News New York contractor jailed after ‘stringing customers along for years’ A builder in Niagara County, New York, has been sentenced to up to eight years in state prison after a three-year period in which he accepted deposits from homeowners but…
News New York’s floating pool concept to be tested this month New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul have said a swimming pool that floats in and filters the city’s waters will be tested in the…
News Waterlogged New York area to get $52m sewerage overhaul A neglected and flood-prone neighbourhood in the Borough of Queens in New York City is getting a $51.8m overhaul to help it cope with worsening rain brought by climate change.…
News Work starts on New York City’s first offshore wind terminal Norway-headquartered energy developer Equinor last month broke ground on a project to turn New York City’s South Brooklyn Marine Terminal into a construction hub for Equinor’s first US offshore wind…
News New York offshore wind could give hydrogen below $2/kg, say researchers Wind farms off the coast of New York could power green hydrogen production at below $2 a kilogram by 2030, say researchers at the US state-funded National Renewable Energy Laboratory…
News Skanska wins $596m contract to replace Albany’s old swinging bridge Skanska has signed a $596m contract with the New York State Department of Transportation to replace the 122-year-old Livingston Avenue railway bridge in Albany, the capital of New York state.…
News NYC’s building department wins prize for first design-build job New York City’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced today that its first design-and-build project was named project of the year at the Construction Management Association of America’s awards…
News Queens, New York gets six miles of new storm sewers The NYC Departments of Environmental Protection, Transportation and Design and Construction have completed two infrastructure projects totalling $128m in Whitestone, Queens that added nearly six miles of new storm sewers…
News $41m bridge replacement in New York’s Flushing Meadows park New York City Parks and the NYC Department of Design and Construction broke ground yesterday on a $41m project to renovate Tide Gate Bridge in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in…
News New York demands freedom from lowest-bidder contracting New York City is trying to break free from state rules requiring the use of lowest-bidder contracting, rallying at City Hall last week under the slogan “Let NYC Build Better,…
News Mini industrial tower set for Queens NYC New York developer Innovo Property Group plans to build a six-story industrial building in the Borden Innovation District on Review Ave in Queens. Set for completion in the autumn of…
News Skanska win $861m deal to turn South Brooklyn Marine Terminal into ‘wind port’ Norwegian energy company Equinor has chosen Skanska for a $861m project to turn the 73-acre South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in New York into an “offshore wind port”. The scope includes…
News $100m for expansion of New York’s Ellis Island migrant museum The Statue of Liberty–Ellis Island Foundation is to spend $100m on the refurbishment and extension of a museum that recalls the history of migration to New York. The 34-year-old, 137,000…
News New York training school charged with issuing 20,000 fake safety certificates Six people have been accused of running a construction safety training school in the US that issued certificates to some 20,000 students who did not undertake the 40 hours of…
News Arcadis team wins role on $16bn New York transport corridor A joint venture between Dutch engineer Arcadis, British contractor Mace and American consultant Parsons has been chosen as the delivery partner for the $16bn Hudson Tunnel Project. The scheme involves…
News Major affordable housing complex tops out in Brooklyn Friday saw the topping out of New York City real estate company Douglaston Development’s 1057 Atlantic Avenue, a 474,000-sq-ft, 456-unit multifamily rental development in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbourhood.
News Staten Island to get first new recreation centre in 14 years New York City mayor Eric Adams oversaw the groundbreaking ceremony for the $92m Mary Cali Dalton Recreation Center in Tompkinsville, Staten Island on Friday.
News Google set to move into renovated 1930s train terminal in New York Work has been completed on a 1930s train terminal in New York’s Tribeca neighbourhood that is to become to 3,000 Google staff. The St John’s Terminal (SJT) was the last…
