Category : Construction & Design

Construction & Design

Hospital adopts anti-microbial cooling tower tech

REW
by REW1475
In New York City, a series of deadly outbreaks of Legionnaires Disease has become an all too common occurrence. So, when a cooling tower supporting the HVAC system at NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln was nearing its expected end of life, the management saw an opportunity. The years before, the neighboring...
Former Chevy dealership to become transit oriented development
Construction & Design

Former Chevy dealership to become transit oriented development

REW
by REW1473
With the completion of a formal site plan submission, Prism Capital Partners is poised to move forward on the adaptive reuse of a five-acre parcel at the corner of Rahway Avenue and Green Street in Woodbridge. The mixed-use Transit Oriented Community will have 232 apartments and 12,000 s/f of retail...
Construction & Design

City breaks ground for new East New York school

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by REW1119
The city has broken groun on a new school facility in East New York. The new state-of-the-art building will provide 1,000 seats for pre-K through 8th grade students, and will open for the 2020-21 school year. “For too long in our city, developers wrote the rules while government stood on...
Construction & Design

Mayor de Blasio puts planned BQX on fast track

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by REW1318
New York Building Congres president Carlo A. Scissura hailed the city’s plan to fast-track the planned BQX lightrail project as a 21st century move. “With the BQX, New York City is taking an intelligent, 21st-century approach to infrastructure planning, demonstrating that our city can still take on big projects,” said...
Magnusson Architecture to design 400-unit Brooklyn development
Construction & Design

Magnusson Architecture to design 400-unit Brooklyn development

REW
by REW2314
The architectural design for Livonia 4, a 420-plus housing development on four sites in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, has been awarded to Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC (MAP). Fernando Villa AIA, LEED AP BD+C, the MAP Principal-in-Charge of the project said construction is estimated to begin after the Uniform...
Governors Island commercial rezoning effort begins public review process
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Governors Island commercial rezoning effort begins public review process

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by REW2643
The de Blasio Administration has officially initiated the public review process for a rezoning of the southern half of Governors Island. This effort has the potential to unlock up to 4.5 million square feet of commercial, academic, cultural and institutional development that would complement and financially sustain the Island’s popular...
Myer calls on ConEd to protect untouched Williamsburg waterfront from development
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Myer calls on ConEd to protect untouched Williamsburg waterfront from development

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by REW3296
One of Brooklyn’s leading economic development groups is pushing Con Edison to protect one of the last, untouched stretches of the Williamsburg waterfront. Regina Myer, head of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, wants the utility company to sell a 3.2-acre land assemblage on River Street to a buyer willing to dedicate...
Plaza Construction introduces gender neutral worksite signs
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Plaza Construction introduces gender neutral worksite signs

Linda O'Flanagan
by Linda O'Flanagan7083
Plaza Construction is replacing its men at work signs with new gender neutral signs. The move it part of a company-wide initiative to attract more women to the industry as it faces its worst skilled worker shortage in decades. Research has shown that level of gender inequality in construction pay...