Category : Construction & Design

DOB building support among future leaders

REW June 6, 2019 June 6, 2019

by REWJune 6, 2019June 6, 20192014

Throughout the month of May, staff from the New York City Department of Buildings visited high schools and elementary schools across the five boroughs to participate in career days, hold Builder’s Challenge events, and gave presentations for our annual Junior Architects and Engineers program. These visits were designed to foster...

Construction & Design Technology

Thornton Tomasetti gets into 3D printing biz

REW June 5, 2019 June 5, 2019

by REWJune 5, 2019June 5, 20193325

construction giant looking to push the frontiers of design through digital fabrication

Construction & Design Featured

AG: Corrupt contractors hired pals to rebuild WTC

REW May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019

by REWMay 30, 2019May 30, 20192890

Alleged pay-to-play scheme came to light when on-site electricianscomplained some of their fellow sparkies didn't know a current from a conductor

Construction & Design Featured

CODE BREAKERS: Owner fined for turning three-family home 18-room SRO

REW May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019

by REWMay 30, 2019May 30, 20192506

This month's DOB enforcement bulletin includes an illegal Flushing coversion and a Carnegie Hill rental rapped for not have the right artwork in its garden

Construction & Design

CONSTRUCTION ROUNDUP: RAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES opens Upstate resort

REW May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019

by REWMay 30, 2019May 30, 20192526

● COLLIERS PROJECT MANAGEMENT Church of the Archangels renovation complete Colliers International | Project Management announced the completion of renovations to Stamford, Connecticut’s Church of the Archangels, a historic Greek Orthodox church built in 1958 and founded in 1919. Colliers delivered project management services on the $2.5 million second phase of construction...

Construction & Design

CBRE to manage renovation of NY Public Library building

REW May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019

by REWMay 30, 2019May 30, 20192849

CBRE announced that its Project Management group is providing project management and cost consultancy services for the renovation of The New York Public Library’s iconic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, located on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street. The project will upgrade and renovate the Schwarzman Building to prepare the historic library...

Construction & Design

Crystal supplying windows for affordable property

REW May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019

by REWMay 30, 2019May 30, 20191368

Crystal Window & Door Systems is playing a role in New York City’s efforts to solve its affordable housing crisis. One of the newest buildings in the DeBlasio Administration’s Housing New York Plan to construct or preserve 300,000 units of affordable housing during the period 2014 to 2026 is 425...

Construction & Design

Building Congress celebrates industry leaders

REW May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019

by REWMay 30, 2019May 30, 20191658

The New York Building Congress held its 98th Anniversary Leadership Awards Luncheon last week and celebrated the accomplishments of New York’s building industry. “This is a built environment and when you are a built environment you have to continue to build and you have to continue to renew, and that’s...