Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu April 16, 2026
Innovative Fix Saves Failing NYC Interceptor
In New York City, the title of "The Interceptor" might bring up visions of an all-league defender who steals passes for one of the city's professional sports franchises. To see the real interceptor in action, city residents would have to go where they don't want to go, to see what they don't want to see....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Mon January 12, 2026
$12 Million Del Valle Square Upgrade Improves Traffic, Pedestrian Safety, Creating a Vital New Space in Hunts Point
The NYC Department of Transportation, NYC Parks and the NYC Department of Design and Construction announced the completion of a $12 million project that transformed the Monsignor Raul Del Valle Square in Hunts Point, Bronx, into a versatile public space surrounded by calmer traffic and improved pedestrian safety features....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Tue May 27, 2025
First Phase of East Side Coastal Resiliency Receives Award
Commissioner Thomas Foley of the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced that the first phase of East Side Coastal Resiliency in the area north of East 15th Street received a National Recognition Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) at its 2025 Engineering Excellence (EEA) Awards....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Thu February 20, 2025
Design-Build Saving Over 50 Years, $1.4 Billion on Just 42 City Projects
Deputy Mayor of Operations, Meera Joshi and Commissioner Thomas Foley of the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced that the city is saving 50 years of project time and $1.4 billion on just 42 current capital projects that are using the design-build method of contracting....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Mon December 02, 2024
DDC Receives 11 Engineering Excellence Awards From ACEC New York
Commissioner Thomas Foley of the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced that the agency has received 11 2025 Engineering Excellence Awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC New York) for capital projects in Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, including top Diamond Awards for Project Area 2 of East Side Coastal Resiliency and the new NYPD 116th Precinct....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Mon October 28, 2024
NYC Completes Phase II of Broad Channel Project
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the NYC Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) and the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced the completion of a $51 million infrastructure project that raised streets, installed new storm sewers and reconstructed bulkheads in Broad Channel, Queens....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Mon September 11, 2023
NYC Completes Grand Concourse Reconstruction From E. 175th St. to Fordham Road
The NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), NYC Department of Environmental Protection and NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) joined community members and local elected officials to celebrate the reconstruction of Grand Concourse in the Bronx from E....
Mon March 05, 2018
City Begins $35M Project to Improve Drainage, Enhance Jack's Pond in Great Kills
The New York City Departments of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Design and Construction (DDC) announced that work is under way on a $35 million project to improve drainage and enhance Jack's Pond in the South Shore's Great Kills neighborhood....
