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AP: New York City’s skyscrapers are built to withstand most earthquakesApril 09, 2024
While last Friday’s 4.8 magnitude earthquake left many in the metro New York area shaken, it had a negligible effect on the city’s skyscrapers.
UBS Arena Opens
November 24, 2021
A ribbon cutting on November 19 marked the grand opening of UBS Arena — the new home to National Hockey League’s New York Islanders — in Elmont, New York
Metropolis: After Two Decades Vacant, Dickey House to Reopen as a Public School
November 19, 2021
The Robert and Anne Dickey House (The Dickey House) at 67 Greenwich Street is a four-story, unreinforced masonry building constructed in 1810.
New York YIMBY: Construction Tops Out At 141 Willoughby Street
November 18, 2021
A new 24-story commercial tower at 141 Willoughby Street in Downtown Brooklyn has officially topped out, comprising 400,000 square feet with a mix of Class A office space and retail on the lower floors.
Daddazio Receives 2021 Homer Gage Balcom Award
November 17, 2021
Senior Consultant Raymond P. Daddazio, Eng.Sc.D., P.E., F.EMI, has been awarded the 2021 Homer Gage Balcom Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Metropolitan Section.
BD&C: Hub For A Company And - Maybe - A City
November 09, 2021
With its mix of uses – three performance spaces, a rooftop park open to the public, conference and classrooms, and balconied atrium – Capital One Hall is a center for corporate use, community arts, education, civic events and more.
Retrofit Magazine: Preserving Historic Fabric Is More Cost-effective Than Large-scale Replacement
November 09, 2021
A comprehensive façade restoration program at the Helmsley Building at 230 Park Avenue in New York City has won top honors in Retrofit Magazine's Metamorphosis Awards for the Exterior Restoration category.
Civil + Structural Engineer: Repairing The Helmsley Building
November 05, 2021
The ability to tie the face of the original terra cotta panels to the back up wall saved the integrity of the landmark building.
Assystem Wins Two Contracts For New STEP Fusion Plant
November 04, 2021
Assystem and their partners, Thornton Tomasetti, will work with STEP’s research team to develop software capable of undertaking simulations to help define breeder blanket designs that can produce enough tritium to advance the project to the next phase of simulation and testing, moving us closer to achieving commercially viable fusion energy.