Top 5 Foundation Failures in New York City
The Constructor
DECEMBER 20, 2020
Foundations are susceptible to movements if the applied loads are not in proportion with the design, causing a downward motion known as settlement.
Tony Mazzo: Masterminding the Complex 30-ft Lift of a Broadway Theater in New York City
ENR Construction
JANUARY 26, 2023
When the project team for TSX Broadway—a partial demolition and significant renovation and rebuild of a theater district tower in New York City—wanted to perform a truly challenging feat of engineering, it called in Tony Mazzo at Urban Foundation/Engineering.
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New York City is positioning itself as a life sciences hub
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
The New York Post reports that the Stem Cell Foundation has leased 42,100 sf in this building since 2015. Developers Taconic Investment Partners and Silverstein Properties are spending $20 million to renovate the 326,861-sf Movie Lab building in Midtown Manhattan for life science research usage.
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Critics Question ‘Housing First’ Approach as Homelessness Crisis Worsens
Pro Builder
JANUARY 10, 2022
Despite rising budgets to combat homelessness in New York City and California, the national crisis has improved by just 10% compared with 2007. Though a “housing first” strategy has provided foundational support for thousands of unhoused people across the U.S.,
Lawsuit challenges modular apartment project in New York City
BD+C
JULY 11, 2013
has been challenged by a lawsuit filed by the Plumbing Foundation in Manhattan Supreme Court. A plan to build pre-fab apartment buildings at Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn, N.Y., read more.
Modular Can Be High End
Pro Builder
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Joseph Tanney, a founder of Resolution 4 Architecture in New York City, who has been designing modular homes since 2002, said today’s modular homes can be very high end. That is because Mr. Sharp’s new house, a prefabricated modular home, is being manufactured in a factory two hours away. Modular Can Be High End.
Lawsuit challenges pre-fab apartment project in New York City
BD+C
JULY 11, 2013
has been challenged by a lawsuit filed by the Plumbing Foundation in Manhattan Supreme Court. A plan to build pre-fab apartment buildings at Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn, N.Y. read more.
3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Eleven million people in this country are paying more than half of their income for rent, and these are low-income people,” says Richard Burns, CEO of the NHP Foundation, a national not-for-profit provider of affordable housing. It gets worse. Housing is Fundamental “Housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing.
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111 Lawsuit Moves Forward Over Brooklyn Arena Excavation
ENR Construction
JULY 15, 2014
Although excavation and foundation subcontractor Laquila Group signed releases when it accepted progress payments from Hunt Construction Group for work on a New York City arena, that doesn''t stop it from suing for extra pay, a state judge rules.
5 ways mass timber will reshape the design of life sciences facilities
BD+C
JANUARY 2, 2024
Columns, spaced 33 feet apart, are notched at the top to receive the girders, thereby transferring the floor loading to the foundation. Columns, spaced 33 feet apart, are notched at the top to receive the girders, transferring the floor loading to the foundation. The resulting spaces can accommodate a diverse group of tenants.
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UrbanTech NYC Will Support Building Smart And Sustainable Cities
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
UrbanTech NYC Will Support Building Smart And Sustainable Cities originally appeared on Business Facilities - Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. The program will provide the resources that entrepreneurs need to build resiliency into the DNA of our City’s economy.”. .”
Construction of World Trade Centers
The Constructor
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
Construction of the World Trade Center involved excavating a large amount of material which was used in making Battery Park City on the west side of Lower Manhattan. The complex was located in the heart of New York City’s downtown financial district and contained 13.4 million square feet (1.24
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Expanding the exterior footprint
Construction Specifier
JANUARY 31, 2022
While cities occupy just three percent of global land area, by 2050 they will be home to two-thirds of the world’s inhabitants according to Gensler’s, 75 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, according to Gensler’s Aleksander Sasha Zeljic in a June 2018 interview with Architectural Products magazine.
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Boston’s Plan to “Be Blue”
PSMJ Resources
OCTOBER 8, 2013
Photo courtesy of Inhabitat.com Last year at a forum hosted by the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, futurist Edie Weiner predicted that green-to-blue spaces (spaces that give back more than they take) would gain traction in the years ahead. Here in Boston, home of PSMJ’s headquarters, it’s looks as though she’s right.
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Contractors Job Costing Library The Key To Increased Profits
Contractor Bookkeeping
MAY 29, 2013
In the mid 1800''s an archeologist left New York City on a journey into the heart of the African jungle in search of a lost civilization. The archeologist struck a bargain with the contractors that if they would work together and deliver the Treasure Box to his office in New York City they would be rewarded handsomely.
New Partnership Encourages Private Investment In Natural Infrastructure
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
OCTOBER 7, 2013
The report , which was developed in collaboration with the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, focuses on Philadelphia’s innovative Green City, Clean Waters program as a model for stimulating investment in natural infrastructure. Kansas City, Mo.: $78 billion over 20 years. 78 million.
FEATURE STORY: The Cultural Roots Of High-Tech Growth
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
A white paper recently released by the Kauffman Foundation finds that Kansas City and other areas viewed as “new” startup high-tech hubs actually are benefitting from many years of nurturing a local culture of entrepreneurship. Photo: Rockymountaininnosphere.org.). By Jonathan Sanders. From the September/October 2013 issue.
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40 Types of bridge and bridge components
Construction Cost Estimating
OCTOBER 20, 2017
Ex: - “Queensboro Bridge” in New York City. Tied arch bridges: Same appearance of the arch bridges but transfer weight of the bride and traffic load on the upper chord that is connected at the bottom cords in bridge foundation and these types of bridges are often called bowstring arches or bridges.
New Partnership Releases Guide To Stimulate Private Investment In Natural Infrastructure
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 12, 2013
In the wake of Superstorm Sandy and 2012’s unparalleled extreme weather events, a new green infrastructure financing guide was released by the NatLab consortium—a collaboration between the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), The Nature Conservancy , and sustainable asset management firm EKO Asset Management Partners. Kansas City, Mo.:
NYC Buildings Aren’t Ready For Next Sandy
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JUNE 13, 2013
New York City must take urgent steps to protect New Yorkers and its buildings from the next extreme weather event, according to a report released by the Building Resiliency Task Force. Credit: David Shankbone, Wikimedia Commons. Posted by Heidi Schwartz. Urban Green Council led the 200+ member task force.
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Obesity is the biggest ‘chronic’ risk factor for coronavirus hospitalizations, largest US study of COVID-19 finds
Construction Test
APRIL 27, 2020
Just 5 per cent of all COVID-19 hospital admissions were tobacco users – three times less than the 15 per cent of smokers in New York City. All patients were from New York City – the world’s coronavirus hotspot – and were diagnosed between March 1 and April 2. .
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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Small Cob.
Natural Building
NOVEMBER 23, 2009
The cob is mixed right where you are building and stacked up on an impervious foundation. Another possibility is to have a builder do the foundation and roof construction, while you build the cob walls. Cob is easy to build, but foundations and roof framing are more technical work which will benefit from expertise.
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56 Gearing Up for the New Year!
Construction Dive
DECEMBER 26, 2012
.” The new laws could encounter legal challenges, and eventually there may be a ballot proposal to repeal the laws. In preparation for potential challenges, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has created a task force to defend Snyder’s action. Michigan is the 24th state to approve legislation of this sort.
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Learn About Construction – 10 Best Ways
cnstrctr
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
Hoists in New York city all land on the roadway with large temporary loading docks built for easy access – this was implemented on my last project. Simply by watching other projects as you walk around the city you live or while visiting others you’ll see new techniques and procedures.
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68 Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report
Business Facilities
JULY 24, 2019
AUSTIN, DENVER, NEW YORK CITY HAVE TOP STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS. Austin, TX, Denver, CO and New York City topped our metro leaderboard for Startup Ecosystems. National Center of Atmospheric Research (NCAR), managed by UCAR, is a National Science Foundation R&D Center (Boulder, CO).
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All About of Tiles | What Are Tiles | How to Calculate Number of Tiles Needed for a Room
CivilJungle
APRIL 29, 2022
Subway tile gets its name from the look of the tiles in the New York City subway system, though those early tiles were actually made of white glass. What Is Pier Foundation | Types of Drilled Piers | Advantages and Disadvantages of Drilled Pier Foundations. What Is Subway Tile?
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Dispute Boards: An Approach to the Efficient Resolution of Disputes in the Construction Sector
Constructlaw
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Zachary Torres-Fowler is an associate in the Construction Practice Group at Troutman Pepper in Philadelphia and New York City. & Management (2003); See generally Dispute Resolution Board Foundation, Concept: Introduction and Development of the DRB Concept , DRBF Practices and Procedures (2007). [6] Hinchey, et al.,
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COVER STORY: Advanced Manufacturing — Creating Jobs In 3Dimensions
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JULY 25, 2013
by the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program and The Rockefeller Foundation. In the Hudson Valley region of New York, which encompasses seven counties that flank both banks of the Hudson River for more than 100 miles north of New York City, manufacturing is experiencing a revival it hasn’t seen in decades.
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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
OCTOBER 23, 2012
Google's reception area in Bakery Square in the Steel City. tech hubs, Silicon Valley, Boston, New York City and other areas certainly come to mind. However, technology companies are realizing that to be truly global, they need to tap innovation at more locations and in new high-growth markets.
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62 Selecting Success
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JUNE 23, 2016
The nation’s top diplomat described a sobering aerial tour of glaciers that rapidly are collapsing into fjords, disgorging chunks of ice large enough to yield—when they float into the ocean and melt—an amount of water equivalent to the entire annual water usage of New York City.
State Focus – Utah: Consistently Excellent
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 12, 2016
By supporting our entrepreneurs through collaboration among education, government and private industry we can ensure that they have a solid, long term foundation to build businesses and thrive.”. Salt Lake City is investing more in education. “This is a large part of what makes Utah different.
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40 FEATURE STORY: 2014 Economic Development Awards
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 28, 2014
In New York City, Long Island and Westchester County, businesses must be start-ups or high-tech companies. The crown jewel of the downtown development effort in Baton Rouge is IBM’s new 800-job technology center, a facility that will provide software development and software maintenance services to clients in the U.S.
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108 Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 23, 2017
Taking advantage of that strong educational and training foundation is the new BRIDG (Building the Innovation Development Gap) facility at NeoCity in Osceola County. Situated in Upstate New York, Oswego County is located centrally to New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Toronto and Montreal.
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Industry Focus: Aerospace Sector Is Flying High Again
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 5, 2016
With no state sales or income tax, limited corporate taxes and new tax incentives, like R&D Tax Credits and Economic Revitalization Zone Credits, the tax burden is ranked as BEST in New England and 8th in the nation by the U.S. Tax Foundation. ATLANTIC COUNTY, NJ: A LEADING EDGE LOCATION.
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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021
Autodesk Construction Cloud
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
This combined experience provided the foundation for Giana’s transition into a technology and innovation role, where she focused on digitalizing the engineering and construction industry. of work for projects involving tunneling, highway reconstruction, and rail transit design.
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52 FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
The present effort in this part of the project is to develop 600 acres that will be the foundation of Virginia’s fourth, deep-water marine terminal. At 1,675 feet, the arch was more than twice as long as the previous record-holder, the Hell Gate Railroad Bridge in New York City.
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FEATURE STORY: The Story Of Storage
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 8, 2013
The facility, which will be dubbed NY2, is the company’s first data center in New Jersey and a sign of continuing activity in the northern NJ market. CoreSite already has a site in New York City and the Secaucus facility will mark an important expansion for the provider.
‘I feel a lot better than I sound’: Val Kilmer opens up about his battle with throat cancer and his love life and admits he’s actually ‘very shy’ despite his famous former girlfriends that include Cher, Cindy Crawford and Angelina Jolie
Construction Test
MAY 13, 2020
Kilmer escaped the dreaded San Fernando Valley for New York City – where Marlon Brando, ‘the north star of my theatrical fantasies’, had studied 33 years earlier. Kilmer graduated and then fell under the spell of Cher when she picked him up in the city.
Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency
Business Facilities
JULY 15, 2014
In fact, the City of Frankfort recently announced that its focus is to continue to be a “strong food manufacturing leader,” according to Mayor Chris McBarnes. IMPA communities work closely with the state of Indiana, which has embraced its agriculture industry as a foundational part of the Indiana economy. and New York City.
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