Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 05, 2022
Peter Scalamandre & Sons Leads Key Long Island Project
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is investing $71.4 million to reconstruct and modernize a key segment of State Route 347. Located in Suffolk County, the project is adding new travel lanes, signals, crosswalks and other improvements to a 2-mi....
Gothamist - Wed September 28, 2022
Army Corps of Engineers Proposes $52B Barriers for NY-NJ Waterways
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released a report Sept. 24 detailing the agency's proposed $52 billion plan to protect the New York City metropolitan area from storm surges and coastal flooding....
CEG - Thu September 22, 2022
Robert H. Finke & Sons Holds Customer Appreciation Event
Robert H. Finke & Sons held a three-day customer appreciation event at its facility in Selkirk, N.Y., on Sept. 8 to 10. On Thursday and Friday, customers were invited to stop by, eat lunch, enjoy product displays, compete in an excavator rodeo, talk to factory representatives, let the kids explore an obstacle course designed just for them and catch up with friends and fellow contractors....
CEG - Thu September 22, 2022
N.Y.S. Highway & Public Works Expo Returns to Syracuse
Last year's N.Y.S. Highway & Public Works Expo returned after a two-year hiatus caused by COVID-19 and was a huge success, due to attendees and exhibitors. The 2021 Expo featured more than 100,000 sq....
USACE & CEG - Thu September 15, 2022
Army Corps of Engineers Begin Railhead Upgrades at New York State's Fort Drum
A formal groundbreaking ceremony took place at the U.S. Army's Fort Drum installation in northwestern New York State earlier in September, marking the beginning of the construction on $31.5 million in improvements to the military railhead found at the base....
BloodHorse Daily - Wed September 14, 2022
Building Infield Tunnel to Pave Way for New Belmont Park
The mountains of dirt are back at New York's Belmont Park. They became part of the sports complex's landscape in 2019 when construction began on the 19,000-seat UBS Arena at Belmont Park, home to the NHL's New York Islanders....
Tadano - Tue September 13, 2022
Benchley Cranes Adds New Tadano GR-1000XLL-4 Rough Terrain Crane to Lifting Fleet
If it's one thing Benchley Contracting & Rental Corp., dba Benchley Cranes, knows, it's how to grow business. The Forestville, N.Y.-based company's roots trace back to 1957 with just a single crane, dragline and dozer....
Buffalo News & Buffalo DPW - Thu September 01, 2022
Buffalo, N.Y., Intersection to Close for Work On $13.4M Street Redesign
Beginning Sept. 3, the Buffalo Department of Public Works (DPW) in western New York is closing the intersection of Elmwood Avenue and Allen Street to all cars and trucks to accommodate continuing work on the $13.4 million three-phase Allen Street Reconstruction Project....
New York Yimby - Mon August 22, 2022
Construction Starts on Baez Place Affordable Apartments in The Bronx
A groundbreaking was held recently on Baez Place, an affordable housing development at 334 East 176th St. in Claremont, The Bronx, N.Y. Designed by ESKW Architects, based in Lower Manhattan, and developed by Community Access, the new building will include studio apartments, along with one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units, New York YIMBY reported Aug....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Tue August 02, 2022
East Side Coastal Resiliency Project Receives 'Envision Gold Award' From Institute For Sustainable Infrastructure
NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley announced Aug. 1 that the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) Project, which is enhancing parks while creating a 2.4-mi. long flexible flood barrier extending from Montgomery Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side up to Asser Levy Playground at East 25th Street, has been selected to receive an "Envision Gold Award" for sustainability from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI)....
