News Ground broken on final tower at World Trade Centre site Ground has broken on the final commercial building at the World Trade Center campus redevelopment in Manhattan. It will take the place of Two World Trade Center, the south tower…
News Evacuations in Manhattan after office-tower collapse scare Authorities ordered the evacuation of streets and buildings in part of Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on Tuesday 7 July over fears that a 37-storey office tower being converted to…
News Skanska and Walsh team lands $1.29bn Hudson River tunnel contract A team of US companies Traylor Bros. and Walsh Construction alongside Sweden’s Skanska has won a $1.29bn contract to build a segment of New York’s Hudson Tunnel Project. It’s the…
News Hudson Tunnel Project sues Trump administration over funding freeze Commission says 1,000 jobs would be lost if agreed funding doesn’t come by Friday. The agency in charge of the $16bn Hudson Tunnel Project in New York and New Jersey…
News New York Attorney General sues Trump administration over cancelled wind schemes New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration’s stop-work orders on two major offshore wind projects set to power more than a million…
News New York plans $45bn, decade long transport spend The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced a $45bn investment blueprint for the region’s airports, bus infrastructure, railways and ports between 2026 and 2035. The so-called…
News New York bridge project is $93m under budget and 51 months early New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is celebrating a crucial railway bridge replacement project that it says is $93m under budget and a whopping 51 months ahead of schedule. The…
News Rampant time fraud uncovered among rail maintenance staff A two-year investigation has uncovered widespread time fraud among maintenance staff on New York’s Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), raising questions over the effectiveness of swipe-card time and attendance systems.
News Mace, Parsons, Arcadis win $665m extension of Hudson Tunnel Project The “MPA Delivery Partners” joint venture of Mace, Parsons, and Arcadis has won a $665m, 4.5-year contract extension to keep delivering the $16bn Hudson Tunnel Project in New York. The…
News Designer picked for $2bn New York subway extension Denmark-headquartered design and engineering consultant Cowi has been picked as lead designer for the second phase of the nearly $2bn Second Avenue Subway project in New York City. It will…
News Jacobs JV to start designing New York’s new light railway A joint venture of Jacobs and HDR will provide engineering consultancy for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Interborough Express Light Rail Project.
News Trump administration makes U-turn on New York’s $5bn Empire Wind scheme Donald Trump’s assault on offshore wind appeared to falter Monday when, barely a month after his administration ordered Norwegian energy firm Equinor to stop work immediately on its 810MW Empire…
News Mammoet lifts New York’s Portal Bridge replacement into position Dutch heavy lift specialist Mammoet has completed a tricky operation to replace a century-old rail bridge over the Hackensack River in the New York metropolitan area.
News OMA to expand Manhattan’s New Museum The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has been selected to design a 60,000 sq ft extension to a contemporary art gallery in Manhattan. The New Museum was designed by Japanese…
News Tutor Perini to build $3.8bn Manhattan prison A joint venture between US contractors Tutor Perini and O&G has won a $3.8bn deal to build a prison in Manhattan for New York City’s Department of Design and Construction…
News Judge halts $1bn expressway scheme in Buffalo A New York State Supreme Court judge has ordered the suspension of the $1bn Kensington Expressway Project in Buffalo because the state’s department of transportation (NYSDOT) did not conduct an…
News Tutor Perini JV wins $1.18bn Manhattan tunnel for Hudson megaproject A joint venture of Tutor Perini and its heavy civil engineering subsidiary, Frontier-Kemper Constructors, has won a $1.18bn contract to dig the Manhattan Tunnel, a project that prepares the ground…
News Turner breaks ground on New York’s first soccer stadium Turner Construction has broken ground on a $780m soccer stadium for New York City FC in Willets Point, Queens. Etihad Park will become the city’s first stadium dedicated to (non-American)…