Quality Control Details of Sealed Whistleblower Charges Over Cuomo Bridge Bolts Burst Into Public View Richard Korman March 9, 2021 3 Comments Fluor-led consortium argues to seal the remaining legal record to prevent unneeded public worry over safety of major NY crossing.Read More
NYC Subway Tunnel Work Finishes Months Ahead of Schedule Aileen Cho April 27, 2020 One Comment Academicians suggested ideas that eliminated the need for planned long shutdown of key L Train line.Read More
Coronavirus and Construction Army Corps of Engineers Launches Multistate Push To Add Hospital Capacity Tom Ichniowski March 20, 2020 No Comments Corps is working with at least 13 states to convert hotels, college dorms into "ICU-like" space, its commander Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite says.Read More
Coronavirus and Construction Rep. DeFazio: FEMA Asks Army Corps to Help Build Emergency Health Facilities Tom Ichniowski Debra K. Rubin March 18, 2020 One Comment Corps says its commander met with N.Y. Gov. Cuomo but has not yet "been assigned a COVID-19 mission." Read More
NY Boosts Infrastructure Spend to $275B in New Budget Plan, Says Governor Eydie Cubarrubia January 29, 2020 No Comments Cuomo sets ambitious transport, climate change agenda amid agency upheavalsRead More
Gov. Cuomo Signs Design-Build Bill for NYC Projects January 8, 2020 No Comments The New York governor signed into law Dec. 30 a bill approved by state legislators last summer allowing the use of design-build for a handful of New York City departments. Read More
The American Infrastructure How NY Gov. Cuomo Shares the Pain on Infrastructure: An Editorial Are engineers the adversaries in fixing New York subways? ENR Editors June 13, 2019 2 Comments Why New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's engineer-bashing is unneeded.Read More
Transportation and Transit Engineers Face Demand For Fee Cut On NY Projects The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants 10% off current contract work Richard Korman May 28, 2019 3 Comments It isn’t clear how many engineers complied with the cut required by the transportation authority.Read More
Buffalo Billion Profit Clawbacks Could Total $40 Million Mary B. Powers December 19, 2018 No Comments Prosecutors target gains by sentenced upstate N.Y. bid-rig defendantsRead More
NY 'Buffalo Billion' Bribe Execs Sentenced to Jail, Hefty Fines Mary B. Powers December 12, 2018 No Comments Sentences for four contractor, developer and owner executives follow contentious trials since February in upstate pay to play scheme.Read More