Category : Construction & Design

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that the $1.5 billion expansion of the Javits Center will be substantially complete by March 2021. The massive project, which will add 1.2 million square feet of total event-related space on Manhattan’s West Side, is moving toward an on-time, on-budget completion with the expansion’s steel...

The MTA’s $600 million contract with Bombardier Transit Corporation to produce 300 subway cars is nearly three years behind schedule. An audit New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer found that, throughout the seven-year extended contract term, Bombardier consistently failed to timely meet project milestones, comply with technical requirements, produce...

RXR Realty has begun the ground-up construction of a new 28-story development at 26 South Division Street in New Rochelle, the first of two projects being undertaken at the site. Once completed, 26 South Division Street will feature 352 market-rate apartments, ranging from studio to one- two- and three-bedroom apartments...

New York City development sites are getting safer, according to the latest numbers from the Department of Buildings. While the construction boom continues unabated, the number of workers injured during the construction of buildings has fallen by over one quarter since the beginning of this year. “The backbone of New...

Wildflower Ltd. has secured an incentive package for its three-story warehouse being built close to JFK airport. JFK Logistics Center will be built at 53-51 Rockaway Blvd., Woodmere, on what is now a long-term parking lot for travelers using the airport. The three-story warehouse of about 235,234 s/f will bring...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Design-Build team of Urbahn Architects, Citnalta-Forte, and HAKS have completed renovations to three subway stations, one in Manhattan and two in the Bronx. The combined $88 million modernization involved structural, infrastructure, safety and passenger comfort enhancements to the Number 3 train/IRT Lenox Avenue...

Department of Buildings (DOB) inspectors have begun proactive sweeps of over 6,000 construction sites to educate workers about construction site safety. The sweeps come in advance of a December 1 deadline by which every worker and supervisor on major construction sites will be required to have undergone mandatory hours of...