Staten Island Advance - Tue October 06, 2020
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Begins Clean Construction Program
Construction projects at area airports and crossings are about to get more eco-friendly. On Sept. 22, in honor of Climate Week, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced the implementation of the agency's Clean Construction Program, which is dedicated to reducing carbon emissions on agency projects....
CEG - Thu September 24, 2020
Tracey Road Equipment Takes On KPI-JCI, Astec Mobile Screens Line
Jerry Tracey, president of Tracey Road Equipment, announced his company has been named the exclusive dealer of KPI-JCI aggregate equipment and Astec Mobile Screens for all of New York State (excluding the New York metropolitan area)....
Yimby - Mon September 21, 2020
New 21-Story Mixed-Use Office Tower Planned for Long Island City
Manhattan, N.Y.-based RXR Realty recently commissioned an Environmental Assessment Statement to facilitate the construction of a 21-story mixed-use office tower in Long Island City, Queens, N.Y. Located at 42-11 9th St., within the Long Island City Industrial Business Zone, the proposed development requires two critical zoning changes for construction to break ground, YIMBY reported Sept....
WROC - Wed September 02, 2020
Roundabout in Victor, N.Y., Now Expected to Open in October
Adjustments to construction plans on a traffic circle in the upstate New York town of Victor mean the road won't reopen until at least October, according to New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) officials....
Yimby - Mon August 31, 2020
Demolition of Former J.P. Morgan Chase HQ Progressing in Manhattan
Demolition is visibly moving along on JP Morgan Chase‘s former 52-story headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan, N.Y. Formerly referred to as the Union Carbide Building, the financial company is in the midst of razing the 707-ft.-tall mid-century skyscraper in order to make way for a 1,425-ft.-tall, 2.5-million-sq....
CEG - Thu August 27, 2020
LBX Names ESSCO Truck & Equipment New Dealer
LBX Company LLC recently announced the addition of ESSCO Truck & Equipment as the dealer of Link-Belt hydraulic excavators, material handlers and parts in New York City and New Jersey. ESSCO, which has locations in Staten Island, N.Y., and Farmingdale, N.J., was founded when "we decided to put our hard-earned experience and passion for heavy equipment to work and made a solid investment in our future," according to Carmine Gambacorta, sales director of ESSCO Truck & Equipment....
New York Yimby - Tue August 25, 2020
Brooklyn, N.Y.-Based Steiner Studios to Build New Facility in Sunset Park
Steiner Studios, a New York City-based film and TV production studio, has partnered with Dattner Architects in Manhattan to complete a new 500,000-sq.-ft. productions studio at Bush Terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn....
Conde Nast Traveler - Tue August 25, 2020
Port Authority Needs $3B to Move Forward on New York's JFK Overhaul
With passenger numbers and revenues mere fractions of what they were in 2019, airlines and airports are rethinking some of their largest expenditures amid the ongoing pandemic. Specifically, the wide-sweeping billion-dollar renovation projects under way at hubs across the country....
Yimby - Tue August 18, 2020
Foundations Taking Shape for 150 West 48th Street Hotel in Manhattan
Foundation work is currently taking shape at 150 West 48th Street, the site of a planned 34-story, 974-room hotel in midtown Manhattan's Times Square. It will rank among the largest hotels to debut in the city this decade when complete....
CEG - Thu August 13, 2020
JCB Delivers First 150X Excavator in North America
Recently, the town of Plymouth in Chenango County, N.Y., not far from Norwich, N.Y., took possession of the very first JCB model 150X Tier IV Final excavator to be delivered in North America. Powered by the JCB EcoMax engine, these new excavators boast an enhanced operator environment with a 15 percent larger cab; ease of operation; great efficiencies; ground level access to key service inspection areas; and performance enhancements that have increased the overall capacities of the excavator, according to the manufacturer....
