Constructioneer articles from February 2007

Constructioneer archives from February 2007

Skanska To Rebuild Aircraft Carrier Intrepid Pier In New York.
February 5, 2007... Staff Skanska USA Building Inc. announced December 12 that the 36,000-ton aircraft carrier Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum went on leave from its home at Pier 86 in New York, to a shipyard in Bayonne, New Jersey, to undergo a two-year,...

Gas Tax Increase, Pennsylvania Commission Suggests.
February 5, 2007... Staff Key recommendations of Pennsylvania's Transportation Funding and Reform Commission were released November 13. For Highways and Bridges, they include: 1. Raise $900 million for state-owned highways and bridges by increasing oil...

Historic Jersey Shore Town Approves Major Redevelopment Plan.
February 5, 2007... Staff Trustees of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association have approved a plan by Wesley Atlantic Village Enterprises to redevelop a significant 3.2-acre oceanfront tract of land. Located immediately south of Asbury Park, the site has sat...

EPA Announces $7-Million Lower Manhattan Air Testing Program.(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Staff The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on December 7 a $7-million program to test indoor spaces in lower Manhattan area. EPA scientists said the vast majority of occupied residential and commercial spaces in lower...

Pennsylvania Solicits Pike Privatization Proposals.
February 5, 2007... Staff Governor Edward G. Rendell and Pennsylvania Transportation Secretary Al Biehler, P.E., announced December 6 that the Commonwealth will solicit expressions of interest from private firms to determine the potential value of leasing or...

Meadowlands Football Stadium Gets Funding Boost.
February 5, 2007... Staff To help fund the new Meadowlands football stadium, The New York Giants and Jets will receive a $300-million loan from NFL owners. The owners approved the loan at their NFL owners meeting in Frisco, Texas. The ballpark is projected to...

N.J. Town Exercises Eminent Domain To Block Developer.
February 5, 2007... Staff Mount Laurel Township Council was within its rights to seize land from a developer in order to preserve open space, according to a December 7 ruling from the New Jersey Supreme Court. To acquire land to preserve open space, the...

Air Terminals, Tunnel Top 2007 Port Authority Budget.
February 5, 2007... Staff The Port Authority released its 2007 preliminary 2007 budget on November 30. It increases capital expenditures by $625 million and holds operating expenses flat while continuing to increase security spending and decrease...

Sewage Treatment Squeeze in Northern Delaware.
February 5, 2007... Staff A warning issued last month from the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control stated that due to a lack of landfill space, a wastewater treatment crisis may be in store for northern Delaware. Figures show that a...

New Jersey Limits Large Truck Travel Routes.(Department of Transportation)(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Staff In an effort to keep big rigs off secondary and local roads whenever possible, the state transportation department proposed rules on November 17 that would require 102-inch wide trucks and double-trailers to use major highways unless...

Nicholson Anchors Catskill's Gilboa Dam.
February 5, 2007... Edited by Matthew Phair Grouted, post-tensioned strands lock the dam safely in place. Schoharie Reservoir in New York's Catskill mountains supplies much of the 1.3 billion gallons of water used daily by New York City's 8 million...

Turner Names Davoren New Chief.
February 19, 2007... Staff The Turner Corporation, the nation's leading general builder, announced that Peter J. Davoren, 51, has assumed the position of chairman and CEO, effective Jan. 1. In addition to his leadership role at Turner Construction Company, Mr....

HDR[bar]LMS Receives Honors for Fulton Fish Market, Bethlehem Steel Sites.
February 19, 2007... Staff Pearl River, N.Y.-based HDR|LMS, along with its clients, has won Phoenix Awards for revitalizing two key brownfield sites in the northeast United States. The Phoenix Awards honor individuals and groups working to transform abandoned...

Skanska Graduates Students from its Construction Management Program.
February 19, 2007... Staff Skanska USA Building Inc. announced January 12 that it has graduated 46 minority contractors in the first Skanska USA Building Construction Management program in conjunction with New York's Medgar Evers College and the New York State...

Wagman Construction, Inc. Hires David T. King as Vice President of Operations.
February 19, 2007... Staff York, Pa.-based Wagman Construction, Inc. announced that David T. King has joined its firm as vice president of Operations. King has more than 30 years of experience in the construction industry which included consulting with clients...

NJ Alliance For Action Utilities Conference.
February 19, 2007... Staff The AGC of NJ attended the Alliance For Action's Utilities Conference December 5, 2006, at the Premiere Hotel in Princeton, New Jersey. At the conference, the major utility companies presented about their future capital programs...

BCANJ Votes in New Officers.
February 19, 2007... Staff With a warm thanks and farewell to outgoing President James F. Parry , Building Contractors Association of New Jersey voted in new officers and trustees at its annual meeting, December 12, 2006, at the Robert B. Meyner Reception...

SADV Honors Subcontractor Excellence.
February 19, 2007... Staff On Saturday, November 11, 2006, some of the construction industry's finest were honored by the Subcontractors Association of Delaware Valley. The black tie banquet was held at Old York Road Country Club in Spring House, Pennsylvania....

Changes at the Carpenters.(new appointments at United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America)(Brief article)
February 19, 2007... Staff Frank Spencer has been promoted to the position of vice president-Eastern District, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. He formerly had been executive secretary/treasurer of the New Jersey Regional Council of Carpenters. The...

High Steel's West Point Building.
February 19, 2007... Edited by Matthew Phair The bridge fabricator brings its expertise to tackle a tall order. Butler Manufacturing of Annville, Pa., and High Steel Structures Inc. of Lancaster, Pa., teamed up to fabricate steel framing used to build a...