COMPANY NEWS
Construction business grows with solar projects
By Abby Gruen/The Star-Ledger
May 14, 2010
Nelson Ferreira, president and chief executive of Ferreira Construction, stands near a 22-kilowatt ground-mount solar array, which powers one of his warehouse buildings in Branchburg. A hot Jersey summer made Nelson Ferreira into a businessman.
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Work To Start On $8.7 Billion NY-NJ Tunnel Project
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. (CBS) Jun 8, 2009
Ferreira Construction Co. of Branchburg received the first construction contract in May to build a $13.6 railroad underpass at Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen, near the site of Monday s ceremony. The area will serve as the New Jersey mouth of the tunnel. Newark-based CM Consortium was selected in April to oversee tunnel construction, including design evaluation, quality control and construction schedule review.
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from High Performance Buildings magazine
What appears as an ordinary prefabricated building produces from
renewable energy all the electricity needed to run an approximately
42,000 ft2 commercial facility for a full year. In addition, it produces
a surplus of energy equivalent to a full months electricity supply
that is pushed out to the grid for others to use.
from GlobeSt.com
At first glance, the 42,000-sf headquarters of Ferreira Construction Co. Inc., which specializes in building highways, roads and bridges, is no different from any other office building in the area. If you look a little closer, however, you discover its secret: Thanks to a bank of flat solar panels, the building creates all the energy it needs--and then some...
from Renewable Energy World
"Ferriera Construction's "Net Zero" Headquarters Recognized
by State of NJ"
With incentives provided through the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and New Jersey's Clean Energy Program, Ferriera Construction has been able to provide all of the electric energy needs..
Ferreira Hosts Green Buildings Open House
'Throughout the Northeast, homes and other buildings are taking advantage of clean renewable energy and other green building technologies. On Saturday, October 7th from 10am to 4pm, more than 400 of these buildings opened their doors to the public for the Green Buildings Open House, featuring the National Solar Tour.'
UTCA NEWS
Nelson Ferreira, owner of Ferreira Construction Company, was elected president of the Utility and Transportation Contractors Association at the organization's June Membership Meeting. He will be inducted as the chief elected officer of the association on the Saturday night of the UTCA Convention in Atlantic City.'
Nevius Street Bridge reopened
'RARITAN -- Somerset County Deputy Director Robert Zaborowski hosted a press conference and ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 26 for the official reopening of the historic Nevius Street Bridge, connecting Raritan and Hillsborough, as a pedestrian bridge.'