This 1935 cover image shows a tower under construction for New York City’s Triborough Bridge (now known as the RFK Bridge), a suspension bridge with a main span of 1,380 ft, connecting Queens County with Wards Island.

A third-generation builder, O’Neil led the Chicago-based construction firm for 29 years and oversaw the company’s national expansion.

Salt City Constructors, a team of three contractors, expects to begin work immediately on the $2.25 billion effort to reconnect neighborhoods in Syracuse.

Companies canceled, closed or downsized nearly $8 billion in projects in Q1.