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NJ EDA Moves School Construction Program Forward

TRENTON-Recent board decisions in the far-reaching $12 billion program include construction managers for North and South Jersey, and two new construction and financing procedures.

By Eric Peterson | Updated on August 07, 2001

TRENTON-The New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s board of directors has hired construction managers for the northern and southern parts of the Garden State, and has approved two new procedures that address key issues, all related to its massive school construction and financing agenda. The effort, which involves a number of private sector building contractors, entails a total of $12 billion in construction work, with EDA raising $8.6 billion of that total. Local districts will provide the rest.

To begin with, the two contracting firms picked as regional construction managers will each oversee about $50 million worth of projects in so-called Abbott districts, 30 school districts in which the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered the state to equalize opportunity with wealthier districts. For South Jersey, EDA has awarded the management contract to Gilbane Construction Co., whose Lawrenceville, NJ office will handle the project.

For North Jersey, meanwhile, EDA’s board has picked Bovis Lend Lease, whose regional office is located in New York City. Altogether, seven construction firms made a bid for the South Jersey assignment, while eight firms applied for North Jersey.

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