Part of an initiative to return Prospect Park's lakefront to its former glory and enhance functionality, the 30,000-sq-ft project involved replacing the 50-year-old Wollman Skating Rink with a year-round recreational facility that includes two modern rinks—one open and one covered—and green roofs.
Built on a brownfield site and designed for energy efficiency, the project team went beyond what is typically required for a manufacturing site to deliver a state-of-the-art containerboard mill.
The team retained much of the existing foundation walls of the 10-story Hunter College School of Social Work building that it had to demolish before constructing this 19-story luxury condominium.
Located atop a hill overlooking the battlefield of the last great battle of the American Revolution, the nearly 13,000-sq-ft visitor center project involved closing off an underused portion of the old structure, opening up a previously closed section and building a new adjacent visitor center pavilion.
Part of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's New York City Rapid Repairs initiative, the project team performed rapid response work for Staten Island residents displaced by Superstorm Sandy.
The 985,000-sq-ft project to build a new arena within Madison Square Garden's circular shell took three years and a complex array of scheduling, logistics and infrastructure upgrades to complete.