Category : Construction & Design

NEA grant will fund project for women architects

REW Staff November 14, 2012 November 14, 2012

by REW StaffNovember 14, 2012November 14, 2012732

The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to pursue a project recording the accomplishments of 50 women architects. BWAF has selected a national advisory council of esteemed architectural scholars to oversee the selection of women architects for the foundation’s new special...

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Engineers complete Barclays security work

REW Staff November 14, 2012 November 14, 2012

by REW StaffNovember 14, 2012November 14, 2012749

WSP Flack + Kurtz, the international engineering firm, has completed work as the MEP and security systems engineering firm for Barclays Center, the new multi-purpose arena in Brooklyn, N.Y., where the National Basketball Association’s Brooklyn Nets are playing this season. “It was a pleasure working with Forest City Ratner on...

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Newark okays plan for new biomed facility

REW Staff November 14, 2012 November 14, 2012

by REW StaffNovember 14, 2012November 14, 2012757

Architecture firm Francis Cauffman announced that the city of Newark, New Jersey has approved its design for French company Biotrial’s new North American headquarters in Newark’s University Heights Science Park. This district is part of Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s urban redevelopment initiative and Biotrial will join other biomedical organizations and...

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Builders urge city to be prepared for disaster

REW Staff November 14, 2012 November 14, 2012

by REW StaffNovember 14, 2012November 14, 2012786

New York Building Congress is calling for an “immediate examinationˮ of how the city can better prepare natural disaster. The devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy exposed the city’ is vulnerability to severe weather, noted the Congress. “Once power, transit and other essential services are fully restored, the city, with the...

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Durst taking LEED in setting new green standards

Sarah Trefethen November 14, 2012 November 14, 2012

by Sarah TrefethenNovember 14, 2012November 14, 2012990

The Durst Organization is out to set the standard for green building — literally. The developer of One Bryant Park, the first LEED platinum certified skyscraper in the country, has announced it will not seek LEED certification for its residential pyramid planned for West 57th Street. “Up until now, we’ve always used LEED and we greatly respect what has been accomplished in making the public aware of the issues,” said Jody Durst. “But we’ve been at it now for so long we think that the current standard is holding us back.”

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Builders volunteer to pay ‘unconstitutional’ tax

REW Staff November 14, 2012 November 14, 2012

by REW StaffNovember 14, 2012November 14, 2012

By Holly Dutton The New York Building Congress has vowed to voluntarily pay a tax declared unconstitutional by the courts because, it says, the money … Continued

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Newark approves design for new bio-med facility

REW Staff November 7, 2012 November 7, 2012

by REW StaffNovember 7, 2012November 7, 20121123

Architecture firm Francis Cauffman announced today that the city of Newark, New Jersey has approved its design for French company Biotrial’s new North American headquarters in Newark’s University Heights Science Park. This district is part of Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s urban redevelopment initiative and Biotrial will join other biomedical organizations...

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World Trade Center building schedule still on track

REW Staff November 7, 2012 November 7, 2012

by REW StaffNovember 7, 2012November 7, 2012799

Construction at the World Trade Center resumed this week after floodwaters poured into the site during Hurricane Sandy. The day after the storm the decimated much of the tri-state area, Silverstein Properties said inspectors examined the company’s three building sites along the eastern portion of the WTC site. According to the company, all of the construction cranes at the site are in “working order,” no structural damage occurred at any of Silverstein’s WTC towers, including 4WTC, which remains on schedule to be completed in 2013.

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Sinatra penthouse view is nothin’ but Blue Skies

REW Staff October 24, 2012 October 24, 2012

by REW StaffOctober 24, 2012October 24, 2012767

A Flushing window manufacturer has made sure that the view from Frank Sinatra’s former penthouse is Blue Skies … nothin’ but blue skies. Crystal Window & Door Systems’ high-end windows and terrace doors were installed as part of a gut renovation of Ol Blue Eyes’ famous Manhattan “apartment in the...

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Cooper Union out to produce brightest lightbulbs in the box

REW Staff October 24, 2012 October 24, 2012

by REW StaffOctober 24, 2012October 24, 2012788

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and CleanEdison Inc. has announced a partnership to offer a series of certificate-based classes specializing in energy efficiency training for commercial buildings. The partnership with training provider CleanEdison provides the only class in New York City offering Building Energy Sustainability certification. “The training courses fill an important need in New York City for entry level professionals who are seeking to update their skills and successfully compete in the workforce in the areas of facilities maintenance and operations,ˮ said David Greenstein, director of continuing education and public programs at The Cooper Union.