Items Tagged with 'Manhattan'

Role covers interim terminal, storage facility and rail-spanning ramp structure tied to $10-billion replacement program

As the sustainability movement took hold in construction a quarter-century ago, concrete maker Louis P. Grasso Jr. was nudged by its leaders to gain a competitive edge by producing a pozzolan made from locally sourced recycled glass to reduce cement’s carbon content.

Deployed trenchless method called spiral wound lining on a Manhattan sewer project to mitigate disruptive effects of conventional open-trench repairs, including allowing the sewer to remain in service during construction.

To build a new space that would house two iconic vehicles adjacent to the existing George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, the project team had to design and build a structure around an already displayed historical 268-ton locomotive that couldn’t be moved or touched.

A lower Manhattan resilience project—an integrated coastal initiative—is set to protect the city from coastal storms and sea level rise.

Manhattan’s newest supertall building, 520 Fifth Avenue, rises 1,002 ft from a constrained site on the corner of a busy intersection.

Interceptor upgrade in Manhattan involves the first use of spiral-wound lining in the five boroughs by the city Dept. of Design and Construction.

Featuring a striking facade that utilizes tailored fins that are angled in different directions as well as strategically placed lighting, this 27-story tower is Harwood International’s tallest to date.

Renovation of 1155 Avenue of the Americas includes recast floor-to-ceiling glass, generating high-dollar leases in previously unused spaces.

The Spiral – 66 Hudson Boulevard, a 67-story office building, was built in the Hudson Yards neighborhood of Manhattan.