A dozen New York City-based developers, investors, and local city officials dug in and tossed ceremonial shovels full of dirt — as a team of hard-hatted construction workers behind them continued transforming a 13-acre former contaminated industrial site into 398 new places to live. In the next 18 months, the New York City-based construction firm Hudson Meridian plans to have built a new six-story, 377-unit apartment complex, 21 new townhouses along Munson Street, 474 surface and garage parking spaces, and a green expanse of lawn sloping up in the direction of Shelton Avenue. Steve Calicchio, who is Hudson Meridian’s project executive for 201 Munson, said that there are currently around 80 construction workers working at the development site. At the height of construction in the months ahead, he said, there should be between 200 and 300 construction workers on site at any given time.

https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/201_munson_4

Quinnipiac University has received final approval to construct three buildings – a new school of business, an academic building and a residence hall – at its Hamden campus, part of the school’s controversial South Quad project. Construction is expected to begin this winter, with the new buildings opening during the 2024-25 academic year, the school announced Thursday. The $293 million project includes an academic building, which will span about 142,000 square feet, along with an 80,000-square-foot business school and 417-bed residence hall for first-year students. On Tuesday, the commission approved the final site development plan, the last step before work can begin. The Quinnipiac Board of Trustees approved the project in January. Construction will be funded through a combination of the university’s endowment, philanthropic efforts and debt financing.

Quinnipiac Univ. receives final approval for $293M South Quad project

Between March and April 2021 and an additional phase in 2022, the Costello Dismantling Company Inc. completed the demolition of the 400,000-sq.-ft. former Anaconda American Brass Company manufacturing plant in the city of Waterbury, Conn. Due to widespread contamination and deterioration of the entire complex, more than 10,000 tons of debris was handled and disposed of as PCB and asbestos waste. Waterbury was known as “The Brass City” because it was home to several brass manufacturing plants. Waterbury received $2.2 million — $2 million from the State of DECD and $200,000 from an NVCOG EPA RLF grant — to pay for the demolition, environmental assessment and remediation on both parcels, which are adjacent to each other. Costello Dismantling secured the $2,704,253 demolition and abatement contract in early 2021.

https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/costello-dismantles-12-interconnected-brass-plant-structures-in-waterbury/59221

A private real estate company has received conditional approval to build a 1 million-square-foot warehouse in Plainfield that is expected to net the town a tidy sum in permitting and tax revenue. The Planning & Zoning Commission on June 29 granted site plan approval to Scannell Properties for construction of a warehouse on the combined parcels at 91-105, 107, 113 and 143-151 Plainfield Pike currently owned by the Plainfield Materials company. In addition to the enormous warehouse, the project, which First Selectman Kevin Cunningham estimated will cost up to $100 million to complete, calls for creating 975 parking and 182 trailer storage spaces, along with 200 docking doors on the total 137-acre space, according to site plans.

https://www.norwichbulletin.com/story/news/local/2022/07/14/scannell-properties-to-build-massive-warehouse-on-plainfield-ct-pike/65371733007/

Hard-hatted Hunter was on the construction site of the George-and-Orchard Street portion of the $838 million Yale New Haven neurosciences center rising in West River. While workers from Turner Construction worked on the first tiers of the garage, Hunter monitored their safety. Hunter said he has seen no slips, no falls, no major injuries during his months stationed at Yale New Haven. Two hours into the job Tuesday morning, that was holding true: ​“So far, so good. I haven’t seen any safety issues. Let’s see what happens the rest of the day.” Turner has had him doing the safety superintendent work at Yale New Haven since June. He is responsible for checking in on a half dozen sites, mostly the West River project, but also on York Street.

https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/safety_hunter_keeps_eye_on_the_upper_tiers

FFD 149, Fine Fettle’s social equity cultivator business in partnership with Hartford resident Kennard Ray, has submitted a special permit and subdivision applications with the town to construct a cannabis cultivation facility at 10 Mosey Drive. A public hearing for the proposal is set for Dec. 15. Pending public approval, Zachs said the facility will take about 18 months to build out. He said the cultivation business will have between 60 to 100 employees when fully up and running. Fine Fettle’s social equity cultivator license is for businesses planning to open large-scale operations of more than 15,000 square feet of grow space, differing from micro-cultivator licenses that go to establishments with between 2,000 square feet and 10,000 square feet of grow space.

Fine Fettle proposes cannabis grow facility in Bloomfield

According to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), however, 43% of the public roadways in the United States remain in poor or mediocre condition, with almost 231,000 bridges needing repair—nearly 8% of them structurally deficient. These systems need major repair, replacement, or preservation work and soon. The U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), signed into law in November 2021, is a historic, $550 billion investment to address deteriorating infrastructure, including projects to improve public transportation, roadways and water and energy distribution systems. In government projects, however, nearly one-third of initiatives fail to meet original goals and only half stay within budget. This data spurred the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act (PMIAA) of 2016, which is legislation designed to improve project and program management within the U.S. federal government to help reduce wasteful spending.

https://www.constructiondive.com/spons/preparing-for-the-imminent-surge-in-infrastructure-projects/637701/

A single lane access bridge at the former Ansonia Copper and Brass site could be the city’s literal link to economic progress, according to Corporation Counsel John Marini. And the state is spending $6.5 million to make it happen. Local and state officials announced last week that the site would get state money — approved by the State Bond Commission — from the Community Investment Fund 2030 to repair an access bridge to the plant, at 75 Liberty St., that would allow greater access on site for cleanup efforts. Marini said repairs are expected by 2023. The site has gotten millions over the years to help with cleanup and redevelopment. But the pace of state and federal aid has picked up over the last few. The $6.5 million comes just months after the site got $2.9 million in federal funds to demolish and remediate the former SHW Casting plant on Main Street, removing hazardous materials.

https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Ansonia-Copper-and-Brass-bridge-repair-17648118.php?src=nhrhpdesecp

The state has allocated $24.6 million to help municipalities remediate 41 blighted properties, Gov. Ned Lamont announced, including the former Ames corporate headquarters in Rocky Hill. The funding is expected to augment $625 million in private funding that will go toward investigating and cleaning up the sites, which span about 86 acres in total. The funding, in the form of grants and loans, is from the state Department of Economic and Community Development’s Brownfield Remediation and Development Program. “Remediation of brownfields is critically important for the health of our environment, and the health of our communities,” said Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes.

State provides $24.6M for brownfield projects across CT

The Inland Wetlands Commission, at its meeting Thursday, approved R.D. Scinto, Inc.’s plans to construct a 43,000-square-foot addition to the already existing commercial flex space at 15 Forest Parkway. According to the plans filed with the Inland Wetlands Commission, the building addition and new parking areas will replace some existing paved and wooded areas on site. The existing driveway entrance into the parking lot will be maintained. The project site area will encompass approximately 3 acres of the lot. Generally, the site slopes from east to west towards an existing wetlands area located in the southern portion of the lot. According to the plans, the proposed project seeks to develop a portion of the existing wetlands area and will create new wetlands areas to compensate for this. 

https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Expansion-Scinto-Forest-Parkway-Shelton-17648504.php