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August 2003 |
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Big Plans
The Region's Transportation
Infrastructure Due for Expansion
Transportation means commerce and prosperity," said Joseph
Seymour, chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey in an interview in New York Construction News last month.
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Highway and
Bridge Round-up
Contractors Steer Clear
of Delaying Traffic
It seems as though every road, bridge and tunnel in the metropolitan
New York area is under construction this summer. Full
Story >>
On the Waterfront:
Temporary Outboard Roadway
Key to FDR Drive Rehabilitation
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive, known to most New Yorkers
as "the FDR Drive," was built when its namesake sat
in the White House. Full
Story >>
Ferry Construction Steams Ahead
With the Rebirth of Ferries,
Construction Picks Up
Ferries have a long history in New York City.
They were once the dominant form of cross-river and harbor traffic
- until the Brooklyn Bridge opened and ferry traffic began a
long, slow decline.
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Mold:
A Growing Menace?
At a time when mold-related litigation is exploding across the
country, many contractors are unable to get mold insurance,
approximately 200 general contractors, specialty contractors,
architects, engineers, attorneys, insurance executives, industrial
hygienists and medical doctors were told at a recent meeting
titled "Mold: Fact vs. Fiction."
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Tight Market Squeezing Specialty Contractors
With the economy sluggish for a number of years and with the
New York metropolitan area taking a further drubbing in the
aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, it is
small wonder that the construction industry in the region is
finally sputtering.
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