Global offshore wind energy producer Ørsted is currently developing a 300-megawatt revolution wind farm in New London. The project is expected to generate almost $32 million in local investments, in addition to over $4.5 million in grants supporting workforce and supply chain studies, research and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education at regional institutions. […]
“This is truly a special structure on the Quinnipiac river,” City Engineer Giovanni Zinn said. “It’s truly a treasure and with that comes the responsibility of preserving that historical character.” The project cost is estimated to be $25.5 million, two-thirds of which will be underwritten through a combination of federal and state funds. The rehabilitation […]
The newly named Tribal Winds Casino is expected to support 2,000 construction jobs, 2,000 positions to staff the facility and 1,000 indirect jobs supporting vendors, tribal officials said. The plan would designate at least 650 jobs for residents of Hartford, East Hartford, East Windsor, Windsor Locks and other area communities. The casino was previously named […]
Part of a multi-agency review during his first weeks in office, Lamont said the tour gave him a fuller perspective of DEEP’s duties, which range from land and permit issues, natural gas pipelines, wastewater management, forest protection, lifeguard recruitment and training, renewable energy procurement and helping to ensure the New England power grid remains reliable. […]
Last fall, the city asked the courts to order the fired developer of the baseball stadium, Centerplan Construction Co, to remove the liens it placed on the properties and release the properties to the city. Without such an order, the city cannot move forward with a new developer it has selected, RMS Cos. of Stamford. […]
NTE Energy reapplied to the Siting Council Jan. 18, seeking a key approval called a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need for its Killingly Energy Center (KEC). The dual-fuel (natural gas and diesel oil), combined cycle plant would be located on Lake Road in Killingly, less than two miles west of I-395. The Siting […]
The town now has permission to bid out the estimated $86.09 million middle school project, which will receive 47.5 percent reimbursement from the state, Superintendent Michael Graner said. Graner said with the state’s commitment to fund the project and authorization to go out to bid, the town plans to advertise the project this week. The Permanent School Building Committee then will hire a construction firm, […]
Stephen Sandherr, CEO of the Associated General Contractors of America, announced a new association program aimed at recruiting a more diverse pool of workers into the construction industry through vocational training that targets women and minority high school students in New York City and around the U.S., Spectrum News NY1 reported. “If the construction industry cannot […]
The Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday unanimously approved the site plan for the new Oxford middle school. The approval moves the $44.9 million school building project forward. The school, which will be constructed along Great Oak Road, will replace the aging Oxford Center School. The project has already been approved by both the Board of […]
The City Council has awarded the $2.5 million contract to renovate the Memorial Boulevard School into an arts magnet school to Downes Construction Co. and D’Amato Construction Co. Mayor Ellen Zoppo-Sassu said the project’s building committee chose D’Amato and Downes A Joint Venture as the construction management firm to transform the old school into the […]
Harbor Point properties contribute more than $1.2 billion to the city’s Grand List value. The city has reaped $18.6 million in fees and conveyance taxes alone, and been paid $100 million in property taxes. BLT has done what city plans have called for for decades by building more housing and affordable housing, BLT Chief Operating […]
Hartford officials plan this summer to take down a bunker-like former data processing center, which occupies an entire city block between Trumbull and Pleasant streets behind Dunkin’ Donuts Park. They see it as a key step in advancing a project that has stalled as control of the properties is battled over in court. The effort […]
As construction of the new building for New Lebanon School nears completion, Greenwich’s legislative delegation to Hartford presented a $17 million gift to First Selectman Peter Tesei on Tuesday. The oversized check for $17,469,365 represents a large portion of the state’s share of the costs of the new elementary school building, which carries a $37.3 […]
The $39 million garage, which will not be generally open to the public, is part of the $205 million, state taxpayer-funded renovation of the 87-year-old State Office Building on nearby Capitol Avenue across from The Bushnell. The renovation of the State Office Building — an imposing edifice of Indiana limestone — has been underway for […]
The entire $130 million construction and renovation project — years in the making — is supposed to be completed by 2021. The new portion of the school is on schedule to be completed in August 2019 for the following school year. West Haven High School Building Committee Chairman Kenneth Carney led the tour, saying the […]
After months of negotiations, the Connecticut Port Authority has reached an agreement with Gateway New London LLC to run State Pier in New London for at least the next 20 years. Gateway will take over operations at State Pier on May 1. At the end of the 20-year contract, the port authority has the option […]
The city has confirmed that Exact Capital, the Manhattan developer chosen last year to renovate and reopen the Majestic and Poli Palace theaters downtown, the neighboring Savoy Hotel, and to also build brand new residential towers, did not meet Thursday’s deadline for obtaining financing. Thomas Gill, Mayor Joe Ganim’s economic development chief, said the 2017 […]
Mayor Neil M. O’Leary is promising 2019 will be another busy year for city infrastructure and economic development projects. “Demolition and construction everywhere, that’s what I see,” O’Leary said. “I’m really excited for 2019. I really feel like there’s a huge amount of momentum rolling into 2019, and I’m really excited about it.” A new […]
The city hopes to receive a $10 million state grant for the total renovation of its Public Works Department facility on Middletown Avenue. A three-level garage and office space at 34 Middletown Ave. comprises the Public Works Central Services Facility. The City Services and Environmental Policy Committee voted to accept the funds in a recent […]
After a decade of erecting apartment towers in the South End, Building and Land Technology was in front of the board with a change for land outside its Harbor Point development, a $3.5 billion overhaul of abandoned industrial land. In short, BLT wants more building with higher housing densities. Neighbors want less. On Tuesday night, […]
Connecticut’s 58,400 trucking jobs annually earn an average of $54,350 per worker, says the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). The ATRI data comes amid growing concerns among Connecticut’s truckers about the potential for state lawmakers in the upcoming legislative session to seriously weigh tolling state highways to fund road maintenance and other transportation infrastructure. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20190103/NEWS01/190109975
The partial shutdown of the federal government, which began on Dec. 22, will have an effect on some federal construction programs—especially those under the Federal Transit Administration—but other major infrastructure accounts, particularly highways, will continue with little change. DOT on Dec, 11 announced nearly $1.5 billion in BUILD grant awards, but Deery says that with […]
The Walk Bridge reconstruction has been the subject of countless meetings, spawned a lawsuit, and raised concerns for the businesses and residents who will be impacted by the multiyear, more than $1 billion project. Final design plans could be ready as soon as spring 2019 and are expected no later than the summer. Construction of […]
“The priority for the last decade has been expansion and really about significant investment and enlargement of the transit network,” said Richard Andreski, the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Bureau Chief of Public Transportation. Andreski said the expansion of the Hartford and New Haven rail lines and CTfastrak are examples of this expansion. http://www.bristolpress.com/BP-General+News/341715/transportations-importance-on-revitalization-discussed
Now that the report on the possible expansion of police headquarters into neighboring Board of Education offices is done, Police Chief John Klett has doubts the project will happen. “It’s close enough to where it is doable,” Klett said, but the location remains not as desirable as Farmington Avenue, where a new $16 million police […]
Capping an approximately three-year lobbying push at the state Capitol by Dominion Energy, Connecticut’s sole nuclear plant has won a state-assigned contract that will enable it to sell approximately half of its massive output to electric ratepayers over the next decade, state officials announced Friday. “We are pleased that Connecticut’s regulators have selected Millstone’s offer […]
