Category : Construction & Design

Construction & Design

Apprentice program offers a path to the middle class

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by REW1129
By Gary LaBarbera, president, Building and Construction Trades Council It was not long ago that our nation’s economic outlook was bleak. Countless Americans faced the prospect of unemployment, and the most pressing question for many families was, “How are we going to make ends meet?” Today, our economy is growing,...
PPPs key to infrastructure on time, under budget
Construction & Design

PPPs key to infrastructure on time, under budget

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by REW720
Private investment in public infrastructure is the funding game-changer New York needs, according to AECOM Capital’s Samara Barend. Speaking at the first ever Buildings & Infrastructure Seminar hosted by Professional Women in Construction last week, Barend, senior vice president and public private partnership development director with AECOM Capital, called her...
PPPs key to infrastructure on time, under budget
Construction & Design

PPPs key to infrastructure on time, under budget

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by REW720
Private investment in public infrastructure is the funding game-changer New York needs, according to AECOM Capital’s Samara Barend. Speaking at the first ever Buildings & Infrastructure Seminar hosted by Professional Women in Construction last week, Barend, senior vice president and public private partnership development director with AECOM Capital, called her...
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World Trade Center rebuilding paying off for Port Authority

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by REW1688
NYU’s Rudin Center for Transportation has released a new analysis showing that the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey​ ​is poised ​to recover nearly all of its anticipated $16.76 billion investment in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center. The report, entitled “Surprise! World Trade Center Rebuilding Pays...
Construction & Design

Witkoff Group breaks ground on Times Square hotel

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by REW1390
Witkoff and its partners, along with Marriott International and Ian Schrager, celebrated the groundbreaking on October 27 of the highly anticipated, mixed-use development at 20 Times Square. The announcement was made by Steven Witkoff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Witkoff. Set to rise in the world-renowned Times Square bowtie...
New report warns New York will have plenty of apartments, but no roads or rails to get people there
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New report warns New York will have plenty of apartments, but no roads or rails to get people there

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by REW992
In a year that has seen private sector builders reach “epic” levels of spending, New York’s powerful Building Congress has chided the public sector’s lack of investment in vital infrastructure projects. “It is remarkable that New York City is poised to reach such heights in spending in a year in...
Construction & Design

Gene Kaufman breaks ground on newest hotel project just as another one opens

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by REW1927
A boutique hotel designed by Gene Kaufman Architect breaks ground this month at 333 West 38th Street, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. The 34,000 s/f, 21-story hotel will have 79 rooms. Almost simultaneously, a 271-room Holiday Inn New York-Times Square South, designed by Kaufman will open next at 585 Eighth...
Construction & Design

Chakrabarti launches his own company

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by REW1198
Architect Vishaan Chakrabarti announced the creation of the Partnership for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU), a new professional services firm dedicated to the advancement of cities through cosmopolitan architecture and strategically innovative urban planning. “We are at the beginning stages of a historic urban expansion,ˮ said Chakrabarti. “With a thorough understanding...
Construction & Design

William Vale Hotel tops out in Brooklyn

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by REW3111
Riverside Developers officially announced the topping out of The William Vale, one of Brooklyn’s most highly anticipated hotel projects rising in Williamsburg. The project, located at 55 Wythe Avenue, between 12th and 13th Streets, will bring 183 rooms to market and stand 21 stories. “The topping out milestone at The...