Development teams contend for upstate New York casinos contract

Some lists of "associated project firms" - as they are called by the New York State Gaming Commission - are more detailed than others. The information was included in the applications that were submitted by the June 30 deadline and posted on the commission's Web site late last week.
Here's a breakdown of the firms.

Capital View Casino & Resort, East Greenbush: JCJ Architecture, Manhattan; CHA Consulting, Albany; Desimone Consulting Engineers, Manhattan; M/E Engineering, Schenectady; M. Malia& Associate, New Jersey; Encompass Development, Design & Construction, Kentucky; LP Ciminelli, Chicago
Rivers Casino & Resort at Mohawk Harbor, Schenectady: Re4orm Architecture, Schenectady; Klai Juba Wald Architects, Las Vegas; Bohler Engineering, Albany; Skanska, Pennsylvania; Cleo Design, Las Vegas; Carol R. Johnson Associates, Albany; dbHMS, Chicago
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Rensselaer: SOSH Architects, Atlantic City; Turner Construction Co., Albany; VHB Engineering, Surveying and Landscape Architecture P.C., Albany; GSA Engineers, Louisiana.

Howe Caverns Resort and Casino, Cobleskill: EYP, Albany; A&R Global Consulting, Warwick, New York; Carson Fischer P.L.C., Bloomfield Hills, New York; North Country Ecological Services, Gloversville; Cobleskill Stone Products, Cobleskill; John McDonald Engineering, Schenectady; TN Ward Co., Pennsylvania; The Casale Group, Cooperstown; McLaren Engineering, West Nyack, New York, Aquatic Development Group, Cohoes.