$161.5 million in federal funding is being given to New Jersey during 2011 for beach replenishment, flood mitigation and harbor maintenance projects across the state. The funds will come from the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution, which was passed by congress in April, and is being received by the Army Corps of Engineers whose funding is typically provided by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee in Energy and Water Development. For beach replenishment, $7.5 million will go to Monmouth Beach, $7.6 million will go to Long Beach Island, $11.9 million will go to Atlantic City and Ventnor, $10.3 million will go to
The New York School Construction Authority is planning the conversion of the lower six floors and cellar of the 95,000-sq-ft, 14-story New York Foundling Hospital�s Manhattan building, first built in 1988, into a new public school. Public School 340, located at the corner of the Avenue of Americas and 17th Street will serve 518 students in levels Pre-K through fifth grade upon its completion in September 2014. Rendering Courtesy Of MDSzerbaty Associates Architecture The project is in the design stages with MDSzerbaty Associates Architecture of New York as lead architect and will include 21 new classrooms on the 17th Street
A continuing crackdown by New York City prosecutors on fraud in the city’s interior renovation market has netted its latest results�the May 5 indictments of six area subcontracting firms and their owners, in a contractor bid inflation scheme that overcharged clients by at least $30 million in the last decade. Related Links: New York CM Firm Indicted in Client Bilk Scheme The firms and executives were charged with second-degree grand larceny for colluding with Manhattan-based Lehr Construction Corp. in the fraud. That construction management firm and four of its leaders were indicted on May 4 on charges that included fraud,
A continuing crackdown by New York City prosecutors on fraud in the city’s interior renovation market has netted its latest results—the May 5 indictments of six area subcontracting firms and their owners, in a contractor bid inflation scheme that overcharged clients by at least $30 million in the last decade. The firms and executives were charged with second-degree grand larceny for colluding with Manhattan-based Lehr Construction Corp. in the fraud. That construction management firm and four of its leaders were indicted on May 4 on charges that included fraud, corruption, grand larceny and money laundering. “The defendants in this case
Rendering: Manhattan Neighborhood Network A 124-year-old firehouse building in East Harlem is currently undergoing a $6 million transformation into a media center on behalf of Manhattan Neighborhood Network, an organization who administers the four Public Access cable TV channels in Manhattan. The 5,000-sq-ft media center is located at East 104 Street and upon its completion in will provide the community with full access to new communications technology. Mc Gowan Builders of East Rutherford, N.J. is the construction manager on the project. Work includes the renovation of the firehouse’s landmarked masonry exterior walls, the construction of a new penthouse, elevator
Rendering: Micielli + Wyetzner Architects The Fire Department of New York has started construction on a two-story, 12,400-sq-ft Emergency Medical Service Station located on Metropolitan Avenue near Bedford Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The new station, designed by Michielli + Wyetzner of New York, is part of FDNY’s plan to improve response time to medical emergencies throughout the city. The new station will be divided into four parts with the first floor designed to store four emergency vehicles, a vehicle support zone and personal protective equipment storage area, a lieutenant’s office and other administrative spaces. The second floor will house
The 100-year-old Portal Bridge that crosses the Hackensack River between Kearny and Seacaucus, N.J. will receive $38.5 million in funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the final design of a new bridge, announced United States Senators Frank R. Lautenberg, Robert Mendez and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The replacement of the two-track bridge will help to lessen the amount of delays to the Northeast Corridor passenger service, increase capacity and reliability. Approximately 420 passenger trains use the current bridge each weekday. Photo: HNTB “The Portal Bridge is a major chokepoint for thousands of commuters every day and
New York City Union Carpenters rank and file members staged a rally at union headquarters in Manhattan April 12 protesting corruption within council leadership and proposed changes to wages and mobility rules. Following the “Rally for Solidarity,” New York City District Council of Carpenters Supervisor Frank Spencer countered that the council is reforming itself. “I fully respect the concerns expressed by our membership,” said Spencer in a prepared statement. “The leadership of the District Council has offered a strong proposal to amend its bylaws that expand democracy within the New York City operation and provide further financial transparency. We are
Rendering: Courtesy of Sun Associates NobleStrategy, a construction management firm with offices in Harlem, Long Island City and Newark, N.J. and Reality House, Inc., a company that provides substance abuse, HIV treatment and prevention services to New Yorkers, has broken ground on a 21,000-sq-ft substance abuse outpatient treatment facility and community residence for veterans located at 8-12 Astoria Boulevard in Astoria, N.Y. NobleStrategy will be coordinating the development of the three-story building, which will feature ground-floor stone and decorative masonry with a full-height aluminum mesh front façade. The new 30-bed Astoria Reality House will provide housing for veterans for up
The Board of Governors of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey approved the construction of a $40.8 million, 32-acre solar canopy energy system; the largest in the nation. Image: Courtesy of iStock Rutgers will install more than 40,000 high-efficiency solar panel canopy structures that will generate eight MW of power, approximately $1.2 million in electricity over two large surface parking areas on the university’s Livingston Campus in order to convert sunlight into electricity while providing people and cars with shelter. “This is an exciting and innovative project that demonstrates Rutgers’ ongoing commitment to energy conservation and environmentally sound practices,”
