News Tutor Perini to build $3.8bn Manhattan prison A joint venture between US contractors Tutor Perini and O&G has won a $3.8bn deal to build a prison in Manhattan for New York City’s Department of Design and Construction…
News Judge halts $1bn expressway scheme in Buffalo A New York State Supreme Court judge has ordered the suspension of the $1bn Kensington Expressway Project in Buffalo because the state’s department of transportation (NYSDOT) did not conduct an…
News Tutor Perini JV wins $1.18bn Manhattan tunnel for Hudson megaproject A joint venture of Tutor Perini and its heavy civil engineering subsidiary, Frontier-Kemper Constructors, has won a $1.18bn contract to dig the Manhattan Tunnel, a project that prepares the ground…
News Turner breaks ground on New York’s first soccer stadium Turner Construction has broken ground on a $780m soccer stadium for New York City FC in Willets Point, Queens. Etihad Park will become the city’s first stadium dedicated to (non-American)…
News New York’s $10bn bus terminal revamp is going ahead New Yorkers are bracing for a minimum eight-year megaproject in Midtown Manhattan after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) approved a $10bn plan to tear down and replace the world’s busiest…
News KPF’s Fifth Avenue tower is ‘modern interpretation’ of the iconic Manhattan skyscraper KPF’s 1,002ft-tall 520 Fifth Avenue tower has topped out in Manhattan, allowing New Yorkers to admire tiered setbacks and grand arched windows that recall the city’s classic beaux-arts skyscrapers. This…
News Jacobs wins station upgrades amid New York’s accessibility blitz Jacobs is overseeing a $227.5m project to upgrade three stations on the busy Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The design-build contract involves…
News New York contractor jailed after ‘stringing customers along for years’ A builder in Niagara County, New York, has been sentenced to up to eight years in state prison after a three-year period in which he accepted deposits from homeowners but…
News New York’s floating pool concept to be tested this month New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul have said a swimming pool that floats in and filters the city’s waters will be tested in the…
News Waterlogged New York area to get $52m sewerage overhaul A neglected and flood-prone neighbourhood in the Borough of Queens in New York City is getting a $51.8m overhaul to help it cope with worsening rain brought by climate change.…
News Work starts on New York City’s first offshore wind terminal Norway-headquartered energy developer Equinor last month broke ground on a project to turn New York City’s South Brooklyn Marine Terminal into a construction hub for Equinor’s first US offshore wind…
News New York offshore wind could give hydrogen below $2/kg, say researchers Wind farms off the coast of New York could power green hydrogen production at below $2 a kilogram by 2030, say researchers at the US state-funded National Renewable Energy Laboratory…
News Skanska wins $596m contract to replace Albany’s old swinging bridge Skanska has signed a $596m contract with the New York State Department of Transportation to replace the 122-year-old Livingston Avenue railway bridge in Albany, the capital of New York state.…
News NYC’s building department wins prize for first design-build job New York City’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced today that its first design-and-build project was named project of the year at the Construction Management Association of America’s awards…
News Queens, New York gets six miles of new storm sewers The NYC Departments of Environmental Protection, Transportation and Design and Construction have completed two infrastructure projects totalling $128m in Whitestone, Queens that added nearly six miles of new storm sewers…
News $41m bridge replacement in New York’s Flushing Meadows park New York City Parks and the NYC Department of Design and Construction broke ground yesterday on a $41m project to renovate Tide Gate Bridge in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in…
News New York demands freedom from lowest-bidder contracting New York City is trying to break free from state rules requiring the use of lowest-bidder contracting, rallying at City Hall last week under the slogan “Let NYC Build Better,…
News Mini industrial tower set for Queens NYC New York developer Innovo Property Group plans to build a six-story industrial building in the Borden Innovation District on Review Ave in Queens. Set for completion in the autumn of…
