CAGNY at
the Crossroads
CAGNY Works to Fend off Non-Union
Competitors
New Yorkers often measure success by whether they conduct
business in Manhattan or elsewhere. Yet members of the Contractors
Association of Greater New York, whose high-rise expertise
has given them command of many major Manhattan projects, are
gazing across the waters at plenty of missed opportunities.
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Change
Agents
CAGNY
Reaffirms Mission to Bolster Union Contracting
Twenty years ago, as New
York City was entering its greatest building boom in modern
times, the relationship between construction industry contractors
and labor was dangerously strained. Full Story >>
Expanding
Scope
CAGNY Has Evolved in Changing
Times
Though it started out as a collective bargaining organization,
the Contractors Association of Greater New York has evolved
through the years into a more multi-purpose trade association.
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Going
Platinum
What's Big, Tall, Smart, and
Green?
The 2.1-million-sq.-ft. Bank of America Tower isn't the first
skyscraper striving for platinum LEED certification in New
York. But it definitely would be the biggest to achieve that
top status, laying out a daunting task for the design and
construction team that broke ground on the $1-billion project
in August.
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Concrete
Office
Heavy Building, Light Look
at 505 Fifth
The architects of 505 Fifth Ave. in Midtown Manhattan hope
to create the "lightest" possible building by using
the heaviest material. Full
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High
Tech K-12
Newark
School is a Grade-A Science Project
The new $64 million Science
Park High School under construction in Newark has a lofty
mission - to boost the number of city students attending its
home-grown colleges and universities. Full Story >>
Museum
Expansion
Liberty Science Center to
Get Bigger, Better, and Smarter
The Liberty Science Center in Jersey City will go dark for
22 months, but plenty is going on behind the scenes. The 11-year-old
facility is slated for a $60 million facelift that will increase
the total square footage by 44 percent.
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Urban
Redevelopment
Greetings from the New and
Improved Asbury Park
Even as a Bruce Springsteen album cover famously celebrated
Asbury Park three decades ago, the city was falling into a
spiral of economic and physical decline, flawed plans, and
false starts. But glory days for the Jersey Shore landmark
may soon be back, with a major redevelopment laying the foundation.
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Bridge Rebuild
76-Year-Old Goethals Extends
its Lifespan
A $63.2 million rehabilitation project promises a much-needed
structural upgrade for the weathered Goethals Bridge, a span
that carries 31 million vehicles each year from New York to
New Jersey over the swampy Arthur Kill. Full
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