Association News - September 2005

N.Y. Firms Earn Safety Awards

The Associated General Contractors of America recently honored 11 New York contractors with Certificates of Commendation for Safety Excellence.

The association awards the certificates to companies meeting safety standards developed by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The General Building Contractors of New York State, the association's local chapter, presented the awards to:

* Christa Construction, Victor and Albany

* E.W. Howell Co., Woodbury

* Hueber-Breuer Construction, Syracuse

* Massa Construction, Geneva

* Park City Builders, Hamilton

* Picone Construction, Williamsville

* Sano-Rubin Construction, Albany

* Scrufari Construction, Niagara Falls

* Storm King Contracting, Montgomery

* Sweet Constructors, Ballston Lake

* Zandri Construction, Cohoes

 

Award for Glens Falls Bridge

The Eastern New York Chapter of the Association for Bridge Construction and Design recently honored a Route 9 bridge construction project in Glens Falls, N.Y., with its annual Bridge Achievement Award.

The award was presented to the general contractor, Cianbro Corp., a civil and heavy industrial construction company based in Pittsfield, Maine, with offices in Bloomfield, Conn. for its regional operations. Cianbro handled the project for the New York State Department of Transportation.

The Route 9 Replacement Project involved building the newly named Cooper's Cave Bridge. The project also involved construction work on Cooper's Cave Island, including a scenic overlook and pedestrian bridge to an area made famous by James Fenimore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans.

 

Rockland Park Wins Award

The Lower Hudson Valley Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers has recognized Haverstraw Bay Park in Rockland County as its Project of the Year.

The park includes a memorial to Rockland residents who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, several brick buildings honoring the town's history as the one-time "brick capital of the world", and the incorporation of 182,000 lbs. of structural grade recycled plastic in framings and piles on its piers and bridges.

The society recognized the Rockland County General Services Department, which was the lead agency on the project, as well as the contractors - McLaren Engineering Group, CAL MART Enterprises, Eastern State Construction, and Conserve Construction, all based in Rockland County.

 

Engineer of Year Recognized

The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York recently honored several engineers with its annual awards that recognize individual contributions to the profession by its members.

The council honored Joseph Rixner as its 2005 Engineer of the Year. Rixner retired in the spring from Haley & Aldrich, a New York-based environmental and geotechnical consulting and engineering firm.

He had been a principal and executive vice president of the firm, and had worked in the engineering profession for 37 years on many geotechnical engineering, geologic, and hydrogeologic projects, such as building foundations and tunnels. Rixner was based in Rochester.

The council gave its 2005 New Principal of the Year award to Paul Boyce, a principal and vice president of P.W. Grosser Consulting, an environmental and civil engineering firm based in Bohemia, N.Y.

 

Concrete Board Honors DePaola

The Concrete Industry Board Foundation of New York is honoring Joseph DePaola, a local concrete industry pioneer who helped to establish the two-day cycle of concrete construction. The foundation will present him with its Humanitarian Fellow Award at a luncheon event on Sept. 14 in Manhattan.

DePaola, 95, founded Dic Concrete Corp., which helped deliver the reinforced concrete found in New York City landmarks such as the MetLife Building and Trump Tower.

The foundation will also present its first Distinguished Service Award to Alfonso Lopez, who is deputy commissioner of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Wastewater Treatment.