ACG calls on new House to make America’s infrastructure great again
Contractors eager to work out funding for vital imporvements and to turn the tide on skilled worker shortage plaguing the construction industry.
Category : Construction & Design
Billion-dollar transformation of former Long Island College hospital enters second phase
Fredrik Eklund of the Eklund-Gomes Team of Douglas Elliman, along with John Gomes, Alex Maroni and Erin Lichy, is leading sales.
Engineer launches her own new firm
Architect and engineer Erleen Hatfield has launched Hatfield Group, a new structural engineering company based in New York City. The firm works nationally and internationally on all types of projects, with a particular specialty in sports, cultural, commercial and residential developments. Rounding out the Hatfield Group leadership team is architect...
Thornton Tomasetti awards scholarships, fellowships
The Thornton Tomasetti Foundation awarded six college students scholarships and research fellowships for use during the 2018-19 academic year. Bowen Plogmann, Sophie Sisson, Joanna Zou, received a TTF National Scholarship and $10,000 to pursue graduate studies in building engineering, design or technology. Fei Ding, Longxi Luo 3rd received a Student...
Cathedral upgrades are glass acts
Incorporating innovative, minimalist glass elements alongside exacting preservation work, the firm MBB (Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects) has helped bring new functionality to two historic cathedrals in New York City. At St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the company completed an all-glass interior facade. The 880 s/f, 48 ft. tall glass wall, with...
Durst gives 4 Times Square amenity floor $30M facelift
The Durst Organization has completed a $30 million refit of the amenity floor of its 4 Times Square office building. JRM Construction Management announced the interior fit-out provides amenities curated for asustainable space designed to promote wellness and community. JRM worked cwith Studios Architecture and ME Engineers to deliver the...
EW Howell tapped to build new library branch in Far Rockaway
The New York City Department of Design and Construction has awarded the contract to build the new Far Rockaway Branch of the Queens Public Library. EW Howell Construction Group will build the two-story, 17,500 s/f library designed by Norwegian-based architects Snøhetta. The lirbary will replace the existing 8,000 s/f building at...
Report: Most new apartments concentrated in Brooklyn, Queens
Queens or Brooklyn are braced for a rush of new apartment units as developers target the two boroughs over the others. According to a new report from Localize.city, more than half of the new units expected to open by 2020 are concentrated in just 10 neighborhoods. All but one (the...
Life sciences take 500,000 s/f leap forward
Alexandria Real Estate Equities is set to start work on a 550,000 s/f addition to its New York life sciences campus. The company announced a final agreement with the de Blasio Administration to start the third phase of development of its Alexandria Center for Life Science in Kips Bay, also...
One Vanderbilt rising fast in 2018
One Vanderbilt, the skyscraper being built next to Grand Central Station, is ahead of its construction schedule after making significant progress in 2018. The 77-story office tower is expected to open in 2020 and has so far reached the 54th floor with construction, using 8,755 pieces of steel and 46,933...