Streetsblog NYC - Wed April 10, 2024
New York City DOT Unveils Plans for Its Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Upgrades
The streets on both ends of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge over the East River in New York will be remade this summer into safer, people-first spaces as part of the long-awaited reopening of the span's south outer roadway, designed to finally give cyclists and pedestrians a separate path to walk and ride on....
CEG - Thu April 04, 2024
Tracey Road Equipment's Ospelt Earns Hyundai Emerald Tiger Club Award
Tracey Road Equipment and Hyundai announced that Art Ospelt has been awarded the Hyundai Emerald Tiger Club Award for sales for 2023. This award recognizes the top 20 Hyundai Construction Equipment sales representatives in the United States....
AED Foundation - Tue March 05, 2024
State University of New York at Cobleskill Agricultural and Power Machinery, John Deere TECH Program Achieve AED Foundation Accreditation
The AED Foundation (AEDF) announced the accreditation of the Agricultural Power Machinery & John Deere TECH program at State University of New York at Cobleskill. This program is one of AEDF's flagship colleges and serves a wide region throughout the Northeast....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Tue February 27, 2024
New Storm Sewers, Upgraded Water Mains, Sanitary Sewers to Alleviate Flooding
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) and NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced the completion of a $4.7 million infrastructure project in Westerleigh, Staten Island, that upgraded water mains and sanitary sewers, and added new storm sewers to combat flooding in the area, as well as improvements to roads and sidewalks....
Niagara Gazette - Tue February 27, 2024
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Gives Full Support to Buffalo's Kensington Expressway Project
The $1 billion publicly financed plan to redesign and cap the Kensington Expressway in Buffalo has been given the "green light" by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, the Niagara Gazette reported Feb. 25. During a press conference earlier in February in Buffalo, Hochul described a federal agency's recent finding of no significant environmental impacts related to the project as a "critically important step" while suggesting the clearance signals "full steam ahead" for the controversial project that has been opposed by many residents living on the city's East Side....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Mon February 26, 2024
VIDEO: Mayor Adams, DDC, NYC Parks Break Ground On $92M Mary Cali Dalton Recreation Center On Staten Island
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks) Commissioner Sue Donoghue broke ground on the new $92 million Mary Cali Dalton Recreation Center in Tompkinsville, Staten Island....
Skanska - Wed February 07, 2024
Skanska Awarded $113M Contract to Construct LaGuardia Airport's Jet Fuel Transmission Systems
Skanska, a leading global construction and development firm, announced it has been awarded a contract by LGAFUEL LLC to carry out the $113 million construction of LaGuardia Airport's fuel transmission systems in Queens, New York....
Thunder Creek Equipment - Thu February 01, 2024
Five Star Revolutionizes Fueling, Daily Fluids, Fleet Maintenance With Addition of Thunder Creek Product Line
Five Star Equipment — a premier partner for construction equipment sales and support serving the construction, commercial worksite and forestry industries in northern Pennsylvania and New York State — has added the Thunder Creek Equipment lineup of fuel, daily fluids and fleet maintenance solutions to its new product lineup....
NJBIZ & Gateway Development Commission - Wed January 31, 2024
Shortlist of Design-Build Teams Invited to Bid On Hudson Tunnel Rail Project in N.Y., N.J
Forward momentum continued for the Hudson Tunnel Project during the fourth week of January as the Gateway Development Commission (GDC), which is managing what has been described as the nation's most critical infrastructure project, announced a major next step....
Waterfront Alliance - Thu January 18, 2024
South Battery Park City Resiliency Project Achieves 13th WEDG Verification in the Nation
The Waterfront Alliance announced that the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project has become the 13th project nationally to achieve WEDG (Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines) Verification. The gold standard for waterfront design, WEDG is an award-winning national rating system and set of guidelines for resilient, ecological and accessible waterfront design....
