Category : Construction & Design

Construction & Design

$230M Westchester medical center tops out

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by REW1068
Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) and Westchester County celebrated the height of construction on the health network’s new Ambulatory Care Pavilion adjacent to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla – the largest healthcare construction project in Westchester County in decades – with a ceremony recognizing the construction milestone. Representatives from...
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JB&B completes Cornell campus engineering work

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by REW1794
Jaros, Baum & Bolles (JB&B) has completed its work at Cornell Tech’s new campus on Roosevelt Island. JB&B partner Scott Frank supervised engineering on the innovative project’s master plan and The Bridge building on campus with associate Maxwell Hatfield-Biondo. The advanced technology needed for the campus, which opened this month,...
Next step on East Side Greenway plan
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Next step on East Side Greenway plan

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by REW1483
The formal design process for a new section of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway between East 61st Street and East 53rd Street will officially kick off next week. Joined by local officials to tour a portion of the existing greenway and discuss plans for its expansion, Mayor Bill de Blasio said...
$33M resiliency program launched at Knickerbocker
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$33M resiliency program launched at Knickerbocker

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by REW2207
Knickerbocker Village, the Lower East Side development still reeling from damage from Hurricane Sandy, is to get a multi-million upgrade to protect it from future storms. Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer announced a $33.5 million grant through HPD’s Build it Back Multifamily Storm Recovery and Resiliency Program will...
Builders worried Trump tax plan will hurt New York
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Builders worried Trump tax plan will hurt New York

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by REW1417
Although the president’s proposed tax plan aims to simplify the tax code, it could actually make developing and owning property in New York more difficult, according to some experts. Introduced in a white paper report last Wednesday, President Trump’s proposal, dubbed the “Unified Framework for Fixing Our Broken Tax Code,”...
Hurricanes giving worker-starved sector lesson in poor planning
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Hurricanes giving worker-starved sector lesson in poor planning

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by REW1033
A national construction labor shortage has been magnified by two devastating hurricanes, leaving many in the construction industry struggling to fill positions. A recent report by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) found that nationwide, 70 percent of construction firms are having a hard time filling hourly craft positions...
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L+M to boogie down in Bronx as $194M development moves forward

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by REW2010
The city has tapped prolific New York builder L&M Development for the new Bronx Point waterfront development that will include 1,045 apartments, an esplanade, outdoor performance space, and The Universal Hip-Hop Museum, the nation’s first brick and mortar hip-hop museum. L&M will collaborate with Type A Projects and longtime BronxWorks...
City Council approves controversial construction safety bill
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City Council approves controversial construction safety bill

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by REW1440
The New York City Council has unanimously approved a bill that would mandate at least 40 hours of training for construction workers across the city. Intro. 1447, which was crafted as a reaction to a spate of construction worker deaths, was passed with a vote of 42-0. The final version...
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City Council set to vote on construction safety bill

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by REW1577
The New York City Council is set to vote on a bill that would mandate at least 40 hours of training for construction workers across the city. Intro. 1447, which was crafted as a reaction to a spate of construction worker deaths, is likely headed for approval after stalling repeatedly....
Navillus to put pioneering facade on new school
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Navillus to put pioneering facade on new school

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by REW1401
Navillus Contracting has been awarded the contract for masonry at IS323, a new seven-story, Intermediate Public School located at 75 Morton Street in Lower Manhattan. The new school is being constructed on the site of a former 100-year-old hospital, and developed by the New York City School Construction Authority (SCA)....