With the premier issue of the new ENR New York, we are excited to introduce our “Top 20 Under 40.” It showcases exceptional players in the region’s A/E/C industry and takes its place alongside our traditional rankings of contractors, designers and projects.
One thing we’ve come to expect every year when it comes to our annual, year-end “Best Of” competition is that it’s nearly impossible to make any assumptions or predictions as to the outcome. Related Links: Best of 2010 Project of the Year: New Meadowlands Stadium Architectural Design: The Juilliard School Renovation and Expansion, New York Civil/Public Works: Fulton Street Transit Center Foundations, New York, N.Y. Cultural: Queens Theater-in-the-Park, Corona, N.Y. Cultural: Queens Community College Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center, Bayside, N.Y. Engineering Design: Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge/Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Environmental/Flood Control: Horseshoe Road Superfund Site Environmental/Flood Control: Harlem Riverbank
The Thornton Tomasetti Foundation, a nonprofit organization established by New York-based Thornton Tomasetti, a structural engineering firm has awarded a $9,000 grant to the California Polytechnic State University chapter of Engineers Without Borders for the construction of a $68,000 healthcare clinic in Camilo Ortega, Nicaragua. Cal Poly students will lead the design and construction of the new healthcare facility. Photo courtesy of Engineers Without Borders-Cal Poly Chapter The Thornton Tomasetti Foundation which was first established in 2008 provides funding for fellowships, scholarships and internships for undergraduate students and those planning to pursue graduate studies in building engineering, design or technology.
One World Trade Center has reached a construction milestone by rising 260 ft above street level. Upon its completion in 2013, it will become the tallest office building in the United States reaching 104 stories. Photo courtesy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Currently standing at the 26th floor level, the 1,776-ft-tall office building is being designed by David Childs of Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and is scheduled to reach a height of 50 stories by the end of 2010. To date, more
As part of a $550 million capital improvement plan at the Empire State Building, renovation on the building’s observatory has begun with Aragon Construction of New York acting as General Contractor for the project, which began in late May. Along with JCJ Architecture of Hartford, Conn., Aragon is revamping the 86th floor observatory with completion scheduled for September 2010. Refurbishment of the 950-sq-ft observatory deck will include both interior and exterior alterations such as the renovation of the granite flooring, the stone wainscoting wall surrounding the inner deck, and two, four-tier staircases. Aragon is also replacing the current glass work
PROJECT COST: $220 Million Six new buildings are under construction on the largest remaining vacant parcel of land in the Melrose Commons Urban renewal area of the South Bronx. The $220 million, 641-unit St. Ann's Terrance mixed-income residential development broke ground last summer and includes 50,000 sq ft of retail space and parking for about 350 vehicles under several of the buildings. St. Ann's Terrace Related Links: Top Projects 2009 "The size of the project and the variety of different of programs-commercial, low income, middle income and community spaces in more than a normal size of a city block-makes for
PROJECT COST: $175 Million The federal stimulus funds made available by the Obama administration for tri-state area projects have had a spotty history thus far, but at least one project has secured the funding to proceed. Photo courtesy of Conti Construction St. George Ferry Terminal Related Links: Top Projects 2009 The $175 million ramp work at the St. George Ferry terminal was the biggest stimulus project in the city when it went forward last July, and for due reason: the terminal is used by 70,000 passenger every day, and, with 23 of State Island's bus lines and the Staten Island
PROJECT COST: $119 million Since the long steep plunge of 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has been confidently on the rise for over a year, gaining more than 60 percent since its lows. The top banks in trouble just two years ago are this year posting record profits. To celebrate this financial exuberance, enter the Setai: a 31-story luxury condominium tower complete with lavish spa, optional butler and maid service, and a Michelin-rated restaurant inside a former office building at 40 Broad Street. Photo by Peter Rymwid The Setai Related Links: Top Projects 2009 "It's 100 steps to the
PROJECT COST: $156 Million Starting construction on a New York residential tower in the middle of 2008 has resulted in a slew of skeletons, foreclosures, and general panic across the condo industry. But at least one team has been able to proceed-cautiously, with major cost-cutting, but retaining the original design's major aesthetic attributes. Tower 111 Related Links: Top Projects 2009 Designed by New York architect Costas Kondylis, Tower 111 will rise 48 stories at 32nd Street and 6th Avenue when completed next Jun, and, in addition to the to the rentals in a tower that features several setbacks, will include
PROJECT COST: $8.7 Billion Construction began on the $8.7 billion, 9-mi Access to the Region's Core Trans-Hudson Express Tunnel in June. Two new, twin tunnels will enable NJ TRANSIT to more than double service capacity to Midtown Manhattan's Penn Station from New Jersey. Photo: courtesy NJ transit Trans-Hudson Express Tunnel Related Links: Top Projects 2009 "The current tunnels are 100 years old this year and are in fine shape and served us well, but the ridership demand has grown to the point there are bottlenecks," says Paul L. Wyckoff, spokesperson for Access to the Region's Core, a project of NJ
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