A former Sam’s Club warehouse leased to Amazon recently sold, marking a shift in the region from large suburban office spaces to warehouses. The transaction reflects a broader trend in New Jersey, where warehouse construction surged during the COVID-19 pandemic to meet the growing demand for e-commerce.
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Extreme Heat Means Tough Choices for NYC Building Owners
Aside from thermal cracks, a related focus for structural engineers are gaps between dissimilar materials that respond to heat differently. For both of these reasons, New York City buildings will likely see an uptick in thermal cracking and weathering this century, according to Rutgers’ Andrews.
How a major hurricane could upend Cape and Islands’ economy
“The houses that were affected by Sandy that suffered damage, for three years they were worth less than neighboring houses, but by year four the market had forgotten. And they were worth just as much as neighboring houses,” Andrews said.
Extreme heat broke a New York City bridge. Expect more infrastructure mishaps like this
Cities all over the world that lie closer to the equator than [New York] build infrastructure to a more heat-resistant standard,” Andrews says. “We have to adapt ours in that direction, over time.”
How the heat will continue to affect your commute
Clinton Andrews discusses how the ongoing heat wave is affecting transit infrastructure in and around New York City.
Heldrich Report: NJ’s Energy-Efficiency Workforce Needs
The Heldrich Center, in partnership with the Built Environment and Green Building Group at the Center for Urban Policy Research, recently conducted a study to better understand and document community needs and areas for growth in training, recruiting, hiring, and retaining students, trainees, and workers from diverse backgrounds for the state’s energy-efficiency workforce.
After COVID, key hospitals get funding for next emergencies
While legislative leaders provided no details when they added the trauma center funding to last year’s budget late in the process — it was not part of Murphy’s original plan — budget documents indicate it was aimed at helping them improve “their ability to respond to...
How this 100-year-old agency shaped and at times disgraced the region
Great infrastructure projects — bridges and tunnels, airports, the PATH and the nation’s first container port — characterized that empire that unified the bi-state economy, but it wasn’t without political strife. “The Port Authority has been a factor in bringing the...
Build Back Better: Creating infrastructure and emergency community service jobs programs
Workers suffering the greatest economic harm in the current crisis include people of color, low-wage earners in the service sector, women, and individuals with lower educational levels.
One thing we agree on – How the American public views the economic crisis
Survey results showed that the public shares widespread agreement regarding the state of the economy and what the response to joblessness should be.
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