<p>We received two more small projects from a regular client today. Whew! Work keeps coming in, enough to keep us busy. We’re actually on track to do just as well this year as last.</p>
<p>In 2 years, my project will in all likelihood be very close to completion. If there aren’t any more construction projects for me, I’m going to try to get back into traffic engineering / urban planning. My old firm is actually doing quite well for itself and has expanded from 3 cities to 6 cities since I left.</p>
<p>if anything throughout this economic ripple, I see more civil engineers being hired than 3-4 years ago. Everywhere around nyc is construction mania.</p>
<p>We must be living in two different NYC’s. So much construction has stalled due to financing (or other issues) in the past year or two. Off the top of my head, I came up with the following high-profile ones:
2 WTC - Silverstein
3 WTC - Silverstein
5 WTC - Port Authority
Four Seasons Hotel/Condo - Silverstein
W55th & 8th office tower - Boston Properties
Hudson Yards - Related
Atlantic Yards - Ratner
Port Authority Tower
Tower @ Moynihan Station - Vornado / Related
NYC Technical College tower - Ratner
Diamond Tower - Extell
Harlem Park / MLB Tower- Vornado
111 Washington St</p>
<p>Two projects that are in danger of coming to a stop are the 2nd Avenue Subway and East Side Access. </p>
<p>According to the NY Building Congress, there will be an approximately 20% drop in construction spending in NYC this year compared to last. Not good.</p>
<p>maybe there have been some setbacks, but I still see a ton of work going on around the city.</p>
<p>A lot of work compared to other places… but not enough to keep everyone employed.</p>
<p>[Construction</a> Unemployment Rate Rises to 18.7% | ENR: Engineering News Record | McGraw-Hill Construction](<a href=“http://enr.ecnext.com/coms2/article_bmwf091106Unemployment]Construction”>http://enr.ecnext.com/coms2/article_bmwf091106Unemployment)</p>
<p>18.7% unemployment rate in the construction industry nationwide, which is the highest in the past 26 years.</p>
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<p>Ungghhhh. My life choices are achy.</p>
<p>i believe 18.7% does not include underemployed people… The number is probably closer to 30%…</p>