CAGNY Celebrates 25 Years  July 2009 The Contractors’ Association of Greater New York (CAGNY) recently celebrated its 25th anniversary with an annual meeting dinner for its member companies and their employees at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan. From left: Edward J. Malloy, retiring president of the Building & Construction Trades Council and Raymond G. McGuire, Managing Director of CAGNY. Photo courtesy of The Berman Group, Inc. Students from the Bronx recently participated in ACE Team #17, part of the Architecture, Construction, Engineering Mentor Program, a program that relies on mentors and professionals from leading design and construction

Featured Product  July 2009 Bobcat's New Excavator Line The new M-Series compact excavators bring additional power in a smaller machine. The new E32 is a tailswing excavator with a redesigned house for less overhang, while the E35 is a zero-tailswing excavator able to operate in confined spaces. Both excavators are in the 3 to 4-ton weight class and have an arm breakout force 10% greater than on previous models. The Auto-Shift travel feature shifts the machine out of high range and back automatically, providing extra power when pushing into piles. A load-sensing piston pump and closed center-valve grant the excavators smoother

Products:   July 2009 DeWalt Introduces New Impact-Ready Accessories DeWalt's new impact-ready accessories are designed to withstand the added torque of impact drivers. This is intended to reduce slippage and bit breakage, resulting in longer service life. Impact-ready drill bits are tapered, feature a pilot tip and, according to the manufacturer, are five times stronger than conventional drill bits. The stronger design allows for more reliable drilling into stainless steel, sheet metal, steel studs and junction boxes. Impact-ready fastening attachments allow use of impact drivers for applications such as metal-to-metal framing, window installation and steel erection. Other impact-ready accessories include hole

Overlooking the massive jobsite at 1 World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, Dan Tishman, dressed immaculately in a navy blue suit with a red and pink striped tie, stands watching the 300-plus construction workers scurrying around below him. Photo by Michael Falco Co-owners John Vickers (L) and Dan Tishman (R) have executed a plan aimed at maintaining a presence across all sectors. Years of hard work below grade at 1 World Trade Center culminated in 2008 as Tishman Construction brought the building out of the ground. Related Links: Four Generations of Tishman He shakes his head. “Sometimes I think I

The origins of Tishman Construction Corporation are not unlike the humble beginnings of many small businesses started by European immigrants in the late 19th Century. And while it’s not unheard of to still see some of those businesses in existence today, you’d be hard-pressed to find one of them that has remained family-owned while making as big an impact on the New York region as Julius Tishman & Sons. Related Links: Contractor of the Year Julius Started in 1898, three years after Julius Tishman moved his family from Poland to New York, the business was borne out of a desire

Many construction contracts contain “boilerplate” language that does not seem to have anything to do with the actual work that a contractor has to perform. However, these “boilerplate” sections can have a tremendous impact on the contract’s scope of work. Therefore, to protect themselves against unpleasant surprises on the jobsite (or in court trying to collect on a claim) contractors are well-served to read the “boilerplate” so that they fully understand the scope of work that they are binding themselves to perform by signing a contract. ANGELILLO However, careful contractors cannot stop there. In many instances, in one simple sentence,

The economy may finally showing signs of stabilizing, and the decline in certain sectors is slowing down, but we are not out of the woods yet. The ability to get a prospect’s attention and make the most out of every meeting and phone call is critical in a tough economy. If you refine your sales technique now, the good habits you develop will only help you in the long run, and yes, help you when the economy gets back up and running. Try the following tips to refine your sales technique, and hopefully, close more deals: MARTIN Use Questions and

Skanska has been awarded a $134 million contract to construct a hospital in Hopewell, New Jersey that will replace the 112-year-old Mercer Hospital in Trenton, New Jersey for its customer, Capital Health. Related Links: 2009 Residential Permits Fall at “Alarming” Rate NYCEDC Issues RFQs for First Willets Point Contracts City to Rehab Aging Staten Island Pier Elementary School Breaks Ground in Waterbury, Conn. Developer of TechCity Releases Green Master Plan NYC DOB Launches Online Permit Program NYC Seeks Firm to Lease and Operate Portion of Manhattan’s East River Waterfront DIA/WRKS Designs Administrative Offices for NYIT Skanska is responsible for both

The owner of a former upstate industrial complex recently released a green master plan for the redevelopment of TechCity – once an IBM manufacturing and business campus. Photo: courtesy of Linden Alschuler & Kaplan, Inc. The TechCity Master Plan will transform the 260-acre, 2.5 million-sq-ft former IBM manufacturing and business campus made up of 27 low-rise buildings into a 21st Century sustainable development. Related Links: 2009 Residential Permits Fall at “Alarming” Rate NYCEDC Issues RFQs for First Willets Point Contracts City to Rehab Aging Staten Island Pier Skanksa to Build New Hospital in Hopewell, New Jersey for $134 Million Elementary

The New York City Economic Development Corporation has announced two separate Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) for firms to provide construction management and design services for the Willets Point Offsite Infrastructure Project; a $150 million project that will connect the 62-acre development site to existing transportation, water and sewage facilities helping to link Willets Point to its surrounding neighborhoods such as Flushing and Corona. Photo: Courtesy of Method Media LLC Construction of the pile restoration is scheduled to be completed by this summer but the pier will remain open to the public throughout because construction is taking place underwater. Related Links: