Category : Construction & Design

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), has released a new report, “LEED in Motion: Residential,” showing the growing green trends in the homes market. The report reveals that green, LEED-certified homes have grown 19 percent since 2017 and are at an all-time high with nearly 500,000 single family, multifamily and...

On Monday, the New York City Buildings Department halted all crane work citywide by United Crane and Rigging (“United”), the firm that DOB has identified as responsible for a crane accident on July 30th at a NYCHA building at 749 FDR Drive. The agency’s order will remain in effect until the firm replaces the personnel...

Ryan Soames Engineering announced the acquisition of Adaptive Engineering Professionals (AEP), the full-service mechanical, electrical and plumbing consulting firm located in New Jersey. The company, based in West Orange, will employ three team members, led by company executive R. Alex Giordano, PE. AEP has completed commercial, residential, educational, industrial and...

Construction spending declined in June from May 2019 and June 2018 levels, but most categories other than single-family homebuilding ended the first half of the year ahead of the year-to-date totals for 2018, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new federal spending data. Association...

Developer Foxy Management has opened a new senior housing property at 1880 Boston Road in the West Farms neighborhood of the Bronx. The 168-unit development added eight stories to an existing building that includes community facility space occupied by Cerebral Palsy of New York State and Metro Community Health Center,...

The city’s contractors are upbeat about their bottom line despite worries about labor conditions and compliance issues. Overall, 86 percentof those surveyed by Grassi & Co. see revenues remaining the same or increasing. Grassi & Co. recently embarked on a three-month-long survey, conducted by an independent research firm, of contractors...