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ECCO III Skanska JV Apparent Low Bidder on Contract for Hillview Reservoir Upgrades

Posted on Thursday, February 08, 2024 in General News
ECCO III Enterprises, Inc. is pleased to announce that the ECCO III Skanska JV Team is the apparent low bidder on Contract HVR-210 Hillview Reservoir Chemical Addition Facilities. The Hillview Reservoir, located in Yonkers, New York, is a 90-acre storage reservoir that stores and treats drinking water for distribution in both New York City and Yonkers. The objective of this Project is to update and modernize the reservoir’s facilities to comply with new regulatory requirements, while ensuring the safety of the reservoir’s nearby residential communities. Planned enhancements include improvements to flow control, increased chemical storage capacity, the establishment of ... Read more »

ECCO III was Awarded MTA Contract A37130, ADA Upgrades and Circulation Improvements at Broadway Junction Complex!

Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2023 in General News
The Broadway Junction Complex is a key component of the New York City (NYC) public transportation system, supporting the transportation of approximately 100,000 people per day, utilizing five (5) subway lines, A/C, J/Z, and L, along with numerous buses. As a critical transfer station within NYC, it is imperative that this facility provide accessible options for all commuters in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Contract A37130, ADA Upgrades and Circulation Improvements at Broadway Junction Complex is a significant step forward to improving circulation and providing greater accessibility to the Broadway Junction Complex and the NYC subway ... Read more »

ECCO III recognized for successful and timely replacement of a 110-year-old culvert pipe at Metro-North’s Dobbs Ferry Station

Posted on Friday, April 08, 2022 in General News
The Design-Build (DB) Joint Venture of ECCO III Enterprises, Inc. and Skanska Civil Northeast Inc. successfully replaced a 110-year-old culvert pipe with a cast-in-place structural combination bridge/culvert to carry storm-water under the four (4) mainline tracks at Metro-North’s Dobbs Ferry Station. This emergency reconstruction was in response to severe damages brought on by Hurricane Ida in September of 2021 . The emergency reconstruction was completed in less than five (5) months all while trains continued to travel over the culvert at reduced speeds. The timely reconstruction of this culvert allowed for Metro North to restore regular service throughout Westchester ... Read more »

ECCO III is Successful Design Builder for MTA C&D on Project A37691 Design-Build Services for Circulation Improvements at Flushing-Main Street Station

Posted on Monday, March 21, 2022 in General News
The Flushing/Main Street Station, originally constructed in 1928, is a nationally registered historic station, served by the IRT 7-line local train continuously, and the IRT 7-line express train during rush hour periods in the peak direction. Being a major transit and commercial center, the Main Street Station is an extremely congested, heavily trafficked location. This $30 Million Project is designed to alleviate passenger congestion, and to improve circulation and operational capacity at the station. The circulation capacity improvements of this station will be accomplished with the addition of eight (8) new stairwells: four (4) new street-to-mezzanine stairwells and four ... Read more »

With a Near Perfect Score, ECCO III Beat 9 Other Bidders to Be Selected Best Value Contractor for D264422 Replacement Bronx River Parkway Bridge Over Metro North Railroad in the Borough of the Bronx

Posted on Tuesday, March 08, 2022 in General News
The replacement of the Bronx River Parkway Bridge over Metro North Railroad is a $64 Million project to improve the structure of both the bridge and roadway to make for safer travelling. There will be structural repairs and pavement widening of the bridge itself as well as new retaining walls, new shoulder and roadway improvements including new lighting, drainage, traffic cameras, sign structures and putting in place elements for future use ITS. This project is being performed over highly active operating railroad tracks and requires coordination with Metro North to ensure all elements of the project are performed safely. This ... Read more »

With a Score of 100%, ECCO III Is Designated Best Value Contractor And Awarded D264507 Bridge Replacement of East 138th Street Over Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx

Posted on Tuesday, March 08, 2022 in General News
This $47 Million project for the New York State Department of Transportation is replacing the 138th Street Bridge over the Major Deegan Expressway in the Borough of the Bronx. This is heavily traveled major thoroughfare requires precise management due to the heavily congested area with vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The project is broken down into 10 stages encompassing the necessary utilities and sewer, actual bridge reconstruction and finally pavement reconstruction with final placement of underground utilities and bridge structures. The project will rely heavily on cooperation and coordination with Con Ed Gas and Electric, Empire City Subway Communications, NYSDOT ITS and ... Read more »

ECCO III Awarded Highway Where and When Region 8

Posted on Monday, March 07, 2022 in General News
This $3 Million project for the New York State Department of Transportation is a Highway Where and When Project at various locations in Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster and Westchester Counties. This work will be performed by various job orders. The provisions of Contract D264307 require that ECCO III Enterprises, Inc. establish and maintain twenty-four hour standby readiness in order to take action, at the Regional Director’s discretion, to protect property and public safety by repairing portions of and preventing further degradation to State highways. The repair work will be of a type that is typically associated with highway ... Read more »

Structures Where and When 2021-2022 Regionwide Region 8 Contract Awarded to ECCO III

Posted on Monday, March 07, 2022 in General News
This $4 Million project for the New York State Department of Transportation is a Structures Where and When Project at various locations in Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster and Westchester Counties. This work will be performed by various job orders. The provisions of Contract D264323 require that ECCO III Enterprises, Inc. establish and maintain twenty-four hour standby readiness in order to take action, at the Regional Director’s discretion, to protect property and public safety by repairing portions of and preventing further degradation to State highway structures. The repair work will be of a type that is typically associated with ... Read more »

North White Plains Metro North Station Will Receive Updating by Contract Awardee ECCO III

Posted on Monday, March 07, 2022 in General News
The heavily traveled North White Plains Station on the Harlem Line will receive new and updated platforms under ECCO III's $7 Million contract with MTA C&D. This project includes removal and disposal of existing platforms, temporary wood shoring at select locations underneath the platform edge, demolition and removal of precast planks along both edges of the inbound and outbound platforms, installation of new precast prestressed planks along the majority of both edges of the inbound and outbound platforms, and installation of a new cast-in-place platform at the tapered southern-end of both platforms. Read more »

NYC Department of Environmental Protection Awards ECCO III $33 Million Bridge Replacement Project in Ulster County

Posted on Monday, March 07, 2022 in General News
This project in the heavily wooded area of Ulster County, The Town of Shandaken, poses several issues affecting construction. This area in addition to the heavily wooded areas contains an active waterway and heavy vehicular traffic on Rt 28. To alleviate the traffic problem and keep the roadway open the required new roadway and bridge are being constructed south of the existing bridge. This allows the existing roadway and bridge to remain open to traffic. Once the new bridge and road are completed traffic will be shifted to the new road allowing demolition of the old bridge and closing ... Read more »

ECCO III Successful Bidder on Ravensdale Road Bridge Replacement, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

Posted on Friday, December 20, 2019 in General News
ECCO III Enterprises, Inc. will construct Contract D264094: The Ravensdale Road Bridge Replacement in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson in the town of Greenburgh, in Westchester County, New York for the New York State Department of Transportation. Valued at $17.8 Million, the project will replace the existing two-span Ravensdale Road Bridge over the Saw Mill River Parkway with a new single-span structure in its current location. To complete the work, ECCO III will implement a temporary on-site detour, inclusive of a temporary bridge, to facilitate the demolition of the existing superstructure and portions of the existing substructure, and construction of ... Read more »

Contract 1 of the Hunts Point Interstate Access Improvement Design-Build Project Awarded To Skanska-ECCO III Joint Venture Team!

Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2019 in General News
ECCO III Enterprises, Inc. along with joint venture partner Skanska USA Civil Northeast has been selected by the New York State Department of Transportation (Department) to design and construct Contract 1 of the Hunts Point Interstate Access Improvements Program. With the highest overall technical score, the team provided numerous Alternative Technical Concepts and innovative design and construction concepts to provide a best-value design-build proposal for the Department. The Hunts Point Peninsula is located in the South Bronx, and houses the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center (the largest food distribution facility in the United States) as well as many industrial ... Read more »

ECCO III will Construct Two Harlem Line Bridges for Metro-North in Patterson, NY

Posted on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in General News
This project for the rehabilitation of Harlem Line Bridges HA 61.06 and HA 61.36, in Patterson, NY provides for the replacement of two existing railroad bridges crossing over the Croton River at Harlem Line Mileposts 61.06 and 61.36 in Dutchess County, New York. The existing bridges HA 61.06 and HA 61.36 consist of three span trough decks, each supported by two main girders which span over the Croton River. The abutments consist of concrete bridge seats and backwalls supported by stone masonry walls; the piers consist of concrete bridge seats supported by stone masonry walls, and steel beams are embedded ... Read more »

ECCO III Does it Again! Selected as Preferred Contractor for NYSTA's “Last Mile” Along I-95!

Posted on Monday, August 13, 2018 in General News
ECCO III Enterprises does it again! With a superior technical proposal and approach, the firm was selected as best-value contractor for the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) Project for the Reconstruction of a Portion of the New England Thruway (I-95) from MP NE 14.1 to NE 15.0; a Best Value Project procured to complete the “Last Mile” of the New England Thruway (I-95) Reconstruction. This is the third best-value contract awarded to ECCO III in the bridge and highway sector over the last five years. Determining factors included ECCO III’s relevant past performance, innovative construction approach and reduction to the project schedule. ECCO ... Read more »

ECCO III Successful Bidder on Two Lower Hudson Transit Link Projects!

Posted on Friday, May 25, 2018 in General News
ECCO III Enterprises, Inc. has been awarded two New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Contracts (D263682 & D263687), with a combined value of approximately $65 million to construct and implement various improvements along the I-287 corridor in conjunction with the completion of the Mario Cuomo Bridge. The NYSDOT-sponsored Lower Hudson Transit Link is a NYS-sponsored program of integrated projects that support traffic, transit and safety improvements in Rockland and Westchester Counties via technology implementations and transportation strategies to deliver reliable and improved travel in the I-287 corridor. The overall program is guided by the goal of addressing current operational ... Read more »

MTA Selects ECCO III Once Again for a Schedule-Critical Design-Build Transportation Project: The Enhanced Station Initiative Program - Package #3

Posted on Wednesday, November 01, 2017 in General News
ECCO III Enterprises, in association with Hardesty & Hanover/Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects, was selected by the MTA/New York City Transit Authority as best-value Design-Builder to design and construct the Enhanced Station Initiative Program - Package #3 Project (Contract A-36622C). The primary objective of New York City Transit’s Enhanced Station Initiative Design-Build Program is to build upon the NYC Subway System’s existing legacy, while establishing a consistent system-wide identity that is anchored in a clearly expressed station structure and a distinct wayfinding system. The core design principles that comprise the framework for the program include optimizing reliability and efficiency, simplifying communication, ... Read more »

ECCO III is Best-Value Designee for Kew Gardens Interchange, Contract 2B!

Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 in General News
The New York State Department of Transportation, Region 11, has selected ECCO III Enterprises, Inc. as the Best-Value Contractor for Contract D263208: The Kew Gardens Interchange, Contract 2B, Van Wyck Expressway Between Hoover Avenue and 72nd Avenue in Queens, NY! The Project is designed to improve the interchange by replacing the southbound Van Wyck Expressway (VWE) Viaduct over the Grand Central Parkway interchange, as well as the southbound VWE to westbound Utopia Parkway (Ramp KA). The work also includes modifications to the southbound VWE to the westbound Jackie Robinson Parkway, the addition of an auxiliary lane on the VWE southbound ... Read more »

PROJECT UPDATE: D900025 – ECCO III Completes Two Major Contract Milestones Ahead of Schedule!

Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 in General News
The Region 8 Bundled Bridges project includes two contractual detours tied to contract milestones with very aggressive schedules.  ECCO III recently completed both of these Project milestones ahead of schedule! ECCO III was permitted by the contract to close the Route 208 Bridge over Moodna Creek for a period of 43 days, detouring traffic onto local roads while the bridge superstructure was completely demolished, removed, and replaced. To accomplish the work, ECCO III worked double and triple shifts, six days per week, and was able to open the bridge two full days ahead of the contract milestone. ECCO III maintained ... Read more »

ECCO III Selected for Region 8 Bridge Replacement Design-Build Project in Ulster County, NY

Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2016 in General News
ECCO III Enterprises, in association with KC Engineering and Land Surveying, PC, was selected by the New York State Department of Transportation to design and construct the Region 8 Bridge Replacement Project in Ulster County, New York.  The ECCO III team was selected after receiving the highest score on the technical proposal and by demonstrating best-value through innovative approaches and commitment to the Project goals. The project aims to improve the resiliency of two bridge crossings: one carrying Route 209 over Rochester Creek (BIN 1040750) located in the Town of Rochester, and the other carrying Route 28 over Esopus Creek (BIN ... Read more »

Metro-North Chooses ECCO III to Perform Emergency Design-Build Contract for Repairs to the Park Avenue Viaduct

Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 in General News
On July 19, 2016, ECCO III Enterprises, Inc. was selected by MTA/Metro-North Railroad to perform the Design and Construction Services for the Emergency Repairs to the Park Avenue Viaduct, located along Park Avenue between East 117th and East 118th Streets in the Borough of Manhattan. The project is intended to restore the structural integrity of the Park Avenue Viaduct, after a very serious fire, which occurred directly beneath the viaduct in May 2016 caused severe damage to the structure. Damage included the buckling of the center column of Bent No. 32 and impairment to the center girders and various floor ... Read more »
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