Construction on the first two phases of the five-phase, multi-use Hindu American Religious Center located on 33-acres in Robbinsville, N.J. is currently under way. The center broke ground in September 2010 and upon its completion in 2016, it will total 262,000 sq ft. Rendering: BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha The first two phases of the project include a main atrium building that will enclose a 9,000-sq-ft, 36-ft high Hindu prayer building known as a Mandir designed by PS&S of Warren, N.J. who are also acting as engineers on the project, in collaboration with local and India based artisans. Hand-carved stone for the
Barclays Center at Atlantic Yards broke ground yesterday after years of delay including 34 lawsuits filed by residents fighting the use of eminent domain. The groundbreaking marks the next phase of construction on the 22-acre, 675,000-sq-ft, facility located at the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues in Brooklyn, the planned future home of the NBA�s New Jersey Nets. Rendering: SHoP Architects Preconstruction work has been ongoing at the site since last fall with residential work expected to start next summer. Protestors shouted, honked horns and blew whistles outside the tent as Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz jokingly apologized for the
What started as an ambitious endeavor almost eight years ago for Judlau Contracting founder and CEO Tom Iovino now has a chance to have considerable impact on the devastation in Haiti. In 2002 Iovino started The iF Foundation, formerly The Iovino Family Foundation as a way to give back. The foundation was to be a vehicle for donating money to a multitude of causes including higher education, hospitals, disease mitigation and other charities. With a focus on making more of an impact where it had responsibility for the outcomes, The iF Foundation initially based its aid in clean water. A
New Jersey Dept. of Transportation recently leveraged $70 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to proceed with the second phase of a major replacement project on the Route 52 causeway near Atlantic City, improving a key link to the southern Jersey shore. Traffic volume tops 40,000 vehicles daily in summer, NJDOT says. Ocean City, N.J. Photo: NJDOT Causeway bridges are being replaced to handle heavy shore traffic. Related Links: NY: Brookhaven National Laboratory Gives Green Light to New Light Lab�s Contractor CT: School Uses New Solar Technology Agency spokesman Tim Greeley says the $251-million project will create 500
New Jersey Dept. of Transportation recently leveraged $70 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to proceed with the second phase of a major replacement project on the Route 52 causeway near Atlantic City, improving a key link to the southern Jersey shore. Traffic volume tops 40,000 vehicles daily in summer, NJDOT says. Ocean City, N.J. Photo: NJDOT Causeway bridges are being replaced to handle heavy shore traffic. Related Links: Stimulus: A Snapshot of Top Shovel-, Wrench- and Pencil-Ready Projects Agency spokesman Tim Greeley says the $251-million project will create 500 new construction jobs throughout its three-year duration. There
A probe into New York’s concrete testing industry has prompted city officials to launch a new program to increase the oversight and evaluation of concrete testing at construction projects throughout the city, including projects funded by the city and private developers. (Photo by Joe Woolhead) The program, announced last week by the New York City Department of Buildings, Department of Design and Construction and Department of Investigation, includes plans to build a $1 million city-owned concrete-testing laboratory scheduled to open January 2010 in the Bronx. The new laboratory, which will be operated by the DDC, will be fully equipped to
Despite having $1.57 billion in federal stimulus money approved for New York City capital transportation – with $1 billion more likely to be approved – an analysis of project data provided by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council reveals that the majority of the approved funding has yet to be spent. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been approved for a total of $1.2 billion in stimulus funds to go to projects that support New York City Transit’s work such as the Fulton Street Transit Center through the rehabilitation of the 4/5 subway line mezzanine and the A/C line mezzanine as
Three workers died June 29 in New York City after being overcome by hydrogen sulfide fumes at a private waste transfer plant. The men died while trying to escape an 18-ft-deep hole filled with three feet of water at Regal Recycling Plant Co., a private water transfer plant on Douglas Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. The three workers at the scene included father and son, Shlomo Dahan, 49, and Harel Dahan, 23, from S. Dahan Sewer Specialists in South Ozone Park as well as Rene Francisco Rivas, 52, a Regal maintenance worker who tried to rescue the pair. Officials said that