The nearly 85-year-old vertical lift bridge is ready for decades more of service thanks to a comprehensive rehabilitation that included electrical and mechanical system upgrades, installation of a new standby generator, and enhancements to provide a safer environment for maintenance personnel.
Racing against the spread of COVID-19, the project team collaborated in a design-build effort to create a 1,000-bed field hospital in less than a month.
A former Governor’s Island military warehouse dating to 1870 underwent a renovation to create the new Lower Manhattan Culture Council Arts Center—a safe, comfortable and engaging studio and exhibition space where emerging artists can create and display their works in a dynamic gallery and studio space that also includes administrative offices.
The $396-million facility rehabilitation program erased years of disrepair and deterioration, restoring the historic station’s appearance and functionality.
Thanks to a comprehensive adaptive reuse effort involving specialized contractors and preservationists, Tammany Hall is now a modern 63,700-sq-ft mixed-use space, rebranded as 44 Union Square East.
Faced with a highly constrained site and a mandate to minimize disruptions to airport operations, the project team developed innovative strategies to phase construction of the new seven-gate concourse even before its strategic design took shape.
Standing in the way of a new Ferry Homeport at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was a substandard Pier C, which led to a $50-million project to demolish the old 81-ft by 690-ft timber structure and replace it with a modern steel pipe pile and concrete deck pier.
A steel- and polymer-shelled space uses technology from gantry cranes and retractable roofs for an arts center that doubles its footprint on demand—impressing judges who named it ENR New York's Project of the Year