encounter more DOL officers showing up at their sites to enforce prevailing wage rules. They say this will especially be the case beginning in late summer or early

Now that proposed Superstorm Sandy-triggered changes to New York City zoning are out for public review, building owners, designers and contractors are eagerly awaiting the second piece of the post-Sandy regulation puzzle: proposed modifications to the city's building code. The adjustments to the two sets of regulations should go a long way toward aiding the design and construction of buildings that are safer and more resilient when exposed to floods and other major climate-related events, says Robert D. LiMandri, New York City's commissioner of buildings. Drawing Courtesy of the New York City Dept. of City Planning Possible Modification: Proposed rules

With much of the immediate Superstorm Sandy recovery work completed, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is turning its sights on longer-term projects caused by the storm. Agency officials who spoke at ENR New York's 4th Annual MTA MWDBE Conference, held May 9 in New York, encouraged minority, women and disadvantaged business enterprises (MWDBEs) to look to the MTA for recovery work opportunities. Photo Courtesy of MTA NY Transit/Lenny Wiggins Send Singals: Crews work on signal and communications cables on the A line in the Rockaways that were severely damaged by the storm. NYC mayoral candidate Bill Thompson gave the keynote

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, the prestigious art, architecture and engineering college, will end its long history of free tuition, starting with the 2014 freshman class, the Manhattan-based school said on April 26. To keep the college from closing one or more of its three schools, incoming students will cover 50% of tuition. Current students and those entering this fall will be exempt; last year, graduate students began paying tuition.The college faces a $12-million annual deficit, even after leasing a former engineering-building site for a mixed-use tower, now nearly complete. Previously, scholarships covered tuition costs.“The

Private sector construction employment in New York City rose 2.4% last year to an average of 114,875, but wages remained flat, according to a recent New York Building Congress (NYBC) study based on New York State Dept. of Labor employment statistics. Photo by Sue Pearsall Moving Up: Private sector is expected to continue its gradual climb. Workers earned an average of $51,060 in the first nine months of 2012, the latest period for which numbers were available, compared with $50,089 for the same prior-year period and $49,224 for the same period in 2010.“While the relative stagnation in 2012 wages is

New York-New Jersey Rendering Courtesy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Big Span: The Goethals Bridge is one of three Staten Island-New Jersey spans under contract to begin work this year. Related Links: ENR New York ENR New York Port Authority Approves $2B in Bridge ContractsThe Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has awarded more than $2 billion worth of contracts for long-anticipated work on three bridges spanning Staten Island and New Jersey—including the region's first major public-private partnership (P3) to replace the Goethals Bridge, at $1.5 billion.The NYNJ Link Partnership—a joint venture of

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has awarded more than $2 billion worth of contracts for long-anticipated work on three bridges spanning Staten Island and New Jersey—including the region's first major public-private partnership (P3) to replace the Goethals Bridge, at $1.5 billion.