The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York recently handed out their Diamond awards to New York State consulting engineering firms for outstanding design, research and studies projects in ten categories. Photo courtesy of Severud Associated Consulting Engineers, P.C. The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park in New York City is just one of the projects that received a Diamond award from the ACEC. Winners included: Water and Wastewater Hudson River PCBs-Potable Water Supplies, communities of Troy, Waterford, Halfmoon and Stillwater, Saratoga and Rensselaer Counties. Engineers: AECOM Perchlorate Well No. BGD-1, Bethpage, N.Y. Engineers: Holzmacher, McLendon &
Following the November 2008 elections, hope ran high among national union bosses. Unprecedented political canvassing by union members helped shore up a victory for labor-friendly presidential candidate Barack Obama and bolstered the Democrats� headcount on Capitol Hill. More than a year and a half later, labor leaders have checked several key items off their wish list, as sweeping policy changes have ushered in new opportunities for union contractors across the country. But with the mid-term elections approaching in November, an electorate soured by the lingering recession and soaring unemployment could bring union advances to a halt. Early on, President Obama
Grand plans for the redevelopment of the World Trade Center included a who's who of the architectural world: Daniel Libeskind on the site plan, Santiago Calatrava on the the transit hub, Richard Rogers and Fumihiko Maki on towers three and four, Michael Arad and Peter Walker for the memorial. America's most famous architect, Frank Gehry, was selected to design the new $700 million performing arts center, to house the Joyce Theater and the Signature Theater Company. The Signature, which revolutionized the New York theater scene by dedicating entire seasons to the works of one playwright at a time and has
Looking back on 2009 there were a few reasons to smile. Despite a year that saw the industry�s new job rate fall to the lowest it has been in a decade, 2009 wasn�t all bad. Which is why we�re showcasing the top 25 project starts of last year. Basically, if the project broke ground in 2009, it was eligible to be on this list. We took submissions from firms all across the region and across all sectors, while also cross-referencing with our own database, the McGraw-Hill Construction Network, and came up with a list of more than 100 �major� projects
A 70-story, folded, creased and curved stainless-steel curtain wall on an 867-ft-tall apartment building has been called "Gehry only on the outside," as if the building is a fake Frank. It's true that, when it opens next year, New York City's tallest residential tower won't be an internationally acclaimed cultural icon, as is the architect's now-12-year-old Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain. The 76-story high-rise is not as colorful, whimsical and structurally innovative as the nearly decade-old Experience Music Project rock 'n' roll museum in Seattle. The new tower is not as description-defying inside and out as the six-year-old Walt Disney
PNA used finite-element analysis to reduce the free-form shapes to single curves. Gehry refined the shapes, based on PNA rules, so that more than 90% of the surface has a single curvature. This was accomplished by slight segmentation at the panel joints, says Budd. �We did the work zone by zone and face by face,� says Budd. �It was an iterative process,� adds Bowers. The contract-document phase began in January 2007. Gehry developed the surfaces and the wire frame for the curtain-wall units in collaboration with PNA. The performance mock-up was completed and tested in early 2008. PNA signed its
When the New York State Dept. of Transportation put together a needs analysis in early 2008, it based its projections on inflation rates from prior projects. Photo: put photo credit here The New York School Construction Authority has seen the number of bids skyrocket on projects like the Mott Haven School Project in the Bronx. “We had seen rapid escalations in construction costs that were averaging about 20%,” says Stanley Gee, NYS DOT acting commissioner. But during 2008 the department started noticing a difference. “The bids were only going up 7% above our estimates last year,” Gee says. “And this
Just north from the Museum of the City of New York, Hill International is wrapping up work on a smaller, but no less prominent project: the renovation of El Museo del Barrio. The museum is one of several tenants in the 1921 Beaux Arts building on Fifth Avenue between 104th and 105th streets, and is undergoing a facelift to celebrate the Latino cultural institution's 40th anniversary. Related Links: A Museum Worthy of Its Name New York’s Gruzen Samton Architects won the competition for the renovation in 2000, but between then and 2006, the project grew in scope several times from
Twenty years ago, New York-area firms working overseas were drawing plans by hand and sending them across the world by courier. And “instant” communication was by fax and telephone, says Eugene Kohn, chairman of Kohn Pedersen Fox, a New York-based architect that first took its practice abroad in the late 1980s. Related Links: World View See the World But today, working globally is a whole new ball game. Mobile communications, Web-driven databases, e-mail, digital photography, file transferring, scanning, video conferencing, and other advancements have transformed not only how often, how fast, and how effectively professionals can communicate with colleagues, partners,
New York City’s official chronicler on Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street was originally designed in 1929 as a grand mansion suitable for its subject matter. Image: Polshek Partnership Architects At $80 million and covering three phases, the renovation and expansion of the museum will see the reworking of 90,000 sq ft and the addition of 23,000 sq ft of space. Related Links: El Museo del Barrio The city’s wealthiest residents funded the construction of the five-story Museum of the City of New York in Georgian Revival style, with a grand entrance facing the world’s most famous city park. Mayor James
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