A mild 2023 winter has helped work advance on a $49-million effort to repair a subway bridge and communications network that link the Rockaways section of Queens to the rest of New York City—a fitting contrast to the brutal Superstorm Sandy surges more than a decade ago that heavily damaged the Jamaica Bay crossing and transportation infrastructure across the entire region.

City Dept. of Design and Construction, ENR New York Owner of the Year, seeks to improve the way critical buildings and infrastructure are delivered.

A panel chose expanded bus service as the best mass transit option for passengers traveling to and from the NYC airport.

The groundbreaking of three megaprojects in the Empire State in 2022 has given a big boost to the value of new construction contracts in the New York and New Jersey region—especially when compared with totals during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown years.

Share of city agency awards to minority- and women-owned business enterprises lags behind city goals, says the NYC comptroller’s office.

A Turner Construction Co-E.E. Cruz & Co. Inc. joint venture, with Arcadis, Bjarke Ingels Group, Scape Landscape Architecture and WSP won the contract.

The developer points to elevated construction financing costs and a slower-than-expected return of Manhattan office workers after COVID-19 as causes.

A temporary retaining wall built without an engineer's review collapsed, killing a worker and injuring another.

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