Constructioneer articles from June 2007

Constructioneer archives from June 2007

Perini/Tutor Saliba JV To Begin Tappan Zee Deck.(Tappan Zee Bridge)(Perini Corp.)(Tutor-Saliba Corp.)(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Staff In early June a joint-venture contractor working for the New York State Thruway Authority will begin replacing a significant portion of the deck of the Tappan Zee Bridge. The $147-million project will replace the two outer lanes in...

Tishman Named CM For 20-Acre Atlantic City Development.(Tishman Construction Corporation)(construction manager)(Revel Entertainment Group)(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Staff Revel Entertainment Group has named Tishman Construction Corporation as construction manager of the company's resort development project on 20 acres of beachfront land along the famous boardwalk in Atlantic City. The 20-acre Revel...

Spitzer's Green Plan.
June 4, 2007... Staff New York Governor Eliot Spitzer announced April 17 a comprehensive plan for reducing energy costs and curbing pollution in New York. The plan focuses on energy efficiency, conservation and investment in renewable energy sources as...

Trop Garage Collapse Settlement Announced.
June 4, 2007... Staff A settlement package of $101 million was announced April 14 by a New Jersey Superior Court judge and attorneys representing the families of the four construction workers killed and more than 30 others injured in the October 30, 2003,...

Hackensack Hawthorne Rail Link Progresses.(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Staff The plan to provide a new passenger rail service link between downtown Hackensack and the Main Line Station in Hawthorne moved ahead April 16 with the NJ TRANSIT board of directors approving funds for the project's final design. The...

Schick and Emil Head LMDC.
June 4, 2007... Staff New appointments to run the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation include Avi Schick as chairman and David Emil as president. David Emil is a businessman who owns and operates several businesses in the metropolitan area. Mr. Emil...

HL&J Casts Wilmington's Newest High Rise.(Healy and Long Concrete Contractors Inc.)
June 4, 2007... Edited by Matthew Phair Concrete contractor Healy Long & Jevin enhances the Delaware skyline Construction of two residential high-rise towers at the new Christina Landings waterfront is a landmark project for both the metropolitan...

Trade Center Memorial And Museum Steel Packages Awarded.
June 18, 2007... Staff The World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced May 8 that Owen Steel Company, Inc. was selected to provide both the jumbo and structural steel packages for construction of the...

Wind Turbine Blade Splintering Explained.
June 18, 2007... Staff At what is slated to become Pennsylvania's largest wind farm, an apparent defect in an adhesive applicator caused 13 wind turbine blades to splinter. Large pieces of two blades broke off in mid-March at the Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm...

Lung Disease Linked to Ground Zero Work.
June 18, 2007... Staff Nine doctors publishing a study in the May issue of a journal published by the American College of Chest Physicians found that firefighters and rescue workers contracted sarcoidosis in the year after Sept. 11, 2001, at a rate five...

Pennsylvania's Water Resource Investment Benefits Confirmed.
June 18, 2007... Staff A report detailing the positive effect Pennsylvania's $1.4-billion investment in drinking water and wastewater infrastructure is having on the state's economy, the health of its citizens and the protection of its environment was...

Concrete Challenge In Atlantic City.(hotels to be constructed by Bower Lewis Thrower/Architects, Lifescapes Inc., Laurence Lee Associates)
June 18, 2007... Edited by Matthew Phair New External Vibrators Help Weatherby Succeed at the Borgata Conventional wisdom dictates the use of internal vibrators to consolidate concrete from the inside out for a wall pour. But with the intertwined...