Elizabeth Seton’s Children’s Hospital Expansion. Project valued at approximately $120 million. Building Trades are in negotiations on a PLA. 

Hillview Reservoir, Yonkers. The workforce has been mobilized for the Hillview Reservoir Chemical Addition Facilities Construction project. Skanska in a joint venture with ECCO III Enterprises, Inc., signed a contract with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) last September. The total contract is valued at $848 million. There is a PLA on this project

Kensico-Eastview Connector Project, Mount Pleasant. Last July, ground was broken on the $1.9-billion Kensico to Eastview tunneling and facilities upgrade project in the Westchester County Town of Mt. Pleasant. It includes site preparation and building work at the DEP campus adjacent to the Kensico Reservoir. The joint venture team of Paul J. Scariano, Inc., and Montesano Brothers, Inc., JV was the lowest bidder competing for the contract which the DEP awarded for $107 million.

CONSTRUCTION NEWS reported that the first phase of the four-part construction project is expected to be completed in late 2025. Tutor Perini Corp. announced Oct. 23 that its subsidiary, Frontier-Kemper Constructors, had been awarded a contract valued at approximately $1.1 billion by the New York City DEP for the Kensico-Eastview Connection Tunnel Project. Tutor Perini reported at the time that work was expected to begin in the coming months with substantial completion expected in 2030. There is a PLA on this project.

Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla. $220-million expansion project that will be built by predominately union tradesmen with Turner Construction.

Glen Island Bridge, New Rochelle. Work has begun on the $79.7-million project with Westchester County for the rehabilitation of Glen Island Approach Bridge over New Rochelle Harbor. Kiewit Infrastructure Co. of Omaha, NE was the low bidder on the project.

NYPA New Corporate Headquarters, White Plains, NY. The Building Trades are in negotiations with developer Cappelli Enterprises on a Project Labor Agreement for a new, New York Power Authority corporate headquarters project that is projected to be valued at more than $300 million. 

Rockland Logistics Center, Suffern. Some union firms have secured work on the 1.1-million-square-foot warehouse project at the former Ciba-Geigy Novartis site.

WTP Acquisitions Warehouse-Orangeburg. A nearly 200,000-square-foot warehouse project is currently in the bid stage.

JP Morgan Chase Data Center, Orangeburg, NY. Phase three of the project is scheduled to start in 2025.

DataBank Data Center, Orangeburg, NY. Completion on phase one, a 200,000-square-foot, 45-megawatt facility is expected soon, with work expected to begin on phase two this year after all approvals are secured.

West Nyack Revitalization. Work to be done under a Project Labor Agreement with the Town of Clarkstown in Rockland County. 

Rockland Green Animal Shelter, West Haverstraw, NY. Bids have gone out on the project that will be procured through a PLA. According to a published report in the Rockland County Business Journal, the construction contract is valued at close to $15 million.

Rockland County Sewer District No. 1. Two PLAs are in place for odor control and upgrades to sewer plants. 

Rockland County Sheriff’s Operations Building. Work has begun on the nearly $10-million project involving the renovation of the old County of Rockland Highway Department Administration Building and garages into the Rockland County Sheriff’s Operations Building that will be performed under a PLA. Worth Construction is the general contractor.

NYSDOT, Thruway projects. Included is work now underway on State Route 304 over Interstate 287 in the Town of Clarkstown in Rockland County—part of a three-bridge contract with NYSDOT in the Hudson Valley. 

Orange-Ulster BOCES. Work began on a $180-million capital program in 2024 and will continue in earnest in 2025 under a Project Labor Agreement.

Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center. Work has begun on the $365-million project under development with the New York State Dormitory Authority that will be performed under a PLA.

Second Phase-Exit 122 on Route 17. ECCO III Enterprises of Yonkers was the low bidder on that project valued at approximately $68 million. The work to be performed in 2025 will be under a PLA.

Newburgh Enlarged School District Career Tech Education Building. A PLA has been signed on the $90-million project in Orange County.

Champlain-Hudson Power Express. Extensive work to be performed in Rockland and Ulster counties under a PLA in 2025.

Ulster County Emergency Operations Center. Work on this project estimated between $20 million to $25 million is expected to go out to bid shortly. The project is subject to a PLA.

Sullivan County Airport Improvement Project. A PLA has been signed on this more than $20-million upgrade to the regional airport.

Route 17A/Route 94 Road Improvement Project. Impending bid on this NYSDOT project in Orange County, estimated at approximately $30 million, that will proceed under a PLA.

Route 17 Repaving Project in Sullivan and Orange Counties. PLA is in place on this $30-million project.

Town of Cornwall Drainage and Retaining Wall Project. Work will be performed on this project, estimated at approximately $26 million, by A. Servidone/B. Anthony Construction Corp.

Warehouse Projects. A number of major warehouse projects are underway or in the pipeline in Orange County, including a $400-million proposal totaling approximately 3-million square feet in the Town of Wawayanda that is set to go before public review shortly.

West Point Military Academy. The building trades are currently working on multiple projects with a total value of more than $500 million. Argenio Brothers recently won the bid on a Where and When road, sidewalk, water and sewer maintenance contract at West Point valued at approximately $30 million.

Caesar’s Lane Water Treatment Plant (Phase Two). A PLA is in place on this project in New Windsor that is scheduled to go to bid shortly and is valued at $80 million.

Roundout Bypass Project. Work is expected to begin soon on this multi-year project by the New York City DEP.

Additional School Construction Work. Building trades are monitoring expected project work from Monroe-Woodbury School District ($100 million), New Paltz, Wappinger, Ellenville, Arlington school districts.

Woodbury Common Expansion. Building trades have been attending municipal meetings on this project, which is expected to be valued at more than $100 million in Orange County. Owner Simon Properties has committed to a PLA.

Published: February 13, 2025.