Category : Construction & Design

Construction & Design

Transportation chiefs working together to succeed

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by REW Staff806
“We succeed or fail together. We need to focus our planning on projects that benefit all of us while generating operational efficiencies,” said Veronique (Ronnie) Hakim, executive director of NJ Transit, in a clarion call for inter-agency collaboration echoed by the top transportation leaders at Professional Women In Construction’s (PWC)...
Lone office building a grey area for Brookfield as giant presses ahead with building a new Manhattan
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Lone office building a grey area for Brookfield as giant presses ahead with building a new Manhattan

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by REW1270
There is a mysterious grey square on the otherwise well-labelled site map of Brookfield’s Manhattan West project. It is nestled in the middle of a U-shaped string of planned restaurants, retail units, an office tower and a hotel, exactly where planners might envision a public plaza. As it turns out, the grey square is a 13-story office building owned by Raju Shah’s Vectra Management Group. It is the only building on the block not under Brookfield’s control, and has become the figurative thorn in the side of the company’s $4.5 billion mixed-use megaproject. For years, Vectra has resisted Brookfield’s attempts to buy the pre-war building at 424 West 33rd Street, forcing the company to build around it, measure every tiny vibration and limit construction work during business hours
Construction & Design

Hunter College facilities chief Rick Chandler is new Commish

REW Staff
by REW Staff538
Mayor de Blasio has mnamed Rick Chandler as the Department of Buildings Commissioner. Chandler is a professional engineer and assistant vice president of facilities at Hunter College. He brings years of large-scale management experience and expertise in the building code and zoning resolution to the job. Chandler served as a...
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Grand Central owner goes off the rails on 1 Vanderbilt

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by REW868
By Konrad Putzier The owner of Grand Central Terminal threatened to sue over One Vanderbilt last week, putting a damper on an otherwise encouraging City Planning hearing on SL Green’s planned office tower. As the Commercial Observer reported, Grand Central’s owner, Argent Ventures, sent two lawyers to the hearing to...
B.R. Fries completes Pandora Media NYC headquarters
Construction & Design

B.R. Fries completes Pandora Media NYC headquarters

REW Staff
by REW Staff958
B.R. Fries & Associates has announced the completion of the East Coast headquarters of Pandora Media, for which it provided construction management (CM) services. The workplace specialist  has managed all aspects of building out Pandora Media’s new, 50,000 s/f, two-floor  corporate offices, including the fabrication and installation of a variety...
Construction innovators, leaders honored
Construction & Design

Construction innovators, leaders honored

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by REW Staff727
The New York Construction Awards, hosted by accounting and consulting firm Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP and presented by The New York Building Congress (NYBC), The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC NY), and The American Institute of Architects – New York Chapter (AIA-NY) honored industry innovators,...
DA cracks craigslist construction safety scam
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DA cracks craigslist construction safety scam

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by REW Staff890
Renegade contractors hired hairdressers and bellhops from craigslist to act as safety inspectors at city construction sites, according to charges filed by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. Richard Marini and Richard Sfraga, managed consulting firm Avanti, which purported to provide licensed site safety managers for active construction projects. But an investigation by the New York City Department of Investigation (DOI) with assistance from the New York County District Attorney’s Office (DANY) found that between 2012 and 2014, Avanti and NYCB Engineering Group, LLC, falsified more than 450 documents at 40 construction sites across Manhattan.
Construction & Design

NEWS: Nassau Hilton gets okay; Goodman Birtcher $350M

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by REW Staff843
● ROSLYN O-S LLC New Nassau County Hilton okayed Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced that the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency has approved an economic development compact that paves the way for a new Hilton Garden Inn in Port Washington. The project will create 300 full-time equivalent construction...
Construction & Design

NYU unveils ‘genius school’ renderings

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by REW Staff858
NYU has unveiled its plans to turn the long-dormant, City-owned 370 Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn into a modern, sustainable academic center that will be part of the University’s expanding engineering and applied sciences programs in Brooklyn. The University’s renovation of the 500,000 s/f building – which will serve as...