Constructioneer articles from July 2007

Constructioneer archives from July 2007

World Trade Center Insurance Claims Settled For $2 Billion.
July 2, 2007... Staff Governor Eliot Spitzer and State Insurance Superintendent Eric R. Dinallo announced May 23 that Silverstein Properties and seven insurance companies have reached a $2-billion settlement of all outstanding insurance claims arising...

Nearly 800 Pa. Bridges Closed or Restricted.(Brief article)
July 2, 2007... Staff To better inform Pennsylvanians about the challenges facing transportation and commerce in Pennsylvania, PennDOT has published a list at www.RideonPA.org of nearly 800 bridges that are either posted with weight limits or closed due...

New Jersey Adds $1 Billion To Rail Tunnel Project.
July 2, 2007... Staff Governor Jon Corzine's proposal to increase, by a billion dollars, its funding commitment for a new trans-Hudson passenger rail tunnel over the next decade was approved unanimously by the North Jersey Transportation Planning...

Galvin, Corps Restore NYC Wetlands.
July 2, 2007... Story By Matthew Phair $13-Million Elder's Island Project Helps Stem Jamaica Bay Salt Marsh Loss In the skyline of one of the most populated, urban areas of the world adjacent to one of the nation's busiest airports, Elders Point...

Subway Safety Through Surveying.
July 2, 2007... Staff Deformation monitoring system protects personnel and structures through early detection. Workers on a major underground construction project in New York City are depending on high-precision surveying instruments from Leica...

Constructing the First Mile of New York's Future I-99.(New York. Department of Transportation)(Brief article)
July 16, 2007... Staff New York State Department of Transportation announced June 8 that construction work has begun on the southernmost mile of the new Route 15/ Future I-99 project, town of Lindley, Steuben County. The $16.7-million project has been...

$550-Million Rego Park Center Construction Begins.
July 16, 2007... Staff Queens, N.Y.- Ground has been broken on the Rego Park Center in Queens. The $550-million Vornado Realty Trust project will combine a major retail component with housing and community amenities. Bovis Lend Lease will be the...

New Jersey Eminent Domain Laws Need Reform.
July 16, 2007... Staff Trenton, N.J.- The New Jersey Public Advocate is urging the state Legislature to amend the state's redevelopment laws. Public Advocate Ronald L. Chen in a report released May 29 charging that laws allowing government land taking for...

Restructuring New York's Brownfields Program.(Brief article)
July 16, 2007... Staff Albany, N.Y.- Governor Eliot Spitzer proposed legislation June 5 that would restructure and improve the state's brownfields program. The brownfields proposal would change the existing brownfields tax credit structure to cover the...

NYSDOT's New Stoney Creek Bridge.(New York. Department of Transportation)
July 16, 2007... Story by Matthew Phair Tioga Construction builds the $2-million structure to alleviate severe ice-buildup problems on the former 60-year-old span. Winter travelers on Route 30 in southeast Hamilton County, N.Y., may not have known it,...