The deadline for contestants to submit entries in the ENR New York 2015 Best Projects competition has been extended to July 20 from July 6. The annual program honors outstanding achievements in design and construction in categories from health care, higher education and highways to water, energy and industrial plants.

OSHA issues transgender restroom guidelines.

New York City's Dept. of Buildings is reforming critical processes as it prepares to receive a record number of building applications.

Aggregate revenue of contractors in the New York-New Jersey region dipped slightly in 2014, but Lendlease managed to buck that trend with a $112 million increase in regional revenue compared with 2013.

Related Companies vice president sees Hudson Yards as replicable

Regional revenue for the top 50 contractors in 2014 was $19.5 billion, down slightly from $20.3 billion in regional revenues for the top 50 contractors in 2013.

ENR New York has extended its Top Contractors Survey deadline to May 18, providing regional builders an additional time to participate in the annual program.

As the sponsor of two of the largest construction projects under way in the United States, New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority is one of the bigger players in construction and a vendor of significant opportunities for MWDBE contractors.

The June issue of ENR New York will feature the top ranked deign firms based on 2014 revenues. There was strong revenue growth throughout the region with the top firms booking an aggregate $4.8 billion in revenue in 2014, compared with $3.7 billion in 2013, and nine of the top 10 firms experiencing strong revenue

This blog is the first in my new capacity as the editor of ENR New York. I come to ENR through a common link with ENR's former parent company, McGraw-Hill.  I previously covered construction related issues in the power sector as a writer and editor for Platts.  I always enjoyed the steel-in-the-ground