The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has approved $2 million in planning work for a future 25,000-sq-ft terminal expansion of Stewart International Airport. The planning and design for the phased terminal expansion is being conducted by the Port Authority who first took on the operation of the airport in 2007 and is expected to be completed by December 2011. The first phase of the planned expansion will consist of expanding the north side of the terminal to construct an adequate federal inspection service facility and to increase overall capacity as well as allowing for the simultaneous processing
Construction has begun on Binghamton University�s $30 million New York State Center of Excellence in Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging building which will support more than 180 jobs per year throughout the construction process. Rendering courtesy of Binghamton University The new two-story, 114,000-sq-ft Center of Excellence is expected to be completed by January 2013. The new two-story, 114,000-sq-ft, metal and stone Center of Excellence facility will feature open laboratory space, a symposium hall and offices providing space for the expansion and consolidation of Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging and its team of scientists and engineers. The facility will
The $28 million first phase of a regional park in Far Rockaway, the fourth of eight regional parks proposed under PlaNYC, the city�s plan for a greener New York, has broken ground. The project will create a 13-acre park stretching from Beach 11th Street to Beach 17th Street and Beach 28th Street to Beach 32nd Street and contain such amenities as a synthetic turf football field, a performance venue, a skate park, a central lawn area, a climbing wall and a variety of sports courts. "The fact that we are moving forward on these projects in spite of the tough
Rendering courtesy of The S/L/A/M Collaborative The new North Clinical Tower will add approximately 300,000 sq ft to Danbury Hospital. Connecticut�s Danbury Hospital is set to expand with a new $150 million North Clinical Tower that will add approximately 300,000 sq ft to the hospital, the largest expansion in the 12-floor, 371-bed regional medical center and university teaching hospital�s history. The new North Clinical Tower Addition is being designed by The S/L/A/M Collaborative of Glastonbury, Connecticut to better align with the hospital�s mission of �a higher level of care� and will consist of a new main entry including a double
Rendering courtesy of the MTA The $176 million, 180,000-sq-ft Fulton Street Center is scheduled to open in 2014. A contract for the above and below-grade construction of the $176 million, 180,000-sq-ft, Fulton Street Transit Center has been awarded to Plaza Construction of New York who will serve as the General Contractor along with Schiavone Construction of Secaucus, New Jersey. Construction on the center which is said to modernize this major Manhattan subway complex began in December 2008 but Plaza Construction�s work isn�t scheduled to begin until this coming February following the erection of a tower crane in January. The scope
Work has begun on the 60,000-sq-ft Battery Park City Community Center located at the tip of Liberty Luxe and Liberty Green high-rise residential towers on North End Avenue in Downtown Manhattan. The facility which is being constructed by Stalco Construction of Islandia, New York aims to achieve LEED Platinum certification and will consist of a main lobby, adult swimming pool, children’s pool, gymnasium and fitness center, theater/auditorium, dance studios, classrooms, offices, lockers rooms, a cafeteria, kitchen, bathrooms, and storage and equipment rooms. Green design features and leading edge technological solutions that will be incorporated into the community center include light
A new design for the 38,885-sq-ft Plaza at the Barclays Center that will serve as the primary entryway to the arena at Atlantic Yards has been released. The plaza will be located at the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues and will include a new transit entrance with a green roof, 74% of open space for community events and 26% landscaping and seating. “The Plaza at the Barclays Center will quickly become one of Brooklyn’s great public spaces,” said Bruce Ratner, Chairman and CEO of Forest City Ratner Companies.” “It will be an iconic part of the larger Brooklyn landscape.”
In an effort to stimulate the construction industry and create work opportunities for local contractors and construction workers, some of New Jersey’s construction unions along with their managerial bargaining partners have agreed to a freeze in wage and benefit packages. Members of the statewide associations of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and the Laborer’s International Union of North America, along with Ironworkers Local 68, 350 & 399, and Dockbuilders Local 1456 have re-opened their respective contracts in order to help lower labor costs and kick-start building construction statewide. The unions, which represent
The Department of Buildings, New York City Service, Con Edison and the City University of New York have launched the NYC Cool Roofs Program, a citywide program to help reduce cooling costs, energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions by applying reflective, white coating to rooftops. The program is a partnership between public and private organizations, non-profit groups and building owners and is a component of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s PlaNYC initiative, the city’s comprehensive sustainability plan reduce greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2030. NYC Cool Roofs is designed to cool one million sq ft of rooftop. In 2009, Mayor Bloomberg
Turner Construction Company, in partnership with the York College School of Business and the Small Business Development Center has developed the first undergraduate accredited construction management program called the Construction Management Academy based on the company’s original training program curriculum. The Construction Management Academy will be lead by Turner staff and York college professors and will be available to students enrolled at York College or individuals currently working in the building industry. Course offerings will begin on June 1 at the York College School of Business in Queens, New York. The curriculum includes courses on estimating, building information modeling (BIM),