Industry Faces July 1, 2010
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The 2010 Global Construction Summit recently took place at The McGraw-Hill Companies Corporate Headquarters Auditorium located at 1221 Avenue of the Americas on the 2nd Floor in New York City. The focus of the event was on “Winning Business in World Markets” and included country delegations from the major construction markets of Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Australia gathering to hear from global thought-leaders.From left: McGraw-Hill CEO, Terry McGraw; Indian Minister, Kamal Nath; McGraw-Hill Construction President, Keith Fox. |
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Leaders from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority highlighted the need for fi scal discipline and a renewed focus on Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises at a recent construction industry event hosted by Anchin, a New York-based accounting and advisory fi rm. The MWBE “Building the Future” event took place at the McGraw-Hill Conference Center located at 1221 Avenue of the Americas. From left: Philip Ross of Anchin, Jay Walder of the MTA, Richard Anderson, New York Building Congress, and Kayte Steinert-Threlkeld of Anchin |
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The Brooklyn Children’s Museum recently became New York City’s fi rst “green” museum when their United States Green Building Council LEED Silver plaque was unveiled at an event on the museum’s rooftop located at 145 Brooklyn Avenue in Brooklyn, New York and awarded to the museum. From left: David Burney, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Design and Construction; Georgina Ngozi, President & CEO of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum; Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President; Alvert Vann, New York City Council Member (District 36); Russell Unger, United State Green Building Council; 2 Brooklyn Children’s Museum Interns; James Robinson, Skanska USA Building; Iggy the Iguana with a Brooklyn Children’s Museum handler. |
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The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York recently held the Engineering Excellence Awards Gala in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Twenty-six New York State consulting engineering fi rms were honored with Diamond Awards for outstanding design, research and studies projects in ten categories.From left: Neil Lucey, Chairman-elect, ACEC New York; Jay Walder, Chairman and CEO, MTA; and Robert Radley, Chairman, ACEC New York. |
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