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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 »

ECCO III Enterprises, in association with McLaren Engineering Group, was selected by the New York State Department of Transportation to design and construct the Region 8 Bundled Bridges Project.  The ECCO III team was selected after receiving a perfect score on the technical proposal and demonstrating unmatched Project understanding and best-value through innovative approaches and commitment to the Project goals. The Region 8 Bundled Bridges Project is part of the Scour Critical/Flood Prone Bridge Program, an initiative developed to strengthen New York State’s at-risk bridges to withstand the increasing frequency of severe weather events and storms. The Project aims to ... Read more »

"[The] new Kosciuszko Bridge is both on budget and on schedule, according to the State Department of Transportation." Read more by clicking the link below! http://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/kosciuszko-bridge-on-budget-and-on-time/article_580832f4-b17e-5e99-a97f-67a564b44e20.html Read more »

ECCO III construction operations along the Van Wyck Expressway, Kew Gardens Interchange were featured in the 2015 Calendar distributed by Cranes Inc.  The December photo highlights a Liebherr LR 1250 Crane that ECCO III employed to erect the new precast concrete box girders.  The Kew Gardens project is expected to reach completion in Late 2016.                                                Photo credit: Joseph Sadden, Cranes Inc.   Read more »

ECCO III Enterprises, Inc. along with our partner Skanska USA Civil Northeast has been selected by Metro-North Railroad as the design-builder for the Harmon Shop Replacement Phase V – Stage I Project.   The team has a seasoned history of working together on the Harmon site, having completed the Phase III and Wheel Truing Facility design build projects as a design-build team.    ECCO III, as a primary contractor, has also completed a handful of projects on the Harmon site including the Harmon Station Improvements project (2001), the Phase I Maintenance Facility & Employee Overpass project (2003), the Croton Harmon & Peekskill ... Read more »

As reported in ENR on June 2, 2014   Constructed to serve the residents of New York City (NYC), the $1.3-billion Catskill/Delaware Ultraviolet Light Disinfection Facility (Cat/Del) employs 56 UV units, each with a 40 million MGD capacity. This makes them the largest UV'units built to date.The Joint Venture team of Skanska, ECCO III Enterprises, Inc. and J.F. White Contracting Co. completed construction of the facility. "This represents a tremendous leap forward in water treatment technology, it is by far the largest water treatment plant of its kind in the world. The second largest U.S. installation in operation treats less than one-third of the capacity of ... Read more »

ECCO III Enterprises, Inc. is proud to announce that the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has selected our design-build team (Skanska-Kiewit-ECCO III) to design and construct the new Kosciuszko Bridge. This mega project- the largest design-build contract ever procured by NYSDOT- is valued in excess of $500 million.  HNTB Corporation will be performing the design work for the project.   SKE was selected as part of a best value selection process due to the team’s exemplary design-build proposal which showed unmatched project comprehension and technical understanding by addressing the needs and concerns of NYSDOT through innovative design and construction ... Read more »