Category : Construction & Design

AECOM Technology, a provider of technical and management support services, announced that a joint venture between AECOM, its Tishman Construction arm, and STV, has been awarded a $19-million contract by the Moynihan Station Development Corporation in partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ). Under the contract, the joint venture will provide construction management services and rail expertise for the first phase of Moynihan Station construction in Manhattan. Phase 1 is slated for completion during 2016. Planning is underway for phase two, which includes a grand hall in the center of the Farley building

New York University has unveiled plans for a superschool that it believes will position Brooklyn as the epicenter of global thinking about how cities around the world operate in the face of growing populations. In response to a request for proposals from the City of New York, NYU plans to build the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) in a 60,000 s/f space at 1 Metrotech Center in Downtown Brooklyn. Classes would begin in that space as early as September 2013.

As bad as the job losses have been so far for the construction sector, the future looks even more bleak, according to the newest report from the New York Building Congress. “2013 could be a painful year for a lot of local families if our employment projections hold,” NYBC president Richard Anderson is warning. “The current and forecasted employment numbers illustrate quite vividly the real life implications of the economic downturn on New York City and our industry.”

By Roland LiNew York University will seek to designate two strips of land south of Washington Square Park as city parkland, as it moves forward with an expansion plan that would add four new buildings to the area. The change, characterized by the school as a concession to neighborhood groups that had requested that the land be preserved, would also shift a new building 15 feet west.

By Roland Li1 World Trade Center: The centerpiece of the new site is now over 80 stories high and is now the tallest building in Lower Manhattan. When completed, the spire will reach a symbolic 1,776 feet, making it the tallest building in the United States and third tallest in the world. David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the 3 million s/f building. Beijing Vantone Industrial Company, a Chinese real estate company, was the first commercial tenant, leasing around 190,810 s/f. It plans to build a cultural and business center in its facilities.