| 10/23/2009 | Contract Awarded to Englewood Firm for Newark Airport Project
Record, The; Bergen County, N.J.
An Englewood firm has won a contract worth nearly $59 million to build a new domestic departures hall in Terminal B of Newark Liberty International Airport. |
| 11/20/2009 | Albany Unveils Design for New Downtown Convention Center
Times Union
Nov. 20--ALBANY -- The Albany Convention Center Authority today will unveil a proposed design for the massive hall planned for downtown Albany, attempting to build momentum for the project as it tries to buy land and secure financing. |
| 11/19/2009 | Public Input on West Haven Streetscape Plan Sought
New Haven Register
Nov. 19--WEST HAVEN -- The city wants to hear from the public about preliminary design plans for the massive streetscape project aimed at beautifying downtown streets. |
| 10/21/2009 | Deteriorating Demarest Building to be Replaced
Record, The; Bergen County, N.J.
UPDATE: Demolition of Demarest's deteriorating public works building could come within a few weeks. |
| 11/18/2009 | SUNY Albany Trustees OK Acquisition of Land for New Campus
Times Union
Nov. 18--ALBANY -- The trustees of the state university system on Tuesday approved the acquisition of 3.3 acres from the Harriman State Office Campus, land that one day could help house as many as 500 students. |
| 10/16/2009 | Jersey City's Environmental Efforts Lauded
Record, The; Bergen County, N.J.
The non-profit environmental advocacy group Hackensack Riverkeeper has awarded its annual environmental award to Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy and the city of Jersey City. |
| 11/15/2009 | Despite Hard Times, A Wealth of Innovative Construction in Connecticut Earns Industry Accolades
The Hartford Courant, Connecticut
Nov. 15--The Connecticut home building industry took a look at itself Tuesday night, and despite the severe challenges it has weathered in the past year, it saw plenty to cheer: innovative new home construction at all price points, beautiful remodels, outstanding craftsmanship, ingenious energy-efficient features, special-purpose rooms, well-conceived townhouse and 55-plus communities -- even creative marketing, merchandising, sales and financing strategies. |
| 11/13/2009 | New Coney Island to Open After Land Deal
Associated Press/AP Online
NEW YORK - The historic and mostly dormant Coney Island amusement park district in New York City will be revived by next summer with some new attractions, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and developer Joseph Sitt said Thursday. |
| 11/13/2009 | Connecticut Shopping Plaza to be Revamped
New Haven Register
Nov. 13--NORTH BRANFORD -- A New Jersey investor bought the Central Shopping Plaza on Route 80 at auction Thursday afternoon for $2.5 million, with plans to bring a gym and more stores and restaurants to the site. |
| 11/12/2009 | T.B. Penick Awarded Contract for Reconstruction of the Coney Island Boardwalk
Business Wire
T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc., through its affiliate Triton Structural Concrete, has been awarded a $13.7 million contract to demolish and reconstruct portions of the historic Coney Island Boardwalk in New York City. |
| 11/11/2009 | More Bridges in the Capital Region Ranked as Less Safe Than Champlain
Times Union
Nov. 11--ALBANY -- There are 110 bridges across the state -- including more than a dozen in the Capital Region -- that were ranked by the state as less safe than the Champlain Bridge near Crown Point that engineers only recently found to be on the verge of collapse. |
| 11/11/2009 | Trane Introduces New Online Resource for Architects
PRNewswire
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Architects working on a new building design want resources available with the latest information to help increase energy efficiency, acoustics and indoor air quality, without compromising design. |
| 11/11/2009 | Brownfield Project Grants OK'd
The Buffalo News
Nov. 11--Efforts to turn contaminated land into shovel-ready development sites moved forward Tuesday when a city agency approved a budget that will earmark $3.3 million in state grants for brownfield projects. |
| 11/11/2009 | Development Deal Signed for Steel Point Transformation
Connecticut Post
Nov. 11--BRIDGEPORT -- Capping off a year of negotiations and hearings on a new land disposition agreement for the development of Steel Point, Mayor Bill Finch and Bridgeport Landing Development Principal Robert Christoph Sr. signed the document that details the proposed transformation of the 52-acre peninsula into a mix of housing, stores, hotels, marina slips, offices, restaurants and other features on Tuesday. |
| 11/10/2009 | NYDOT: Champlain Bridge Cannot Be Repaired
Press-Republican
Nov. 10--ADDISON, Vt. -- The ultimate bad news for users of the shuttered Champlain Bridge came Monday, when the historic span was declared irreparable. |
| 11/10/2009 | Albany, Private Club in Court Over Demo Permit
Times Union
Nov. 10--ALBANY -- As the city and the Fort Orange Club head to court today, an attorney for the 129-year-old private club said its request to demolish two Washington Avenue buildings is not a reaction to a proposed ordinance that would make it more onerous to do so. |
| 11/09/2009 | New building on Main St. expected to be Aurora governmental choice
The Buffalo News
Nov. 9--A committee studying three options for a joint government facility in the Town of Aurora tonight is expected to recommend constructing a new building on Main Street in the Village of East Aurora. |
| 11/09/2009 | Albany Times Union, N.Y., Tim O'brien column: Two Swan Street intersections present challenges to drivers
Times Union
Nov. 9--We received two very similar questions from our readers. |
| 11/09/2009 | Work On Facility That Where Students Could Learn The Care Of Large Animals Could Begin Soon
The Hartford Courant, Connecticut
Nov. 9--SUFFIELD -- It's been on the books for nearly 10 years, but it appears that work on a facility at Suffield High where students could learn the care of large animals could get going. |
| 11/09/2009 | The Buffalo News, N.Y., Fix It What needs repairing around Buffalo Niagara column: Lights are coming to new Route 5
The Buffalo News
Nov. 9--It was a dark and stormy night. |
| 11/05/2009 | New Landscape Rating System to Transform the Industry, Complete Green Building Puzzle
Business Wire
Today, the Sustainable Sites Initiative released the nation's first rating system for the design, construction and maintenance of sustainable landscapes, with or without buildings. |
| 11/05/2009 | Science Center Sues Architect
The Hartford Courant
The Connecticut Science Center has filed suit against the world-renowned architectural firm that designed it, seeking at least $10 million and claiming that architects at Pelli Clarke Pelli designed an iconic roof that was "structurally unsound." |
| 11/03/2009 | Where All That Money Went: Much of the $18 Billion in Stimulus Cash State Received Went to People, Not Projects
Times Union
Nov. 3--ALBANY -- While many people may think of road construction and bridge repair when they hear the term "stimulus funds," much of the $18 billion distributed so far to New York under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has gone not to infrastructure, but to individuals -- in the form of welfare payments, unemployment insurance and tax breaks. |
| 11/01/2009 | Waiting on a Dream
New Haven Register
Nov. 1--MADISON -- When Amy Kuhner walks across the wooded 8-acre parcel on Barberry Hill Farm, slated to one day become home to the Sunshine House, it's clear she's taken the walk countless times. |
| 10/30/2009 | Magnet School Project Gets Architect, Manager
The Hartford Courant
The East Hartford-Glastonbury magnet school project has an architect and construction manager for the $37 million project. |
