I swear news like this is taboo here. http://www.northjersey.com/page.php...FRXl5NzEyMjk0MiZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY= EAST RUTHERFORD -- The Giants and Jets plan to start driving piles and relocating utilities at the site of their new $1.4 billion football stadium within two to three weeks following Wednesday's tentative approval of their master plan. "We achieved the milestone we sought today," Mary Musca, an executive for the joint stadium venture, said after gaining the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority board's endorsement. "We need to mobilize on the site, and now we can get to work." But the sports authority held off on blanket approval for the master plan, because the teams have yet to offer anything more than generic schematics of what the stadium exterior will look like. "We're still looking for mockups, we're still looking for a final design," agency Vice Chairman Joseph Buckelew said. Musca said the teams hope to show the board an exterior rendering "in a month or two," along with final details on the materials to be used in construction. A formal groundbreaking ceremony is planned for this summer. At least 7,000 piles will be driven during the next year, she added. Carl Goldberg, the sports authority's chairman, said the tentative approval struck a balance that allowed work to begin, even though Buckelew's subcommittee report found the exterior renderings "insufficiently complete." The report also called the landscape design plan "insufficiently detailed." "The distinction is that this work that we're allowing has no relevance to whatever exterior design is chosen," Goldberg said. "We're just reserving the right to preclude subsequent construction, pending receipt of the final architectural details." The stadium, to be funded by the teams, with $300 million in aid from the National Football League, will be the most expensive sports facility in the United States. The Giants and Jets hope to begin play in 2010 at the replacement for 31-year-old Giants Stadium. Sports authority Vice President James Minish said agency concerns about parking and staffing appear to have been solved since a preliminary master plan was approved in October. The teams plan to begin demolition next month of a portion of one set of escalators at Giants Stadium's Gate B -- in the northeastern corner where the new stadium will be erected. Temporary turnstiles and security checkpoints must be in place by the time concerts and soccer games are held in June and July, Minish said. The agency is requiring that the second phase of the stadium project -- which would include 500,000 square feet of retail and would be built after the new stadium opened -- to be covered by a separate master plan.
Damn! They're breaking ground and nobody has disappeared recently to get buried under one of the endzones.
"At least 7,000 piles will be driven during the next year, she added." If you ever had to work in a building where piles were being driven next door (and I have) then you would know that is a formula for instant insanity.
Good news, but I can't wait to see the final drawings and plans. I park/tailgate right outside and enter the stadium via gate B, looks like plans might have to change for the next few years....
Even more news: http://www.njbiz.com/article.asp?aID=70582 Construction contractors working on public-owned property—including those building two huge projects planned for the Meadowlands--would be required to pay their workers the prevailing wage under a bill that acting Gov. Richard J. Codey is expected to sign this afternoon. Public land includes property owned by the state, towns, authorities, universities and other public bodies. The statewide prevailing wage for construction workers is currently about $24 per hour. Current law requires contractors to pay the prevailing wage when they work on projects that receive government financing. The new legislation (A-3890/S2457) extends the mandate to all construction contractors working on public land--even if the project is privately financed or the land is leased to private companies. The legislation would cover work planned for the Meadowlands Sports Complex, where a $1.4 billion stadium is to be built by the New York Giants and the New York Jets. Included in the mandate would be work on the nearby Xanadu shopping and entertainment complex now in the early stages of construction. Backing the measure have been union organizations that include the Building Contractor’s Association of New Jersey, the New Jersey State Building & Construction Trades Council and the New Jersey Industrial Union Council. While business advocates did not oppose the bill, the New Jersey Business & Industry Association says it could add 10 percent to 30 percent to the cost of construction projects. Lobbyists say the measure could increase the cost of building on public-owned land near the state’s toll roads—land that could be developed if the toll roads were leased to a private contractor, a prospect the Corzine administration is studying. This could in turn reduce the amount private investors would be willing to pay to lease the roads, according to business advocates Codey also signed a related bill (A3889/S2458) that strengthens the existing prohibition against any contractor or subcontractor who has been barred from public work due to violations of the prevailing wage law. Gov. Jon Corzine, who is recovering from injuries suffered in his SUV crash, was expected to have signed these bills. http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_5755184 Etc.: The New York Giants and New York Jets received tentative approval for their $1.4 billion stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority had held off on approval because the teams hadn't yet offered anything more than generic schematics of what the stadium would look like.
If theyre gonna break ground soon then they obviously have blueprints, why can i not find one damn picture of it.
There is no picture. The article says final approval wasn't given because there are no mock ups, conceptions or anything else yet.
