News stories tagged with "construction"

(10/06/11) Senators Schumer and Gillibrand announced last week $46.4 million in funding for new construction at Fort Drum. The new facilities will help National Guard and Reserve troops with their training. Joanna Richards has the story. more

(01/28/11) The term "universal design" isn't well known but its principals are all around us. Modern elevators, hallways and doors are all easier to use than they used to be. As the Innovation Trail's Daniel Robison reports, a western New York group has played a key role in making the world more accessible for people with disabilities and everyone else.

(04/14/10) The budget crisis continues in Albany. Lawmakers and Governor David Paterson have failed to reach a budget agreement for next year. The legislature has approved narrow budget extenders that allow crucial services to continue, but many payments are being withheld.

The state Budget Director says New York could run completely out of money as early as June. Brian Mann checked in yesterday with Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward. The Republican from Willsboro says the budget impasse is already hurting businesses in the North Country.

(03/30/10) The Arts Center of Old Forge got some good news this month. A new building project, just across the road, had been on hold due to a lack of funds. But with a new USDA loan and grant that total $3-million, construction is expected to resume next month. Todd Moe spoke with Arts Center director Jennifer Potter Hayes. She's been on the job for about six weeks and says she hopes the new building will open this fall.

(03/09/09) In the middle of a recession that's crippling the construction field, there's at least one sector of industry that's doing pretty well. That's "material reuse." Taking pieces of old buildings and using them in new ones. Advocates say used materials could save developers a heap of money. Samara Freemark has the story of one re-use company that's both green and in the black.

(08/19/08) Construction has started in the village of Potsdam for a new $3.5 million hydro-electric generator on the Raquette River. Work crews will start dynamiting river rock later this morning. We get a kind of preview on today's Heard Up North.

(07/30/08) A small town on the St. Lawrence River is going forward with a legal case against eight Amish residents. Martha Foley has more.

(07/01/08) Governor David Paterson, says the lack of progress at the site of the former World Trade Center Towers is "unacceptable" and that he intends to fix the problem. Karen DeWitt reports.

(06/06/08) The Olympic Regional Development Authority says bids for construction of the new Conference Center at Lake Placid exceeded the project's budget by more than $13 million. That means the project, which was already behind schedule, has been put on hold until the Olympic Authority can find ways to cut costs or secure more funding. Chris Knight reports.

(12/22/06) North Country Public Radio is looking at a boom of large-scale real estate developments across the region in an ongoing series. In the Watertown area, homebuilders and rehabbers have been trying to catch up with a population explosion driven by the Army's expansion at Fort Drum. The military's expecting roughly 10,000 people -- soldiers plus families -- to relocate to the region as the 10th Mt. Division grows. Kevin Jordan is with the Development Authority of the North Country, which is overseeing a housing plan for the region. He told David Sommerstein the real crunch will come in the spring, when more than 6,000 Fort Drum soldiers return from a year in Afghanistan.