PWC trade fair celebrates city's construction boom.Professional Women in Construction (PWC), which has hosted hugely successful Trade Fairs each year since 1990, presented another blockbuster event, "New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New York, It's a Wonderful Town" on Wednesday, November 8 at Con Edison's headquarters in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. to celebrate the start of a new, anticipated boom in construction. PWC president Lenore Janis said that the organization selected the large downtown exhibit space because, "The rebuilding process has already started in lower Manhattan where projects have been estimated at over $21 billion by 2015. "Midtown, uptown and in the boroughs, we're also seeing a boom in commercial, retail and residential work. The trade fair reflects this expanding activity." Guests of honor Carole Sobin, vice president of purchasing with Con Edison, and Joy P. Crichlow, the company's director of supplier diversity, welcomed all. Crichlow noted, "Con Edison is committed to making sure that more qualified minorities, Asian Americans and women are included in all phases of its construction program." Also reaching out to small and mid-sized companies with its ambitious $13 billion, five-year plan was guest of honor Sharon Greenberger, first woman president of the NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City School Construction Authority. "This is a great time for construction in New York City--lower Manhattan, residential, public works. I encourage you to participate," she said. The event drew rave reviews from guests and exhibitors alike. Angela Billinghurst, project manager with Tishman Construction Corporation of New York, came to outreach to new companies. She said, "The PWC Trade Fair helps us build relationships with the small business owners; PWC provides a perfect setting." Turner Construction's Jackie Horowitz, a project manager, said "It's a venue to bring new partners to us--subcontractors, consultants, engineers. It offers a fresh outlook of new enterprises." Event sponsors included: Consolidated Edison; Altus Metal & Marble; Bovis Lend Lease; Construction Specifications Institute The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) is an organization that maintains and advances the standardization of construction language as pertains to building specifications. ; Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority The Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority is a New York State public benefit corporation whose mission is to plan, create, co-ordinate and maintain a balanced community of commercial, residential, retail, and park space within its designated 92-acre site on the lower west side ; IBEX ibex (ī`bĕks), wild goat, genus Capra, found in rugged country on mountain ranges from central Asia to the Himalayas, S Europe, and NE Africa. Construction; NY Power Authority; NYC Health & Hospitals Corporation; NYC School Construction Authority; Phoenix Constructors JV; Plaza Construction; Port Authority of NY & NJ; SimplexGrinnell; Skanska USA, STV STV Single Transferable Vote STV Star Trek: Voyager STV Samanyolu TV (Turkey) STV Satellite Television STV Scottish Television STV Stranglethorn Vale (World of Warcraft computer game) , Inc.; and Tishman Construction Corporation. |
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