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Binghamton University hosts technology events in April
VESTAL — Two new events at Binghamton University will bring together entrepreneurs, industry partners, and investors over the course of two days in April. Things kick off with Binghamton University’s first-ever Energy Innovation Day on April 17. The day will feature speakers and panels on alternative-energy research and education, tours of campus facilities, and an […]
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VESTAL — Two new events at Binghamton University will bring together entrepreneurs, industry partners, and investors over the course of two days in April.
Things kick off with Binghamton University’s first-ever Energy Innovation Day on April 17. The day will feature speakers and panels on alternative-energy research and education, tours of campus facilities, and an evening reception.
The reception is also open to participants of TECHSTORM, which takes place on April 18 and serves as a networking opportunity for inventors and entrepreneurs.
Both events will be held at the university’s new engineering and science building at the Innovative Technologies Complex on Murray Hill Road in Vestal.
“We’re bringing [in] technologies that are on the cusp of becoming companies,” Dr. Eugene Krentsel, assistant vice president for entrepreneurship and innovation partnerships at the university, says of the two programs. The goal, particularly for TECHSTORM, is to give people with great ideas, companies looking for new innovations, and investors seeking projects to fund a chance to network together in the same place.
The event also gives the university and others a chance to showcase energy initiatives and innovations during Energy Innovation Day, sponsored by the New York State Center of Excellence in Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging (based at Binghamton University), industry partners, and the university. The goal of the day is to bring together students, researchers, and companies to discuss emerging alternative-energy technologies, energy-conservation issues, and research and development collaborations.
Binghamton University decided to host a TECHSTORM event after attending the inaugural one created by InnovateTech Ventures in Virginia last year, Krentsel says. That event, held at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. last June, drew 27 university and federal labs to showcase more than 115 technologies. More than 175 attendees participated.
Binghamton University reached out to InnovateTech about having an event in New York State, Krentsel says.
The ultimate goal of both events — and the idea behind having the events on successive days with a joint reception between them — is “cross pollination” between big companies and small entrepreneurs. Throw in an investor or two, and some of those matches might result in the formation of new startup technology companies, he contends.
Krentsel says the events have been drawing a steady stream of interest from possible attendees and participants.
Registration for the Energy Innovation Day is free, although space is limited. Email innovation@binghamton.edu to sign up or get more information.
Registration for TECHSTORM is $150 through March 16, and then rises to $175 through April 15. The cost is $200 for those who register the day of the event.
More information about the event and registration is also available online at www.techstormny.com.
Krentsel says he hopes to register more than 100 for the events. “We hope that we’ll fill the room to its capacity,” he says.
California firm to close on InfiMed acquisition in April
SALINA — Medical-imaging hardware and software developer InfiMed, Inc. will soon be a part of Palo Alto, Calif.–based Varian Medical Systems, Inc. under an acquisition agreement slated to close in early April. Varian (NYSE: VAR) agreed to purchase privately owned InfiMed for $15 million, plus payments based on the sales of InfiMed products over the
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SALINA — Medical-imaging hardware and software developer InfiMed, Inc. will soon be a part of Palo Alto, Calif.–based Varian Medical Systems, Inc. under an acquisition agreement slated to close in early April.
Varian (NYSE: VAR) agreed to purchase privately owned InfiMed for $15 million, plus payments based on the sales of InfiMed products over the next two years. The transaction will include InfiMed’s headquarters at 121 Metropolitan Park Drive in Salina.
Varian manufactures medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy, radiosurgery, and brachytherapy. It supplies tubes and digital detectors for medical, scientific, and industrial X-ray imaging.
InfiMed will be integrated into Varian’s X-Ray Products division, according to Robert Kluge, Varian’s president for that division. Varian will then be able to provide its customers with a more complete product line, he says.
“It’s a fit for our business,” Kluge says. “If you take our imaging receptors and add them to InfiMed’s processing capability, it’s a more capable product. It’s one that we can package together.”
Integrating different components in imaging systems can be a challenge, according to Kluge. Varian’s customers often ask for integration help, and the company decided it wanted to offer imaging receptors and processing as a package.
Company leaders at Varian considered developing image processing in-house, Kluge says. But they first decided to look for potential partnerships and acquisitions — and found InfiMed.
“[InfiMed] knew that these components were coming together,” Kluge says.
Varian does not plan to close InfiMed’s headquarters in Salina or a satellite office it operates outside of Rochester, according to Kluge. No layoffs are planned, he adds. InfiMed employs about 60 people.
Operations at InfiMed’s offices will be fully integrated with other aspects of Varian’s X-Ray Products division, according to Kluge. He expects revenue to increase across the division and believes InfiMed’s offices will also generate more revenue in the future.
“We think that the business will probably expand significantly for them over the next three years as a result of this [acquisition],” Kluge says. “The X-Ray Products business has grown 15 percent or so over the last five years. I think they’ll be on the higher end of that.”
InfiMed generates about $15 million in revenue annually.
Varian’s X-Ray Products division totaled $469 million in revenue in its 2011 fiscal year, while the entire company generated nearly $2.6 billion in revenue that year, according to its annual report. Varian’s net income totaled almost $400 million in the period.
Growth at Varian does not typically come from acquisitions, Kluge says.
“We have mostly organic growth,” he says. “Most of our acquisitions are small, and we don’t really make that many. We’ve only made three or four over the last fifteen years or so.”
Varian will likely use the InfiMed name on some products, which will take advantage of existing brand equity, according to Kluge. He anticipates keeping current InfiMed President Amy Ryan to run the company’s operations in Salina.
“This is an exciting development for our business and our employees,” Ryan said in a news release. “By joining with Varian, we will be able to offer our leading technology in digital-image processing to more customers around the world.”
Ryan declined a request for further comment and referred questions to Varian.
Varian employs about 5,900 people at manufacturing sites in America, Europe, and China. Its X-Ray Products division has roughly 800 employees.
The California company did not use any outside brokers or accountants in the deal to acquire InfiMed, according to Franco Palomba, Varian’s corporate senior vice president for finance and business development and the company’s corporate treasurer.
InfiMed’s headquarters on Metropolitan Park Drive is 27,000 square feet, according to records from the Onondaga County Office of Real Property Tax Services. The facility and the land it sits on were assessed at just under $1.3 million in 2011, the records state.
Tech Garden companies to merge, take on anchor space
SYRACUSE — The new anchor tenant in downtown Syracuse’s Tech Garden is homegrown. Rounded Development moved into the facility’s 1,600-square-foot anchor space in February. The firm, which specializes in app and Web development, was formed from businesses that grew up in the Tech Garden. AppFury, founded in 2009, and Rounded Development, launched in 2011, were
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SYRACUSE — The new anchor tenant in downtown Syracuse’s Tech Garden is homegrown.
Rounded Development moved into the facility’s 1,600-square-foot anchor space in February. The firm, which specializes in app and Web development, was formed from businesses that grew up in the Tech Garden.
AppFury, founded in 2009, and Rounded Development, launched in 2011, were neighbors in the facility and eventually began collaborating on projects. The two firms started to overlap in their work so much, it simply made sense to join forces, says Eric Hinman, partner at Rounded Development and co-founder of AppFury.
“We had been working together for nine months,” says Andrew Farah, also a partner at Rounded. “It was almost like dating. And then after that, it was let’s do this.”
Farah was a co-founder and director of operations at Rounded and also previously served as chief technology officer at AppFury.
The merger is still in the process of closing, Hinman adds, and should wrap up later this month. The firms decided to use Rounded’s name since it indicates a broader focus than AppFury, although AppFury will remain a brand underneath Rounded, he says.
Long term, Hinman says traditional client work will provide the smallest piece of Rounded’s revenue. The company expects to generate far more business with its own products and through partnerships it develops with clients.
Before the merger, for example, AppFury and Rounded worked together to develop a virtual business card platform. Through a QR code printed on a traditional business card, users can easily download information about each other’s companies and connect
on social networks.
Syracuse–based Dupli, a local printing company, is now selling the platform as one of its products, Hinman says.
Rounded is also partnering with Mirbeau Inn and Spa of Skaneateles to develop an iPad-based menu for its steakhouse and wine
bar. The idea is to eventually sell the system to others in the hospitality business, Hinman says.
The company has worked frequently with younger companies for a stake in a product rather than all cash, Farah says.
The goal is for the company to spend most of its time on its own products and in partnerships. That work will be supported by a base of ongoing work with three to five larger clients, Farah says.
Some Rounded clients include CenterState CEO; PPC of DeWitt, a manufacturer of connectors used in telecommunications; and the Woodbine Group, a Syracuse–based real estate developer.
Rounded employs nine people, four from AppFury and five from Rounded, along with several project-based contractors. Farah says the company hopes to add another two people this summer.
The Tech Garden anchor space the company occupies was formerly home to Visory Group, an information-technology firm. Visory merged in May with Integrity Networking Systems of Fairport to form IV4, Inc.
IV4 relocated to a new office at 344 W. Genesee St.
Editor’s note: AppFury developed The Business Journal’s mobile website.
Husband and wife duo open senior-care franchise in Syracuse
DeWITT –– Gair and Tom Adams recently started their Home Instead Senior Care franchise business, serving Onondaga County’s growing needs for companion care for senior citizens. Home Instead, Inc. (dba, Home Instead Senior Care), a Nebraska–based company that provides non-medical senior-care services, was founded in 1994 by Paul and Lori Hogan. The independently owned and
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DeWITT –– Gair and Tom Adams recently started their Home Instead Senior Care franchise business, serving Onondaga County’s growing needs for companion care for senior citizens.
Home Instead, Inc. (dba, Home Instead Senior Care), a Nebraska–based company that provides non-medical senior-care services, was founded in 1994 by Paul and Lori Hogan. The independently owned and operated company has 886 franchisees worldwide, including locations in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe, according to a profile of Home Instead at entrepreneur.com.
Home Instead franchisees help seniors with meal preparation, laundry, light housekeeping, transportation to and from a doctors’ appointments, reminders to take medication, errands, and shopping that can help seniors remain independent. The caregivers also offer companionship.
Syracuse franchise
The local franchise, called Home Instead Senior Care Syracuse, opened Jan. 30 and is located at 6443 Ridings Road, Suite 123 in the town of DeWitt. It is Home Instead’s 766th franchise in the United States.
Gair Adams, co-owner of Home Instead Syracuse, says she and her husband Tom were inspired to start the Syracuse–area franchise because of the region’s growing older population, which will need more services as it ages.
“There’s a huge elderly population and there are a lot of people who need care … ” she says. “Things become difficult as we age. It’s hard to make your bed if you’re 92.”
Prior to opening their Home Instead Syracuse franchise, Gair Adams says she worked as a pharmaceutical representative and as an elementary school educator, while Tom was a small-business owner and high-school guidance counselor. Gair says personal experience prompted them to join the senior-care industry.
“We’ve helped care for different elderly people,” she says. “We have a lot of elderly family members, friends, and relatives. And we’ve seen what it’s like when people age and the amount of care that they need.”
The couple first learned about the Home Instead franchise opportunity from their friends, Dr. James Holler and his wife Teresa Holler, who own and operate a Home Instead franchise in the Binghamton area.
“They’ve owned the company [franchise] for eight years, and said it’s one of the most rewarding things you can do,” says Gair Adams. “They kept telling us for eight years that we would be good at this business because we have the background for it.”
Gair and Tom Adams contacted Home Instead, Inc. after they realized there was a franchise available in the Syracuse area.
“We went to Omaha, Nebraska for repeated interviews, and they put us through the ‘wringer,’ ” Gair Adams quips. “So we had to provide six references to them, each of us, both my husband and myself; we had to interview with probably about six people and eventually we were offered the agency [franchise],” she adds.
She says the couple signed a 10-year franchise agreement, which started Jan. 23. The Syracuse franchise’s startup costs and ongoing royalty fees are similar to those of other Home Instead Senior Care franchises, says Adams, declining to provide specific numbers, nor disclose her source for financing or the franchise’s revenue goals.
Home Instead franchisees are required to pay a $39,000 franchise fee, along with a 5-percent ongoing royalty fee, and franchise agreements are for 10 years and can be renewed, according to the profile at entrepreneur.com. Franchise owners are expected to make a total investment of $50,550 to $63,550.
Caregivers
Home Instead franchises have to be highly selective when hiring caregivers, says Adams. Applicants must go through a criminal-background check, a Department of Motor Vehicles driving-record check, a drug and alcohol screening, and must submit at least six references, she adds. In addition, employees have to complete a series of mandatory training programs including basic safety training, and basic caregiver training, before they start a placement in a senior citizen’s residence.
“Our franchiser requires us to do that … we follow all their protocols,” Adams says. “We would do it anyway. We would not put any caregiver in a senior citizen’s home that we would not think would do an excellent job caring for our parents.”
Besides the mandatory training programs, Home Instead Senior Care also offers free web seminars that employees can attend. Additional training such as Alzheimer’s, dementia training, and advanced caregiver training are also available for its staff.
Adams says most of Home Instead Syracuse’s 10 employees have prior experience as caregivers with the elderly.
“We’ve got retired nurses. We have someone that we want to hire that’s got a master degree in social work,” she says. “A lot of people that are interviewing with us are certified medical assistants … Obviously, the Syracuse area has people that are very well-educated with great backgrounds.”
The franchise also provides clients with respite care for families that may already be giving care for a senior citizen, and transitional care for those coming from a hospital or nursing home and need transitional care.
Off to an optimistic start
The Syracuse franchise has been seeing early success, and is looking forward to a long-term relationship with Home Instead, Inc., says Adams.
“So far, I’ve been very happy with the activity that we’ve seen so far … both with the number of caregivers that have inquired about working for us, and the number of clients that have contacted us in just [the first few] weeks,” she says. “Our phone has been ringing off the hook.”
Adams says the franchise’s staff will grow depending on its need, and she is expecting to launch a second training class for about five or six caregivers in the next few weeks.
“Obviously, we are expanding,” she says. “The more clients we get, the more people we will hire.”
Home Instead Senior Care Syracuse is now hiring part-time caregivers who will work 20 to 25 hours per week. It also has an opening for a full-time office manager.
Pediatric urgent-care center opens at Community General
ONONDAGA — Upstate University Hospital at Community General has opened a pediatric urgent-care center, providing care to newborns to 21-year-olds. The center, which is named the Upstate Golisano After Hours Care, opened to patients Feb. 27 and launched with a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony March 6. The State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University,
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ONONDAGA — Upstate University Hospital at Community General has opened a pediatric urgent-care center, providing care to newborns to 21-year-olds.
The center, which is named the Upstate Golisano After Hours Care, opened to patients Feb. 27 and launched with a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony March 6. The State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, which owns Community General, is billing the center as the first urgent-care facility in the area dedicated to pediatric care.
“We’re there to take care of those issues that come up after hours,” says Dr. Alison McCrone, medical director at the pediatric urgent-care center. “We’d like to work closely with all of the primary-care doctors in the area. Our goal is to complement their services so that we can bridge the gap between their offices and the emergency room.”
The pediatric urgent-care center will typically see cases such as dehydration, sprains, strains, lacerations, fevers, and upper-respiratory infections, McCrone says. It will also be equipped to provide X-rays, intravenous rehydration, and other lab tests.
The center will be open on weekdays from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. and on weekends from noon to 11 p.m. — hours when a parent’s other choices may consist of taking a child to the emergency room or consulting with a doctor by telephone.
“It’s difficult over the phone, because a child can’t speak and tell you what’s wrong,” McCrone says. “It’s useful to have someone available who is used to evaluating kids.”
About five people will staff the pediatric urgent-care center at one time: a physician, a pediatric nurse, two medical office assistants, and a staff member dedicated to registering patients.
Community General hired nursing staff members and medical office assistants to operate the pediatric urgent-care center, McCrone says. The new hires were a mixture of full-time and part-time workers, and McCrone estimates the hospital added the equivalent of about six full-time employees for the center. A pool of 10 doctors will work rotating shifts at the urgent care.
The pediatric urgent-care center has four patient rooms, each of which is equipped with a television. The center’s waiting room also has a television, as well as a Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect video-game system and a 250-gallon fish tank that was donated by the Children’s Miracle Network.
“Distraction is key for a child when they’re sick so they don’t focus on their illness,” McCrone says.
The pediatric urgent-care center is sharing some space with Community General pretesting area, McCrone says. The hospital uses the area for pretesting during weekdays, and the pediatric urgent-care center uses the space once pretesting is closed.
The center received some upgrades to prepare it for hosting children. In addition to the televisions, video games, and fish tank, it has new flooring, new lighting, and new paint in what McCrone described as “cheerful colors.”
Renovations cost about $100,000. Sources of funding included $26,000 in grants from The Advocates for Upstate Medical University as well as the Children’s Miracle Network through the SUNY Upstate Medical University Foundation. Upstate Medical University funds covered the rest of the cost.
Syracuse–based Henderson-Johnson Co. Inc. served as the general contractor for renovations. McCrone did not know the exact square footage of the pediatric urgent-care center.
McCrone was not ready to predict the number of patients the center will see in a typical day. Data is not yet available from the center’s first week of operation, she adds.
“We’ve only been open a week,” she says. “I would hope our reputation will encourage people to come visit us.”
SUNY Chancellor Zimpher touts contributions of local campuses
SYRACUSE — Economic development and job creation will remain priorities for State University of New York (SUNY) campuses in the years ahead, SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher says. Zimpher was in Syracuse March 5 for the SUNY Central New York Regional Showcase at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel. Representatives from eight area SUNY colleges staffed displays
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SYRACUSE — Economic development and job creation will remain priorities for State University of New York (SUNY) campuses in the years ahead, SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher says.
Zimpher was in Syracuse March 5 for the SUNY Central New York Regional Showcase at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel. Representatives from eight area SUNY colleges staffed displays in the hotel’s conference center, outlining projects and initiatives at the schools.
A five-year tuition plan that passed last year and legislation committing the state to maintain financial support for SUNY campuses at prior-year levels go a long way toward providing the system with stability, Zimpher says. The tuition plan would allow campuses increases of $300 annually for the next five years.
And, Zimpher notes that the NYSUNY 2020 Challenge Grant Program, also launched last year, will help make SUNY campuses even larger economic engines than they are currently.
The program aims to make SUNY a leading catalyst for job growth throughout the state and strengthen the academic programs of its university centers.
“These are not programs that are going to go away,” Zimpher says.
Last year’s NYSUNY 2020 phase-one grant program included up to $140 million in funding and targeted university centers at Binghamton, Albany, Buffalo, and Stony Brook. Each campus was eligible for up to $35 million in funding through the program.
The schools were required to submit detailed economic and academic plans and the funds were to be integrated with the governor’s Regional Economic Development Councils and administered by Empire State Development.
Zimpher says she sees potential from more clusters around the state like SUNY Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering NanoTech Complex. The facility has attracted partner companies from around the world and even led to new nanotech plants in the region.
Life sciences, energy, and high-performance computing are all areas of strength at SUNY schools that could lead to similar clusters around the state, Zimpher says.
“Those are four areas that could really put New York on the map,” she says.
During the showcase, local SUNY presidents stressed the reach the schools already have in the region. The eight campuses at the March 5 event have a total enrollment of more than 40,000 students, SUNY Oswego President Deborah Stanley said.
Combined, the schools have an economic impact of $2 billion on the region. Along with SUNY Oswego, Cayuga Community College, SUNY Cortland, Empire State College, the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), Onondaga Community College, Tompkins Cortland Community College, and SUNY Upstate Medical University were the other campuses represented.
“We bring people into this region to study and work with us,” Stanley said. “We combine our strengths.”
ESF President Cornelius Murphy noted that SUNY’s reach extends around the world. ESF has 57 research projects ongoing outside the U.S., he said, and at least one on every continent.
The Syracuse event was the seventh of 10 SUNY showcases around the state. Statewide, SUNY’s 64 campuses have more than 468,000 students enrolled in 7,500 degree programs.
New radar contract could be worth $881M for Lockheed
SALINA — The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $881 million for production of new radar systems. The AN/TPQ-53 Firefinder Radar systems, formerly known as the EQ-36, will be manufactured at Lockheed’s Salina plant. The contract includes a base year worth $166 million that calls for production of 12 systems. Two
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SALINA — The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $881 million for production of new radar systems.
The AN/TPQ-53 Firefinder Radar systems, formerly known as the EQ-36, will be manufactured at Lockheed’s Salina plant. The contract includes a base year worth $166 million that calls for production of 12 systems.
Two option years could bring the total delivery to 51 systems, according to the Army.
The radar provides improved protection for soldiers from rocket, mortar, and artillery attacks, according to Lockheed.
“The AN/TPQ-53 will bolster the level of protection for soldiers in the field by expanding basic counterfire-radar capabilities in both 90- and 360-degree modes,” Lt. Col. Robert Thomas, Army product manager for radars, said in a news release. “This is a great example of the Army and industry coming together to ultimately deliver a system that will greatly enhance situational awareness by providing the precise location of hostile indirect fire weapons.”
The systems are truck-mounted, which offers greater mobility, automated leveling, and remote operating capabilities. They also provide 360-degree protection, a major advance for the Army, says Chip Eschenfelder, a Lockheed spokesman.
Lockheed has been developing the new system since 2007 and already had 32 units in production even before the new contract, Eschenfelder says. Commanders in the field in Iraq and Afghanistan were sending “urgent need statements” to their superiors asking for better protection from rocket, mortar, and artillery attacks while the system was still in development.
The company said it was able to start deploying systems a little less than four years after beginning development.
SRC, Inc. of Cicero, a nonprofit research and development corporation, is part of Lockheed’s team on the new radars.
Eschenfelder says Lockheed hopes to be manufacturing the systems long into the future.
Lockheed employs about 2,300 people in Salina and another 2,900 at a plant in Owego. The defense contractor has 126,000 employees worldwide.
The company generated net sales of $46.5 billion in 2011 and earned about $2.7 billion.
Roundtable: Sports is big business in Central New York
SYRACUSE — Central New York is an attractive place for sporting events, which in turn generates a big economic impact on the region, according to sports executives at a recent roundtable event put on by University College of Syracuse University. Jeff Mickle, sports development director at the Syracuse Convention & Visitors Bureau (SCVB), discussed the
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SYRACUSE — Central New York is an attractive place for sporting events, which in turn generates a big economic impact on the region, according to sports executives at a recent roundtable event put on by University College of Syracuse University.
Jeff Mickle, sports development director at the Syracuse Convention & Visitors Bureau (SCVB), discussed the economic benefits that the sports industry brings to the area at the Thursday Morning Roundtable event at the Drumlins country club in Syracuse on Feb. 16.
“Not factoring in Syracuse University and the [professional] teams, events bring in tens of millions if not hundreds of millions a year. The U.S. Bowling Conference, that was just here last year, brought in $45 million alone,” he said, regarding the events’ economic impact.
The sporting contests that have recently come to Syracuse include the World Triathlon Corporation’s (WTC) Ironman and Iron Girl races, the Bassmaster Elite Series fishing tournament on Oneida Lake, and the U.S. Bowling Conference women’s tournament.
The annual Syracuse Nationals car show, which has been held here every summer for the past 12 years, has generated spending of more than $13 million in the area during the event. The Bassmaster Elite Series fishing event produced an economic impact exceeding $2 million, and the Aflac Iron Girl women’s triathlon at Oneida Shores generated more than $500,000, according to past numbers the SCVB has reported.
Another economic boost emanating from these sports events is the effect on retail businesses. For instance, triathlon stores started popping up after the triathlons were booked to the area, Mickle said.
Mickle’s job demands him to bring outside sports events to Syracuse to generate economic impact, especially for the lodging industry. “ ‘Put heads in beds’ is my buzz phrase,” Mickle said when discussing his motivation to attract sports competitions and spectators to Central New York. The SCVB is funded through hotel-room occupancy taxes.
Mickle explained that the area’s natural attractions, like Oneida Lake, draw sports-event organizers to the area and keep them coming back. “We have enjoyable sites for these types of events and a great audience that will attend.”
Other roundtable speakers
Vance Lederman, general manager for the Syracuse Crunch hockey team, and Tommy Tanner, president and head coach of the Syracuse Silver Knights indoor-soccer team, also spoke at the Thursday Morning Roundtable. They shared their stories of building successful pro-sports franchises in the Syracuse community. Both of them stressed the need to connect with community groups through event-marketing initiatives.
Tanner discussed his team’s community program, which is called The Knights Code. The Silver Knights visit area high schools and work with their soccer teams to teach them different skills such as nutrition, positive thinking, and teamwork.
Lederman explained the Crunch’s organization, called The Crunch Foundation, which it introduced during the 2010-11 season. This foundation donates tickets to Fort Drum soldiers, soldier families, and nonprofit organizations in Central New York to select Crunch hockey games. The Crunch has donated about $500,000 worth of tickets this way over its 18 years, he said.
Cayuga Medical Center CEO to retire
ITHACA — Cayuga Medical Center President and CEO Dr. Rob Mackenzie will retire at the end of the year and be replaced by the hospital’s
2012 CNY Construction Projects
ARCHITECTEAM Creek Wood II – Project Location: Watertown – Total Construction Volume: $16 million – Approximate Square Footage: 122,000 – Start Date: Aug. 25, 2012 – Building Owner: Norstar Development USA – Architect: Architecteam / Schleicher-Soper – Engineer: MEP/FP – Fuegel Engineering, Structural – DiBartolomeo Engineering – Landscape Architect: GYMO – General Contractor: Norstar Building
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ARCHITECTEAM
Creek Wood II
– Project Location: Watertown
– Total Construction Volume: $16 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 122,000
– Start Date: Aug. 25, 2012
– Building Owner: Norstar Development USA
– Architect: Architecteam / Schleicher-Soper
– Engineer: MEP/FP – Fuegel Engineering, Structural – DiBartolomeo Engineering
– Landscape Architect: GYMO
– General Contractor: Norstar Building Corporation
Spring Valley Health and Rehab
– Project Location: Watertown
– Total Construction Cost: $30 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 85,000
– Start Date: Dec. 15, 2012
– Completion Date: April 15, 2013
– Building Owner: Spring Valley Health and Rehab, LLC
– Architect: Architecteam / Schleicher-Soper
BARTON & LOGUIDICE, P.C.
Madison County Stage 1 Landfill Closure with Solar Membrane
– Project Location: Madison County
– Total Construction Cost: $295,000
– Approximate Square Footage: 331,000 (for total closure)
– Building Owner: Madison County Department of Solid Waste
– Construction Manager: Barton & Loguidice, P.C.
– Engineer: Barton & Loguidice, P.C.
– General Contractor: CETCO Contracting
– Primary Subcontractors: O’Connell Electric Company
– Financing Source: NYSERDA, ARRA
Phase 1 of the North Shore Water District
– Project Location: Towns of Constantia and West Monroe
– Total Construction Volume: $14 million
– Engineer: Barton & Loguidice, P.C.
– Primary Subcontractors: Contractors: Contract 1/Water Main – North Country Contractors, LLC; Contract 2/Water Main – Syracuse Constructors, Inc.; Contract 3/Water Tank – Caldwell Tanks, Inc.; Contract 4A/Pump Station General – LaFleur Constructors, LLC; Contract 4B/Pump Station Electrical – S.C. Spencer Electric, Inc
– Financing Source: Hardship financing (30 years at 0 percent) through the DWSRF; $2 million grant
BEARDSLEY DESIGN ASSOCIATES
Operational Readiness Training Complex
– Project Location: Fort Drum
– Total Construction Cost: $46.4 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 188,695
– Building Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District
– Architect: Beardsley Design Associates
– Engineer: Beardsley Design Associates and Erdman Anthony (civil)
– General Contractor: Purcell-Lawman Joint Venture, Watertown
– Financing Source: U.S. Department of Defense
D&W Diesel, Inc.
– Project Location: Auburn
– Total Construction Volume: $3.5 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 55,000
– Building Owner: D&W Diesel, Inc.
– Architect: Beardsley Design Associates
– Engineer: Beardsley Design Associates
– Landscape Architect: Beardsley Design Associates
– General Contractor: Russell P. LeFrois Builder, Inc.
– Primary Subcontractors: Halco (electrical), DBR Plumbing
– Financing Source: First Niagara
BEARSCH COMPEAU KNUDSON ARCHITECTS &
ENGINEERS PC
Maine-Endwell Central School District – Capital Improvements
– Project Location: Endwell
– Total Construction Volume: $45 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 515,000
– Start Date: June 1, 2008
– Completion Date: Dec. 30, 2011
– Building Owner: Maine-Endwell Central School District
– Construction Manager: LeChase Construction Services, LLC
– Architect: Bearsch Compeau Knudson Architects & Engineers PC
– Engineer: Bearsch Compeau Knudson Architects & Engineers PC; Klepper Hahn and Hyatt (structural)
– Landscape Architect: Bearsch Compeau Knudson Architects & Engineers PC; HMH Site and Sports Design
– General Contractor: Andrew R. Mancini, Inc., Daniel J. Lynch, Inc., and Fahs Construction Group
– Primary Subcontractors: Lois N. Picciano & Sons, Inc.; Gleason & Sons, Piccirilli-Slavik & Vincent; Evans Mechanical, Inc.; G.R. Noto Electrical Construction, Inc.; Theatrical Services & Supplies, Inc.; James L. Lewis, Inc.; John Mills Electric, Inc.; Midlantic Environmental, Inc.; Boland’s Excavating and Topsoil; Gary Dyer Excavating, Inc.; Syracuse Scenery and Stage Lighting Co., Inc.; Clark Companies, Air Temp, Inc.; Broome Bituminous Products, Inc.; Janson Industries, Inc.; Blanding Electric, Inc.
Union-Endicott Central School District – Jennie F. Snapp Middle School Additions & Alterations
– Project Location: Endicott
– Total Construction Cost: $29 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 199,656
– Start Date: June 20, 2009
– Completion Date: Sept. 18, 2011
– Building Owner: Union-Endicott Central School District
– Architect: Bearsch Compeau Knudson Architects & Engineers PC
– Engineer: Bearsch Compeau Knudson Architects & Engineers PC
– Landscape Architect: Plumley Engineering
– General Contractor: Sarkisian Brothers
– Primary Subcontractors: Electrical – Matco Electric; HVAC – Evans Mechanical; Plumbing – Piccirilli-Slavik & Vincent Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
BELL & SPINA, P.C.
Fowler High School, Additions, Renovations & Site
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $30 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 25,000 (addition)
– Building Owner: Syracuse City School District
– Construction Manager: Gilbane Building Company
– Architect: Spina-Collins-Scoville Architects
– Engineer: Structural – Clark Engineering; HVAC – RAM-TECH Engineers; Site/Civil – Fisher Associates
– Landscape Architect: HMH Site & Sports Design
– General Contractor: Fahs Construction Group
BERGMAN ASSOCIATES, INC.
Syracuse Interconnect Expansion Project – Traffic Signal System Upgrade
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $5.4 million
– Approximate Project Scope: 36 traffic signal intersections
– Building Owner: City of Syracuse, DPW
– Engineer: Bergmann Associates, Inc.
– General Contractor: M. L. Caccamise and TransCore
– Primary Subcontractors: Schupp’s; Northeast Signal, Inc.; Free Ahead Inc.; HNTB and Popli
– Financing Source: FHWA, NYS DOT, City of Syracuse
BERNIER, CARR & ASSOCIATES
Mexico Central School District Additions and Alterations
– Project Location: Mexico
– Total Construction Cost: $7.5 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 46,000
– Building Owner: Mexico Central School District
– Construction Manager: Bernier, Carr & Associates
– Architect: Bernier, Carr & Associates
– Engineer: Bernier, Carr & Associates
– General Contractor: Bette & Cring Construction Group
– Primary Subcontractors: Lawman Heating & Cooling, Brosh Mechanical Inc., Huen Electric, Inc.
Samaritan Medical Center Additions and Reconstruction
– Project Location: Watertown
– Total Construction Volume: $17 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 120,189
– Building Owner: Samaritan Medical Center
– Construction Manager: Bernier, Carr & Associates
– Architect: Bernier, Carr & Associates
– Engineer: Bernier, Carr & Associates
– General Contractor: Hayner Hoyt Corporation
– Primary Subcontractors: B.R. Johnson, Inc., ABJ Fire Protection, Widrick Construction, Edward Schalk & Son, Henderson – Johnson Co., Hyde-Stone Mechanical Contractors, NYTRIC Electrical, Raulli & Sons, RSI Roofing, Lupini Construction
C&S COMPANIES
Syracuse Hancock International Airport Terminal Renovations
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $60 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 147,000
– Building Owner: City of Syracuse
– Construction Manager: C&S Design Build
– Architect: C&S Companies
– Engineer: C&S Companies
– General Contractor: Hueber-Breuer Construction Co., Inc.
– Financing Source: Passenger Facility Charges (PFC)
Onondaga Community College Academic II Building
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Volume: $18.9 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 45,000
– Building Owner: Onondaga Community College
– Construction Manager: C&S Companies
– Architect: Cannon Design
– Engineer: C&S Engineers, Inc.
– Landscape Architect: C&S Engineers, Inc.
– General Contractor: Hueber-Breuer Construction Co., Inc.
CBD CONSTRUCTION, LLC
Onondaga Tower – Lobby Renovation
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $1 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 8,000
– Start Date: April 1, 2011
– Completion Date: Nov. 30, 2011
– Building Owner: 360 Warren Associates
– Construction Manager: CBD Construction, LLC
– Architect: Dalpos Architects, LLC
– General Contractor: CBD Construction, LLC
– Primary Subcontractors: DBR Plumbing, abj Fire Protection Company, Bruce Electric, Artistry in Wood, The Effect Group, P. Black Glass, Fastrak Services, Inc., Carl Richardson Painting, 3Form Light Art / Gexpro, Kamco Supply Corporation of New England
Liverpool Village Animal Hospital – Addition, Parking Lot + Interior Build-Out
– Project Location: Liverpool
– Total Construction Volume: $750,000
– Approximate Square Footage: 2,880 (addition + parking lot)
– Start Date: March 30, 2011
– Completion Date: Sept. 30, 2011
– Building Owner: Dr. Douglas Wojcik – Liverpool Village Animal Hospital
– Construction Manager: CBD Construction, LLC
– Architect: B. Dean Johnson
– Engineer: L.J.R. Engineering, P.C., Palucci Engineering, P.C.
– Landscape Architect: Kapper Landscaping
– General Contractor: CBD Construction, LLC
– Primary Subcontractors: Superior Steel, The Effect Group, Fortino & Son Electric, Elmer W Davis Roofing, DBR Plumbing, C&D LaFace Construction, Astafan Co., Angelo Chiodo, HVAC, Murphy Brothers, BonTon Glass Commercial & Residential Painting
CHARLES A. GAETANO CONSTRUCTION CO.
MVCC Jorgensen Athletic/Events Center
– Project Location: Utica
– Total Construction Cost: $6.2 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 44,275
– Start Date: May 14, 2010
– Completion Date: Sept. 16, 2011
– Building Owner: Oneida County
– Construction Manager: H. R. Beebe, Inc.
– Architect: JMZ Architects & Planners, P.C.
– Engineer: Almy Associates
– Landscape Architect: The LA Group
– General Contractor: Charles A. Gaetano Construction Corp.
– Primary Subcontractors: Fred Burrows Trucking & Excavating, Utica Glass Company
– Financing Source: Oneida County
Assured Information Security (AIS)
– Project Location: Rome
– Total Construction Volume: $7 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 45,000
– Start Date: Sept. 8, 2010
– Completion Date: Oct. 21, 2011
– Building Owner: Cardinal Griffiss Realty, LLC
– Architect: McDonald & Monterose Architects
– Engineer: IBC Engineering PC
– Landscape Architect: McDonald & Monterose Architects
– General Contractor: Charles A. Gaetano Construction Corp.
– Primary Subcontractors: Savoy-Joseph, Inc., Riegler Electric, Inc.
– Financing Source: Tax credits
CHIANIS + ANDERSON ARCHITECTS, PLLC
Retail Pharmacy
– Project Location: Johnson City
– Total Construction Cost: $1 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 3,000
– Start Date: June 14, 2011
– Completion Date: Nov. 7, 2011
– Building Owner: United Health Services Hospitals
– Architect: Chianis + Anderson Architects
– Engineer: Engineered Solutions, EC4B, Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt
– General Contractor: Andrew Mancini Associates, Inc.
– Primary Subcontractors: Blanding Electric, Picciano and Son Mechanical, Genbrook Millwork
– Financing Source: Internal
Whitney Point Primary Care Center
– Project Location: Whitney Point
– Total Construction Volume: $1.1 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 4,500
– Start Date: Oct. 25, 2010
– Completion Date: July 7, 2011
– Building Owner: Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital
– Architect: Chianis + Anderson Architects
– Engineer: Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt, MH Professional Engineering, PLLC, Hulbert Engineering and Land Surveying, P.C., Griffiths Engineering
– General Contractor: William H. Lane, Inc.
– Primary Subcontractors: Evans Mechanical, Inc., NelCorp Electrical, Barden Homes
THE CRISSEY ARCHITECTURAL GROUP
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church Elevator
– Project Location: DeWitt
– Building Owner: St. Sophia’s Church
– Architect: Crissey Architectural Group
– General Contractor: Irish-Millar Construction, Inc.
– Financing Source: Church
DALPOS ARCHITECTS, LLC
Franklin View – Phase II
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $5.5 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 51,000
– Start Date: Feb. 15, 2012
– Completion Date: Dec. 1, 2012
– Building Owner: AJF Construction
– Architect: Dalpos Architects
– Engineer: TBD
– Landscape Architect: Keplinger Freeman Associates
– General Contractor: AJF Construction Co.s
– Primary Subcontractors: St. Germain & Aupperle – Structural
Unity Health System – Edna Tina Wilson Living Center
– Project Location: Rochester
– Total Construction Volume: $4 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 24,000
– Start Date: Jan. 15, 2012
– Completion Date: Dec. 20, 2012
– Building Owner: Unity Health System
– Construction Manager: TBD
– Architect: Dalpos Architects
– Engineer: Turner Engineering
– General Contractor: TBD
– Primary Subcontractors: IES Structural Engineers
G.M. CRISALLI & ACCOCIATES, INC.
Lambrou Apartment Building
– Project Location: Ithaca
– Total Construction Cost: $3.9 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 22,000
– Start Date: June 1, 2011
– Completion Date: April 30, 2012
– Building Owner: Nicholaos Lambrou -E.N.P. Associates, LP
– Architect: Jagat P. Sharma, Architect
– Engineer: Ravi Engineering & Land Surveying, P.C.
– General Contractor: G.M. Crisalli & Associates, Inc.
Sam’s Club #8171 Remodel
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Volume: $3.4 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 140,470
– Start Date: Feb. 11, 2011
– Completion Date: Dec. 15, 2011
– Building Owner: Walmart Stores, Inc.
– Architect: Cyntergy AEC Architecture Engineering Construction
– Engineer: APD Engineering and Architecture
– General Contractor: G.M. Crisalli & Associates, Inc.
THE HAYNER HOYT CORPORATION
Master Plan Phase 2B
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $96 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 225,000
– Start Date: Feb. 1, 2012
– Completion Date: June 30, 2014
– Building Owner: St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center
– Construction Manager: The Hayner Hoyt Corporation
– Architect: King + King Architects
– Engineer: John P. Stopen/Sack & Associates
– Landscape Architect: Appel Osborne Landscape Architecture
– General Contractor: The Hayner Hoyt Corporation
– Primary Subcontractors: Burns Bros Contractors, Huen Electric, Inc., Robert H. Law, Inc., Davis Ulmer, Raulli & Sons
Campus West Housing
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Volume: $22 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 175,000
– Start Date: July 18, 2011
– Completion Date: Aug. 1, 2012
– Building Owner: EDR Syracuse, LLC
– Construction Manager: The Hayner Hoyt Corporation
– Architect: Holmes, King, Kallquist & Associates, Architects
– Engineer: St. Germain & Aupperle
– Landscape Architect: Keplinger Freeman Associates
– General Contractor: The Hayner Hoyt Corporation
– Primary Subcontractors: John E. Fisher Construction Co., Hayward Baker, Burns Bros Contractors, Apple Roofing, Truax & Hovey, Titan Steel, Hertel Steel, Benedict Floors, CSM Tile, Pro Build, Lemoyne Interiors, Century Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc., Brosh Mechanical, Demco, Doyner, Inc., AJAY Glass Co.
– Financing Source: PNC Bank
HOLMES KING KALLQUIST & ASSOCIATES,
ARCHITECTS, LLP
Campus West Housing
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $22.3 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 171,000
– Start Date: Aug. 11, 2011
– Completion Date: Aug. 12, 2012
– Building Owner: Education Realty Trust, Inc.
– Construction Manager: The Hayner Hoyt Corporation
– Architect: Erdy McHenry Architecture-Design Architect, Holmes King Kallquist & Associates, Architects, Architect of Record
– Engineer: St. Germaine & Aupperle Consulting Engineers – Structural & Sack and Associates Consulting Engineers – MEP Engineer, RZ Engineering – Civil Engineer
– Landscape Architect: Keplinger Freeman Associates – Landscape Architect
– General Contractor: The Hayner Hoyt Corporation
HOLT ARCHITECTS, P.C.
The Stardust Community Birthing Center, Auburn Community Hospital
– Project Location: Auburn
– Total Construction Cost: $2.5 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 6,600
– Building Owner: Auburn Community Hospital
– Construction Manager: CONTECH facility renovations
– Architect: HOLT Architects, P.C.
– Engineer: Argus Engineering
– General Contractor: CONTECH Facility Renovations
– Primary Subcontractors: Siracusa Mechanical Inc., Woodcock & Armani
– Financing Source: Financed through donations from the Maternity Initiative, and The Stardust Foundation of Central New York
Broome Community College, New Science Building
– Project Location: Binghamton
– Total Construction Volume: $16.5 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 48,000
– Building Owner: Broome Community College
– Construction Manager: TBD
– Architect: HOLT Architects, P.C.
– Engineer: Erdman Anthony
– Landscape Architect: Trowbridge & Wolf Landscape Architects
– General Contractor: TBD
– Primary Subcontractors: TBD
HUEBER-BREUER CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center Emergency Department
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $60 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 190,000
– Start Date: Dec. 14, 2009
– Completion Date: Jan. 31, 2012
– Building Owner: St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center
– Construction Manager: Hueber-Breuer/Pike
– Architect: King + King Architects
– Engineer: John P. Stopen Engineering Partnership and Sack & Associates
– Landscape Architect: Appel Osborne Landscape Architecture
– Primary Subcontractors: Henderson-Johnson, Burns Bros Contractors, O’Connell Electric Company, RH Law
– Financing Source: Private
Geneva Tower
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Volume: $28 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 138,000
– Start Date: Dec. 1, 2010
– Completion Date: Aug. 1, 2012
– Building Owner: Upstate Properties Development
– Construction Manager: Hueber-Breuer Construction Co., Inc.
– Architect: Architecteam
– Engineer: Robson Woese Inc. and John P. Stopen Engineering Partnership
– Landscape Architect: EDR Companies
– General Contractor: Hueber-Breuer Construction Co., Inc.
– Primary Subcontractors: Burns Bros Contractors, Century Heating & Air Conditioning, Allied Electric, Putrello & Sons Masonry Corp.
– Financing Source: Private
KING + KING ARCHITECTS LLP
Penn Yan Central School District Academy
– Project Location: Penn Yan
– Total Construction Cost: $25 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 165,000
– Start Date: June 1, 2008
– Completion Date: Oct. 1, 2011
– Building Owner: Penn Yan Central School District
– Construction Manager: LeChase Construction Services
– Architect: King + King Architects LLP
– Engineer: IBC Engineering
– Landscape Architect: Appel Osborne Landscape Architecture
– Primary Subcontractors: AAC Contracting (Environmental); Western NY Contractors (Site — Utilities); Spoleta Construction (GC); Leo J. Roth Corporation (Roof); Frey & Campbell (HVAC); Monroe Piping and Sheet Metal (Plumbing); Blackmon-Farrell Electric (Electric); Joseph Flihan (Kitchen Equipment)
Case Supply Building Renovations for WCNY’s New Offices
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Volume: NA
– Approximate Square Footage: 56,000
– Building Owner: WCNY Connected
– Construction Manager: Hueber-Breuer Construction Co., Inc.
– Architect: King + King Architects with Koning Eizenberg Architecture
– Engineer: John P. Stopen Engineering Partnership, IBC Engineering
– Landscape Architect: Barton & Loguidice, P.C.
– General Contractor: Hueber-Breuer Construction Co., Inc.
– Primary Subcontractors: Schenectady Steel, O’Connell Electric, Century Plumbing & Heating
KLEPPER, HAHN & HYATT
Centennial Hall
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $22 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 135,700
– Building Owner: Abby Lane LLC
– Construction Manager: Hueber-Breuer Construction Co., Inc.
– Architect: Holmes King Kallquist & Associates, Architects
– Engineer: Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt (Structural)
– Primary Subcontractors: Signature Building Systems Inc., K.C. Masonry
Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC) Building #4
– Project Location: North Syracuse
– Total Construction Volume: $3 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 39,500
– Building Owner: Syracuse Research Corporation
– Architect: Associated Architects
– Engineer: Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt
– Landscape Architect: Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt
– General Contractor: Hayner Hoyt Corporation
– Primary Subcontractors: Ward Steel
– Financing Source: Syracuse Research Corporation
LECHASE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC
Onondaga Community College SRC Arena and Events Center
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Volume: $13 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 110,000
– Building Owner: Onondaga Community College
– Construction Manager: C&S Companies
– Architect: Cannon Design
– Engineer: Structural -Cannon Design, MEP & Site – C&S Companies
– Landscape Architect: Cannon Design
– General Contractor: LeChase Construction Services, LLC
– Primary Subcontractors: General Interiors, Woodstone Earth, Beynon Sports Surfaces, KSP Painting, Metal Solutions, Rollison Construction Sales, LLC
– Financing Source: Onondaga County
SUNY Upstate Medical University, CNY Biotechnology Research Center
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $22 million
– Approx. square footage: 50,000
– Start Date: July 2011
– Completion Date: July 2012
– Building Owner: SUNY ESF, Upstate Medical University
– Construction Manager: LeChase Construction Services, LLC
– Architect: S/L/A/M Collaborative
– Engineer: S/L/A/M Collaborative
– General Contractor: RJ Ortlieb Construction Company, Inc.
– Primary Subcontractors: AJAY Glass, Apple Roofing, Burns Bros Contractors, J&K Heating & Cooling, Patricia Electic, Inc., SRI Fire Protection, Paul E Vitale Construction
– Landscape Architect: S/L/A/M Collaborative
– Financial Source: SUNY ESF, Upstate Medical University
LEND LEASE (US) CONSTRUCTION INC.
Cortland Enlarged City School District
– Project Location: Cortland
– Total Construction Cost: $41.6 million
– Start Date: Aug. 16, 2010
– Completion Date: Jan. 31, 2013
– Building Owner: Cortland Enlarged City School District
– Construction Manager: Lend Lease
– Architect: Tetra Tech Architects & Engineers
– Engineer: Tetra Tech Architects & Engineers
– Landscape Architect: Tetra Tech Architects & Engineers
– General Contractor: Fahs Construction Group
– Financing Source: Bonds
Oneida City School District
– Project Location: Oneida
– Total Construction Volume: $19.3 million
– Start Date: April 1, 2009
– Completion Date: Sept. 1, 2012
– Building Owner: Oneida City School District
– Construction Manager: Lend Lease
– Architect: King + King Architects
– Engineer: Sack & Associates
– Landscape Architect: Appel Osborne Landscape Architecture
– General Contractor: RE Alexander
– Financing Source: Bonds
MCFARLAND-JOHNSON, INC.
Sikorsky Military Completions Center
– Project Location: Horseheads
– Total Construction Cost: $102 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 100,000
– Building Owner: Schweizer Aircraft Corp.
– Construction Manager: Welliver McGuire, Inc.
– Architect: Foor & Associates (subconsultant)
– Engineer: McFarland-Johnson, Inc.
– Landscape Architect: N/A (work completed by McFarland-Johnson, Inc.)
– General Contractor: Welliver McGuire, Inc.
– Primary Subcontractors: John Mills Electric, Inc.; Collins & Walton; John C. Lowery, Inc.; Cook Painting; Allied Fire Protection Systems, Inc.
– Financing Source: Confidential
M/E ENGINEERING, P.C.
North Syracuse Central School District – Smith Road Capital Project
– Project Location: North Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $12.8 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 62,000
– Start Date: April 1, 2009
– Building Owner: North Syracuse Central School District
– Construction Manager: Watchdog Building Partners
– Architect: King + King Architects, LLP
– Engineer: M/E Engineering, P.C.
– Landscape Architect: Keplinger Freeman Associates, LLC
– General Contractor: Parsons McKenna Construction Company
– Primary Subcontractors: Brosh Mechanical Inc., Huen New York, Inc.
– Financing Source: Public
NATIONAL STRUCTURES, INC.
Renovations to the Harte Haven Shopping Center [New TJ Maxx with New Façade, New Fashion Bug, New Radio Shack, end- cap addition to Shopping Center for Sally Beauty Supply, New Healty Way]
– Project Location: Massena
– Total Construction Cost: $1.6 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 50,000
– Building Owner: Massena HHSC,LLC
– Architect: Ed Harrington and Associates
– Engineer: Dick Pierce
– General Contractor: National Structures Inc
– Primary Subcontractors: Ed Carr Electric
NELSON ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTURAL
ENGINEERING
Utica Community Health Center
– Project Location: Utica
– Total Construction Cost: $1 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 6,800
– Start Date: May 7, 2010
– Completion Date: July 28, 2011
– Building Owner: Regional Primary Care Network
– Construction Manager: Hughes Construction, Utica
– Architect: Nelson Associates Architectural Engineering of Clinton
– Engineer: Nelson Associates Architectural Engineering of Clinton
– General Contractor: Poncell Construction
OLIVA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Kinne Street Flex Center
– Project Location: East Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $2 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 25,000
– Start Date: July 5, 2012
– Completion Date: Dec. 31, 2012
– Building Owner: Oliva Management, LLC
– Construction Manager: Oliva Construction Co.
– Architect: JS Hagan
– Engineer: Dunn & Sgromo
– General Contractor: Oliva Construction Co.
ONONDAGA COUNTY
Clinton CSO Storage Facility
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $70.6 million
– Approximate Capacity: 6 million gallon capacity
– Start Date: Aug. 16, 2011
– Completion Date: Dec. 31, 2013
– Building Owner: Onondaga County
– Construction Manager: CDM/C&S Joint Venture
– Architect: Environmental Engineering Associates
– Engineer: Environmental Engineering Associates
– Landscape Architect: Landscape & Prospect/ Group One Design
– General Contractor: Jett Industries Inc.
– Primary Subcontractors: Hayward Baker Ridley Electric, Joy Process Mechanical, WH Lane
– Financing Source: NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation / NYS DEC Water Quality Improvement Fund / Onondaga County
Lower Harbor Brook Storage Facility & Conveyances
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Volume: $29.2 million
– Approximate Capacity: 4.9 million gallon capacity
– Start Date: Dec. 5, 2011
– Completion Date: Dec. 31, 2013
– Building Owner: Onondaga County
– Construction Manager: CDM/C&S Joint Venture
– Architect: Environmental Engineering Associates
– Engineer: Environmental Engineering Associates
– Landscape Architect: Landscape & Prospect/ Group One Design
– General Contractor: C.O. Falter Construction Corp/J.J. Lane Construction
– Primary Subcontractors: Layne Geotechnical/Bencor/ Patricia Electric/ Joy Process Mechanical/ Burns Bros Contractors
– Financing Source: US Environmental Protection Agency/ NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation / Onondaga County
PARSONS-MCKENNA CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
Magnus Ridge Winery & Visitors Center
– Project Location: Rockstream
– Total Construction Cost: $1.3 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 9,000
– Start Date: Oct. 10, 2011
– Completion Date: June 11, 2012
– Building Owner: Magnus Ridge Winery
– Architect: Ramsgard Architectural
– General Contractor: Parsons-McKenna Construction Co., Inc.
– Primary Subcontractors: Fortino & Son Electric, Inc., Green Plumbing, Inc., All Seasons Mechanical, Inc., The Effect Group, Inc., Berg Painting, Truax & Hovey LTD
– Financing Source: Seneca Falls Savings Bank
PIONEER COMPANIES
Hilton Garden Inn
– Project Location: Auburn
– Total Construction Volume: $13 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 70,000
– Building Owner: Auburn Community Hotel, L.P.
– Construction Manager: Pioneer Management Group, LLC
– Architect: QPK Design
– Engineer: Argus Engineering
– Landscape Architect: Carl Jahn & Associates
– General Contractor: Parsons-McKenna Construction Co., Inc.
– Financing Source: Berkshire Bank
QPK DESIGN
CENTRO Bus Transfer Hub
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $10.3 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 8,440
– Building Owner: CNY Regional Transportation Authority
– Construction Manager: Hueber-Breuer Construction Co. Inc.
– Architect: QPK Design
– Engineer: John P. Stopen Engineering Partnership
– Landscape Architect: QPK Design
– General Contractor: Bette & Cring
– Primary Subcontractors: Parsons Brinckerhoff, Fisher Associates, Robson Woese, Inc.
SUNYIT Student Center
– Project Location: Utica
– Total Construction Volume: $13.5 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 38,000
– Building Owner: SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica-Rome
– Architect: QPK Design
– Engineer: Argus Engineering, PLLC
– Landscape Architect: QPK Design
– General Contractor: Charles A. Gaetano Construction
– Primary Subcontractors: Plumb Engineers, P.C., John P. Stopen Engineering Partnership, Roth Consulting Group, Inc.
RYAN-BIGGS ASSOCIATES, P.C.
Le Moyne College, Coyne Science Center
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $20 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 50,000
– Building Owner: Le Moyne College
– Architect: Ashley McGraw Architects
– Engineer: Ryan-Biggs Associates
– General Contractor: Pioneer Companies
– Primary Subcontractors: CME Associates Associated Contractors (concrete contractor) Remlap Construction (mason)
SACK & ASSOCIATES CONSULTING ENGINEERS, PLLC
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center – PH 2B – Operating Rooms/ICU/Bed Tower Expansion
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $100 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 327,090
– Start Date: Feb. 12, 2012
– Building Owner: St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center
– Construction Manager: Hayner Hoyt
– Architect: King + King Architects, LLP
– Engineer: Sack & Associates Consulting Engineers, PLLC – Mechanical/Electrical
– Landscape Architect: Appel Osborne Landscape Architecture
– General Contractor: Hayner Hoyt
– Primary Subcontractors: Burns Bros Contractors/J&K Plumbing & Heating/Huen Electric/Davis Ulmer/Siemens
– Financing Source: Private
Cayuga Community College – Fulton Expansion
– Project Location: Fulton
– Total Construction Volume: $21 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 80,000
– Building Owner: Cayuga Community College
– Construction Manager: LPCiminelli, Inc.
– Architect: JMZ Architects
– Engineer: Sack & Associates Consulting Engineers, PLLC, Mechanical/Electrical Engineers
– Primary Subcontractors: Brosh Mechanical, TAG Mechanical, Kaplan-Schmidt Electric
SWBR ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING &
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE P.C.
Springbrook Coming Home Expansion
– Project Location: Oneonta
– Total Construction Cost: $23 million
– Building Owner: Springbrook
– Construction Manager: LeChase Construction
– Architect: SWBR Architects
– Engineer: M/E Engineering
– Landscape Architect: Keplinger Freeman Associates
– General Contractor: LeChase Construction
Auburn Enlarged Central School District Capital Improvement Projects 2011
– Project Location: Auburn
– Total Construction Volume: $24 million
– Building Owner: Auburn Enlarged Central School District
– Construction Manager: C&S Companies
– Architect: SWBR Architects
– Engineer: M/E Engineering
– Landscape Architect: Appel Osborne Landscape Architecture
– General Contractor: TBD
– Financing Source: State Education Department
VIP STRUCTURES, INC.
Food Bank of Central New York
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $1.8 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 48,568
– Building Owner: Food Bank of Central New York
– Construction Manager: VIP Structures, Inc.
– Architect: VIP Architectural Associates, PLLC
– Engineer: MEP – IPD:Engineering; Structural – Palucci Engineering
– General Contractor: VIP Structures, Inc.
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Volume: $3.1 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 80,000
– Building Owner: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
– Construction Manager: VIP Structures, Inc.
– Architect: SKB Architecture & Design
– Engineer: IPD:Engineering
– General Contractor: VIP Structures, Inc.
ZAUSMER, FRISCH, SCRUTON & AGGARWAL INC.
Ronald McDonald House of CNY
– Project Location: Syracuse
– Total Construction Cost: $5 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 32,000
– Start Date: July 1, 2011
– Completion Date: July 1, 2012
– Building Owner: Ronald McDonald House of CNY
– Construction Manager: Mark Nish
– Architect: Raymond Scruton
– Engineer: Palucci Engineering & Strategic Environmental
– General Contractor: Zausmer-Frisch Construction Co.
Callahan, Flanagan & Smith Orthodontics
– Project Location: Fayetteville
– Total Construction Volume: $1 million
– Approximate Square Footage: 4,000
– Start Date: Nov. 1, 2010
– Completion Date: Aug. 1, 2011
– Building Owner: Callahan, Flanagan & Smith Orthodontics
– Construction Manager: Mark Nish
– Architect: Raymond Scruton
– Engineer: Jeremy Fudo
– General Contractor: Zausmer-Frisch Construction Co.
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