Courtesy of Associated Press The New York City Council on Aug. 13 passed legislation aimed at preventing the spread of diseases such as the outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease in the Bronx that has killed at least a dozen people.
The New York City metropolitan area led the U.S. in commercial and multi-family construction starts in the first half of 2015 as measured by dollar value, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.
Photo courtesy of the office of Charles Schumer New York Senator Chuck Schumer on Tuesday took a step toward breaking the logjam over funding to repair and replace the rail tunnels that connect New York City and New Jersey.
Image courtesy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey New York is redeveloping its airports, as shown in a rendering of LaGuardias new terminals. Photo courtesy of LPCiminelli The state is also seeding new technologies such as SolarCitys solar panel factory in Buffalo. Related Links: Lightfair 2015: Blue LED Inventor Showcases His Latest Innovation The Empire State was once a manufacturing powerhouse. Those days faded long ago, stranding large swaths of real estate, particularly upstate, and leaving behind the aging artifacts of industrial infrastructure.In the past several years, Empire State Development and other state agencies have funded
Image courtesy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey A public-private partnership with New York State is remaking LaGuardia Airport in Queens, N.Y. Photo courtesy of LPCiminelli The SolarCity solar panel facility is being built on the former site of a Republic Steel factory. Related Links: Historic Navy Yard Site Brought into New Century Here Comes the Sun: Solar Panel Factory Rises in Buffalo The Empire State was once a manufacturing powerhouse. Those days faded long ago, stranding large swaths real estate, particularly upstate, and leaving behind the aging artifacts of industrial infrastructure. In the past several
Chart courtesy of the U.S. Bureau of the Census Building permits issued in New York City rose for the sixth consecutive year, according to an analysis of data by the New York Building Congress. Permits authorizing construction rose 156% in Fiscal Year 2015 (July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015) compared with FY 2014 with 52,618 permits issued for residential units in the just ended fiscal year, according to NYBC analysis of U.S. Census data The number of permits rose in each of the five boroughs, but Brooklyn experienced a 225% increase with 23,326 dwelling units authorized for construction in
Diagram courtesy of Clean Coalition New York is moving toward becoming one of the leading states in the nation in terms of microgrid installations. Earlier this month Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that 83 communities in the state would each receive grants of about $100,000 to support microgrid projects. The awards are part of the governor’s Reforming Energy Vision that aims to revamp the state’s energy regulatory structure and were administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).There is no official definition of a “microgrid,” but it is generally understood to be the opposite of the centrally
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on July 28 unveiled a $4 billion construction project that aims to tear down and rebuild large parts of LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York. Image courtesy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Pedestrian walkways, part of a $4 billion plan to develop LaGuardia Airport, would increase aircraft taxi space. The gateway project is being developed in concert with separate development efforts by Delta Air Lines, which operates in terminals A, C and D. “We are transforming LaGuardia into a globally-renowned, 21st century airport that is worthy of the city and state
Contractor revenue has risen steadily over the past several years, coming in at just under $20 billion in 2014 in ENR New York’s latest ranking of the 50 largest regional contractors.
Christopher O. Ward has joined AECOM as senior vice president and CEO of design and consulting services for the metro New York region, months after leaving a top executive role he had held since 2011 at Dragados USA, a unit of the Spain-based contractor and concessions firm. He left the Dragados role as executive vice president for major projects at the end of 2014, telling Crain’s NY Business that the expected public-private-partnership construction market “was not as large as it had been.” The firm was part of a design-build team that had been short-listed for the $4-billion Tappan Zee replacement
