Related Links: Parsing Distributed Energy Resources NREL Report: Impact of High Solar Penetration in the Western Interconnection A growing challenge from the evolution of energy resources—especially from solar arrays that now are starting to be enhanced by backup battery storage—is causing electric utilities to rethink the projects they build and the technologies they use to design, construct and operate them.The incremental installations of distributed generation are starting to add up. Solar power, while still a small fraction of the nation's installed base, is the fastest-growing form of new power generation, and that's a trend with implications for the power industry.DODSON"The
A rigging failure caused the air conditioning unit being lifted into place at 261 Madison Ave. in Manhattan to fall to the street 28 stories below on May 31, according to an investigator on the scene.The massive unit hit the step-backed building as it fell, raining debris on Madison Ave. between 38th and 39th streets and injuring eight people in the area and two construction workers.There were some reports that the unit fell as it was being put into place or that the floor cracked or gave way as the unit was being moved into place. “None of those are
Indicators point to continued strength in the New York City construction market, according to recent reports from the New York Building Congress. Both spending on construction and construction employment are up strongly, indicating a stronger market than NYBC anticipated in its October forecast. “If the trend continues in 2015, we can expect to see construction employment reach 130,000 for just the second time in this decade,” Richard T. Anderson, NYBC president, said. At the end of May, NYBC reported that private sector construction employment in New York City rose 4.5% in 2014 and 10% since 2012. Construction employment also rose
A rigging failure caused the air conditioning unit being lifted into place at 261 Madison Ave. in Manhattan to fall to the street 28 stories below on May 31, according to an investigator on the scene. The massive unit hit the step-backed building as it fell, raining debris on Madison Ave. between 38th and 39th streets and injuring eight people in the area and two construction workers. There were some reports that the unit fell as it was being put into place or that the floor cracked or gave way as the unit was being moved into place. “None of
A massive air conditioning unit being lifted into place on a 28- story building in Midtown Manhattan on Sunday morning broke free, ricocheting off the tiered building and landing the street below. Ten people were injured, including two construction workers, none with life-threatening injuries. The other people injured were either pedestrians or occupants of passing cars. Traffic was restricted to a single lane on Madison Ave. between 38th and 39th streets, during the lifting operation. The building, 261 Madison Ave., is owned by The Sapir Organization. It was not clear at press time if the accident was a result of
Faithful+Gould has appointed Reza Amirkhalili as the new president and managing director of the organization's Americas business. He will be based in Washington, D.C. Amirkhalili has spent 25 years with Faithful+Gould, holding various positions including estimator, project manager, office managing director, sector lead and chief operating officer. Related Links: Engineering News Record ENR New York AMIRKHALLISkanska has promoted Axel Wingard to chief financial officer of its Skanska USA Commercial Development unit. The division invests in and develops office and multifamily properties in Boston, Houston, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Wingard is based in New York City. He has worked for Skanska
A rebounding market and resiliency work helped STV grow its New York regional revenue nearly 60% in 2014—rising to fourth in the ranking of Top Design Firms in the region after placing seventh in last year's list.
Revenue for architects and engineers in the New York-New Jersey region rose just over 20% in 2014, according to the ENR New York survey of Top Design Firms.
Champlain Hudson Power Express, which got a federal green light on Oct. 1 to build and operate a 1,000-MW, high-voltage transmission line that would run from Canada through New York State and into New York City, now seeks an EPC contractor and additional financing for the estimated $2.2 billion project.The direct-current line would bring hydro and wind-generated power from Quebec into a constrained area of the Big Apple that also faces the closure of the 2,000-MW Indian Point nuclear plant in Buchanan, N.Y. It was granted a presidential permit by the U.S. Energy Dept.The 336-mile new line would terminate in
