Constructioneer articles from September 2007

Constructioneer archives from September 2007

New Jersey Worker Misclassification Outlawed.(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Staff Trenton, N.J.- Governor Jon S. Corzine signed on July 17 legislation cracking down on the misclassification of full-time construction workers as independent contractors. Companies that misclassify workers to avoid taxes hurt their...

Ground Broken For Long-Awaited Yankee Stadium Rail Station.
September 3, 2007... Staff Bronx, N.Y.- New York City Mayor Bloomberg and a host of politicos gathered July 20 at Yankee Stadium to break ground for a long-awaited Metro-North Railroad station. Metro-North estimates that between 6,000 and 12,000 people will...

Protruding Pilings Challenge Power Station Construction.
September 3, 2007... Staff Conveyor Solves Material Placement Dilemma Increasing energy consumption in New York City prompted Con Edison, one of the nation's largest investor-owned energy companies, to build a substation that would help meet the growing...

Discharging A Sub's Construction Lien.
September 3, 2007... Becker Meisel New Jersey Law Allows General Contractors to Bring an Action Can a general contractor bring an action to discharge a construction lien filed by one of its subcontractor, despite the fact that the general contractor is...

Comcast Tower Tops Out.(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Staff At 975 feet tall, the property is the tallest building between New York and Chicago Thornton Tomasetti, a leading structural engineering and design firm responsible for engineering of the world's tallest buildings, announced...

Nation's Largest All-Terrain Tree Spade.(Associated Builders and Contractors' conference on sustainable site development )
September 3, 2007... Staff Contractor Allan A. Myers now harvests and replants trees up to 10 inches in caliper, up to 25 feet tall. Associated Builders and Contractors, Southeast Pennsylvania Chapter hosted a Sustainable Site Development and Design...

All Pa. Truss Bridges To Be Re-Inspected.(Pennsylvania Department of Transportation )(Brief article)
September 17, 2007... Staff State Transportation Secretary Allen D. Biehler announced August 3 that PennDOT is taking immediate action to re-inspect 54 steel deck truss bridges by the end of November. Biehler said PennDOT is mobilizing its in-house team of more...

N.Y./N.J. Port Authority Authorizes over $300 Million for Ground Zero Projects.(Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)(DCME rectors )(Brief article)
September 17, 2007... Staff At its monthly meeting held July 26, the Port Authority Board of Commissioners authorized the award of a $276.48 million contract to DCME rectors for the fabrication, delivery and erection of the structural steel that will serve as...

Torcon Wins CM Contract for $100-Million Advanced Pa. Hospital Job.
September 17, 2007... Staff Torcon announced July 18 that it was awarded the construction management contract for Geisinger Medical Center's Hospital for Advanced Medicine, a $100,000,000, 308,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art medical building that will adjoin...

Pittsburgh Casino Plans Approved.
September 17, 2007... Staff The steel and foundation plans for a slots casino on the North Shore of the city were approved August 7 by the City Council. Now Detroit businessman Don Barden's PITG Gaming can get city building permits for construction of the...

Parsons Brinckerhoff To Manage NYC Second Avenue Subway Phase 1.
September 17, 2007... Staff The MTA Capital Construction Company has awarded a contract to PB to provide construction management services for the first phase of the Second Avenue Subway project. Overall, the Second Avenue Subway will include a two-track line...

Tatro Pipes Up Olympic Slopes.
September 17, 2007... By Matthew Phair New York's $5-Million Whiteface Mountain upgrade includes new welded steel snowmaking pipe buried on the slopes of the 1980 Winter Games Giant The Olympic Region Development Authority was createdin 1981 to manage and...

Historic Clock Tower Being Rebuilt.
September 17, 2007... Staff Tishman and Stantec Create Replication of Hoboken Ferry Terminal Icon Returning a celebrated landmark to the Hudson River waterfront,Tishman Construction Corporation of New Jersey is part of the Project Team finalizing...

Delaware Contractors Association Awards Five Scholarships.
September 17, 2007... Staff High school senior Rufft's 4.241 average launches her University of Delaware environmental engineering studies. The Delaware Contractors Association recently awarded five college scholarships to one 2007 high school graduate and...