Bittman rides around the nearly uninhabitable Union Beach, New Jersey
with town engineer Bobby Burlew, whose job is helping residents make agonizing decisions to rebuild, elevate or demolish their homes.
«We need to decide between the courtroom we want and the one we can afford,» said Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell after listening to a presentation Tuesday from Ms. Reilly, Judge Rudolph Bruer and
town engineer Jamie Richter, who estimated the cost of building a new courthouse behind Town Hall at approximately $ 3 million.
Must - watch moment: • Mark Bittman's car ride with Union Beach, NJ
town engineer Bobby Burlew in the immediate aftermath of Sandy.
Vanderbeek also served as Stony
Point Town Engineer and was project manager and engineer in the development of sewer systems in western Ramapo, overseeing environmental impact study, survey and design.
Town Engineer Timothy Lavocat said the town unsuccessfully sought reimbursement from the solar panel installer, a New Jersey company that has since gone out of business.
Finn explained that Stony Point's
town engineer Kevin would be questioning Haverstraw's -LSB-...]
Shelter
Island town engineer John Cronin characterized the situation as so bad it would «only get worse without some radical changes.»
Over the past year, Southold Town's engineering department has had «unprecedented» access to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's shellfish lab, allowing for additional water quality testing that could show some previously closed water bodies will be suitable for shellfishing, according to
town engineer Michael Collins.
The Town Board adjourned a public hearing on July 11 after testimony from the applicant's engineer, Garry Robinson;
town engineer Tom Suosso of Cedarwood Engineering, and neighbors of the application, including written comments.
The damage to the beaches was severe, according to
town engineer Jamie Richter, who spoke on behalf of Department of Public Works director Jeff Standish at Tuesday's Town Board work session.
David Huck, of Regent Development and Construction, agreed to meet with
the town engineer to explore options.
She told Griffin that
the town engineer would be developing an estimate of the costs (associated with buying town water).
The board decided to put off the decision until the application is reviewed by
the town engineer.
According to
the town engineer, it would cost about $ 750,000 to mothball the building, including making the heating system operational to prevent damage to finishes and utilities already installed, draining water and blowing out the plumbing system to prevent broken pipes, completing the exterior finish to maintain the waterproofing already in place and finishing the roof.
The town engineer said the town did not expect to borrow the entire amount, but the bond counsel recommended that amount.
I wrote in No Safe Place that one of our biggest opponents [in Woburn] was
the town engineer.
I can't include all my experience in these documents but I will add that in my tenure as a City Engineer, DPW Director /
Town Engineer and Engineering in the private sector, I have managed the engineering functions of developing and reviewing: * Site, Development, Redevelo...