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Mayor plans to fight obesity by building more stairs

REW Staff
by REW Staff988
The city’s “nanny” mayor is kicking his campaign to get New Yorkers fit and healthy up a step – in fact, several steps. Mayor Bloomberg this morning announced a series of first-in-the-nation anti-obesity initiatives that include designing new buildings with more stairways so that people will be encouraged to move around more. “New York City has been a leader when it comes to promoting healthier eating and now we’re leading when it comes to encouraging physical activity as well,” said Mayor Bloomberg, who has outlawed everything from oversized sodas to trans-fat.
Construction & Design

Gardiner & Theobald expanding into New Jersey

REW Staff
by REW Staff859
Gardiner & Theobald, a global construction consultancy, providing project management and cost management services, has expanded into New Jersey with a dedicated office and leadership team. The announcement was made by Jonathan Andrew, senior director, who said, “We have serviced many clients throughout the tri-state area, but recognize the importance...
Construction & Design

Trade groups sue city over modular construction safety

REW Staff
by REW Staff662
The Plumbing Foundation City of New York, Inc. and the Mechanical Contractors of New York, Inc. are suing the city for allegedly flouting safety procedures to allow developer Forest City Ratner to built North America’s first high-rise modular apartment building. But both the city and the developer have come out...
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Hollister Shacked up in NJ

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by REW Staff
Hollister Construction Services has begun work on the interior fit-out construction of a new Joe’s Crab Shack restaurant inside the recently opened Courtyard Newark Downtown … Continued
Construction & Design

Society shines a light on best design projects

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by REW Staff752
The Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section (IESNYC), the largest section in the Society, announced the recipients of the 2013 Lumen Awards at the 45th annual Lumen Gala, the most celebrated lighting event in New York City. Seven New York City-based lighting design firms — Arup, Cline Bettridge Bernstein...
Construction & Design

Skanska breaks ground on Bayonne Bridge project

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by REW Staff821
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie joined hundreds of local construction workers from New York and New Jersey, along with construction firms Skanska USA and Kiewit Infrastructure Co., and executives from The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey July 2, to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Bayonne Bridge project.
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China firm’s $1B hotel plan

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by REW925
By Holly Dutton China’s largest commercial real estate firm is in talks to spend $1 billion building a four-star New York City hotel and adjacent apartment building. The chairman of the Dalian Wanda Group told Reuters in Beijing last week that he expects to make a formal announcement of the deal in the third quarter of this year.