Snapshot February 7, 2011 University of Buffalo Stadium Lights Replacement “I chose this particular photograph because I felt it was the strongest graphically,” says Meehan who moved back and forth between various levels of the University of Buffalo Stadium to get the best angles and perspectives of this O�Connell employee involved in the reclamation/recycling process of a light fixture on an older, downed light pole. The photo was taken in mid-August with a Nikon D300 and a 200mm lens at f10. Photographer: Keith Meehan Submitted By: Keith Meehan for O�Connell Electric Company, Inc. Victor, N.Y.
Skanska has been selected to construct an approximately five-story, 17,200-sq-ft intermediate and high school at South Hunter’s Point in Long Island City, N.Y., through a contract totaling $61 million. Rendering Courtesy Of Skanska South Hunter’s Point The 17,200-sq-ft Long Island City school is slated for completion in October 2013. The school will consist of 26 classrooms and include teaching facilities for 1,000 intermediate and high school students as well as laboratories, a music suite, gym, kitchen and cafeteria and a 4,736-sq-ft roof terrace. Skanska will be responsible for implementing the project ,which will be designed to meet Silver LEED certification.
Construction is ongoing at Bronx Community College ’s new 98,000-sq-ft North Instructional Building and Library, where a recent supply of building products and submittal services has been provided to help meet the project’s scheduled completion date. Photo Courtsy Of Park Avenue Building And Roofing Bronx Community College The 98,000-sq-ft building is scheduled for completion in January 2012. The North Instructional Building was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects of New York to match the original classical-revival style campus that was the former location of New York University before it moved to Manhattan and the campus became Bronx Community College. The
Helping to further the revitalization of Coney Island, the Wildlife Conservation Society has received approval from the New York City Public Design Commission for a new 50,000-sq-ft Photo Courtesy Of The Wildlife Conservation Society New York Aquarium The new Ocean Wonders: Shark exhibit is slated for completion in 2015. exhibit called “Ocean Wonders: Shark” at the nearly 115-year-old New York Aquarium in Coney Island, Brooklyn. “This exciting new shark exhibit will attract people from far and wide to visit the New York Aquarium,” said New York City Councilman Domenic M. Recchia Jr. “The revitalization of Coney Island is already attracting
After deeming Hoboken, New Jersey’s 14th Street Viaduct structurally deficient and functionally obsolete despite its history, Hudson County selected TranSystems and its team of Stantec, KS Engineers, and T.Y. Lin International/Medina to complete a replacement design for the 100-year-old viaduct. Rendering Courtesy Of Stantec 14th Street Viaduct Construction on the $40-million 14th Street Viaduct in Hoboken, N.J., is scheduled to be completed in mid-2013. Currently, the 14th Street Viaduct stretches almost ¼ of a mile and rises over 70 ft carrying over 20,000 vehicles per day. It is also considered an iconic landmark in the Hoboken skyline and a result,
Regular readers of Engineering News-Record are familiar with the big names in the construction industry that lead off our annual “Top” lists of firms ranked by revenue.
On The Scene February 7, 2011 Vornado Realty Trust’s The new cogeneration facility at Vornado’s One Penn Plaza, one of the ten largest commercial office buildings in New York City, was recently unveiled to the public as part of an ongoing program of sustainable upgrades across Vornado Realty Trust’s 22 million-sq-ft portfolio in the city. The 6.2-megawatt cogeneration plant at One Penn Plaza is the largest cogeneration facility in a commercial office building in New York City, supplying 50% of electricity usage for the building as well as reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprint by 40%. Photo Courtesy
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.
Construction is currently under way for the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission�s River Barge Park in Carlstadt, New Jersey lead by a team that includes DMR Architects of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey and general contractor, Arco Construction Group of Elizabeth, New Jersey. The NJMC had to first acquire four acres in Carlstadt, formerly known as the Barge Club, for redevelopment as a riverfront park with approximately 400-miles of shoreline in order to help preserve open space and provide public access to the Hackensack River. Rendering courtesy of DMR Architects River Barge Park will include a marina that will provide water access
A final design has been completed for the construction of the $150 million New Brunswick Gateway Transit Village, a 632,000-sq-ft mixed-use building located at the intersection of Somerset Street and Easton Avenue in downtown New Brunswick, New Jersey that will link the campus of Rutgers University as well as the larger community to the local train station. Rendering courtesy of Meltzer/Mandl Architects, PC Meltzer/Mandl Architects of New York designed the transit village and completed the final documents for construction on the project which first broke ground in January 2010, on behalf of the development team including New Brunswick Development Corporation
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