LARGEST CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GIVE REGION A $15.9-BILLION BOOST

摘要

The eclectic array of largest projects to break ground in the New York region in 2017-including Delta Airlines' Terminals C and D at LaGuardia Airport, a Hard Rock hotel and casino in Atlantic City, N.J., the Atlantic Bridge natural gas pipeline in New Jersey and the Gowanus Canal Superfund site continued cleanup in Brooklyn-offer more evidence of a cooling high-rise residential construction market that carried over from 2016.The largest 30 projects on this year's Top Starts list, which was compiled from Dodge Data & Analytics information, totaled $15.89 billion, out of the region's total $113.6 billion in starts. The $4-billion LaGuardia Airport terminals renovation was the largest project, slightly exceeding the $3.98-billion Central Terminal replacement that topped last year's list.While residential work found its way onto our list, there were also commercial and hospitality projects as well as energy construction, both traditional and renewable. Public works and infrastructure are getting major attention-including an array of projects begun by the New Jersey Dept. of Transportation, fueling its selection as this year's Owner of the Year (see p. NY12). NJDOT began projects, including two on our list, worth $614.7 million. Infrastructure professionals tell ENR they think the state's newly named transportation commissioner, Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, will push forward on much needed work, propelled by additional funding from the 2016 passage of a 23-cent-per-gallon hike in the state gas tax.