Mon July 24, 2017
USDOT Will Loan $537.1M to NYC for Moynihan Train Hall
U.S. Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Build America Bureau will provide a $537.1 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the New York State Urban Development Corporation D/B/A Empire State Development for the construction of the Moynihan Train Hall Redevelopment Project....
Mon July 24, 2017
Cuomo Announces Historic $5.6B LIRR Transformation
On July 19, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a historic $5.6 billion transformation of the Long Island Rail Road to strengthen the region's transportation infrastructure and usher in a new era of economic growth....
Deidre Williams - Fri July 21, 2017
New York-Area Trades Council Offers Training, Jobs for Northland Corridor Project
Attention wanna-be carpenters, laborers, electricians, plumbers and iron workers. Applications are available for the pre-apprenticeship program for New York's Northland Corridor Project. Construction experience not required....
Fri July 21, 2017
Triumph Receives New York's 2017 Rising Star Award
Triumph Construction Corp., one of the largest privately-held utility contractors in the New York metropolitan area, recently received the Rising Star Award at the 2017 New York Construction Awards, presented by Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP and the New York Building Congress....
Fri July 21, 2017
Rifenburg Companies Hosts Grand Opening Celebration
The Rifenburg Companies celebrated the grand opening July 8 of its new facility located on Route 5 between Little Falls and Herkimer, N.Y. The new shop and office complex was built to accommodate the new headquarters of Marcy Excavation Services, a subsidiary of the Rifenburg Companies, as well as a regional office for Park East Sales, also a subsidiary of the Rifenburg Companies....
Fri July 21, 2017
Baschmann Services Announces Addition of Bill Regan to Sales Staff in New York
Pete Baschmann, president of Baschmann Services in Elma, N.Y., announced the addition of Bill Regan to Baschmann's sales staff. Regan brings 42 years of experience working with contractors, municipalities and loggers in supplying them with the equipment they need to properly complete their projects....
Pete Sigmund - Wed July 19, 2017
A Work of True Grit: Erie Canal Celebrates Bicentennial
I've got a mule, her name is Sal15 miles on the Erie Canal…Low bridge, everybody downLow bridge, for we're coming to a townThis song is one of the many echoing through the many generations since men dug shovels into earth in Rome, N.Y., on July 4, 1817, in the groundbreaking of the nation's first great infrastructure project, the Erie Canal....
Elizabeth Costigan - Tue July 18, 2017
New Education Center to Honor Singer's Legacy
The Louis Armstrong House Museum in New York City broke ground on July 17 on its new $23 million education center. The ceremony took place across the street from the landmarked Queens home, located at 34-56 107th St., where the famous jazz trumpeter once lived....
Mon July 17, 2017
Army Corps of Engineers to Build New HQs
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to construct a new District Headquarters building at its 1776 Niagara Street location in the Black Rock section of Buffalo, N.Y. The Corps will be seeking proposals for demolition of several structures at its campus later this year to prepare for the new building....
Fri July 14, 2017
Real Estate Associate Program Offers Classes to Multicultural Professionals
Project REAP (Real Estate Associate Program), recognized nationwide as a leading educational diversity initiative that introduces multicultural professionals to commercial real estate (CRE), is returning to New York City this fall....
