Photo by Coleman Photography Eleven roof trusses provide a 464-ft clear span. Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2012 Winners Entries for ENR's First Global Best Projects Competition Are Due Feb. 28 Design-builders of The Boeing Co.'s new 787 manufacturing complex in North Charlseston, S.C., had only 24 months to engineer and construct the program's 11 separate structures, which collectively measured more than one million sq ft. To facilitate the schedule, the KBR-Turner-BRPH team completed the design of the project's structural steel and sitework prior to Boeing's formal acceptance of the joint venture's proposal.Contractors began
Photo by Fitlow The team logged 1.5 million worker hours without a lost-time accident. Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2012 Winners Headquarters Tower Gets Complete Makeover Entries for ENR's First Global Best Projects Competition Are Due Feb. 28 Gilbane Building Co. renovated more than one million sq ft of El Paso Corp.'s state-of-the-art, LEED Gold high-rise, completing work on the 32-story, 45-year-old headquarters in downtown Houston in September 2011.No exterior hoists were used on this project, resulting in $1.5 million in cost savings. Freight elevators moved all materials and crews.Asbestos abatement was conducted while
Nadine M. Post for ENR One New York Plaza was in the flood zone in Lower Manhattan. Nadine M. Post for ENR Related Links: Brookfield Office Properties While New York City's 100-person Building Resiliency Task Force—convened in the wake of Superstorm Sandy—begins reviewing codes to recommend ways to make low-lying buildings more flood-resistant, building owners are reassessing their own storm protocols. At least one, Brookfield Office Properties, already has begun rebuilding the three flooded basements of its 50-story One New York Plaza.The office tower sits near the southern tip of Manhattan. On Oct. 29, a 3-ft-high storm surge flooded three
Rendering courtesy of U.S. General Services Administration New downtown Los Angeles U.S. courthouse draws on appropriations from 2001 through 2005. Courtesy of U.S. General Services Administration New building is 550,000 sq ft, compared with earlier plan of more than 1 million sq ft. Related Links: GSA Details Plans for Downtown Los Angeles ENR Blog: Capitol Hill Flap Over Planned L.A. Federal Courthouse (Nov. 2011) After false starts and one full stop over the past 11 years, a new federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles now seems to be on its way to becoming a reality. The General Services Administration has
Photo by Luke Abaffy At Breezy Point in Brooklyn, N.Y., cleanup is under way and homeowners can register for NYC Rapid Repairs. Related Links: Hurricane Sandy NYC Rapid Repairs Contractor Registration FEMA Disaster Response Registry System for Award Management Sandy Recovery News and Resources Contractors can now register online for New York City’s rapid repairs program that will help homeowners rebuild after Superstorm Sandy. The Building Trades Employers Association of New York City is helping to reach out to contractors and suppliers by hosting a registration form on its website.The program, called NYC Rapid Repairs, was announced Nov. 9 by
Related Links: Progress Report on Brazil's Stadium Work for the 2014 World Cup Two Years to World Cup Kickoff for Brazilian Stadiums At Brasília’s new National Mané Garrincha Stadium, the project design and construction teams are using building information modeling to craft a signature sports facility in time for two upcoming high-profile soccer competitions. Looking to the past and the future, the arena’s architects seek to conform with the Brazilian capital’s surrounding landmark architecture as well as meet standards for sustainability.At the site, contractors have met the biggest challenge of the soccer arena’s construction: The compression concrete ring is ready.
Photo by AP Wideworld Many houses in this Queens, N.Y., neighborhood on the Atlantic Ocean shoreline are built up four feet off the ground. That height didn't protect them from the 8-ft storm surge or the winds. Photo Courtesy of USACE In New Jersey shore communities, structural damage assessments are under way, but few details about the condition of the houses were available at ENR press time. Related Links: Post-Sandy Mobilization Shifts into High Gear Prices for Windstorm Coverage May Not Be Changed New York Ponders Plan For Next Storm With NYC Tower Crane Secure, Plan Shifts To Recovery NJ
Related Links: Sidebar: At 49ers Stadium, Buckling-Restrained Braces Are a Big Plus Cities Stuggle with Sports Villages, But Keep Building Sports Construction Vets Cry Foul on Owners' Reps New Santa Clara Stadium http://pm-alliance.com For five uneasy years, the team responsible for building the San Francisco 49ers' $1-billion new home had hung together through three work hiatuses, a recession and a regrouping caused by a site relocation 45 miles to the south—from San Francisco's Candlestick Point to Silicon Valley's Santa Clara. Then, early last fall, things changed. Suddenly, the snail's pace became a race.Based on an early opportunity to secure financing,
Photo Courtesy of Turner/Devcon, Joint Venture. A BRB lateral system weighs significantly less than an equivalent concrete shear-wall system. Related Links: 49ers Use Collaborative Delivery 'Special Teams' To Speed Stadium Construction Cities Stuggle with Sports Villages, But Keep Building Sports Construction Vets Cry Foul on Owners' Reps MCEER Report on Buckling Restrained Braces During both the conceptual and schematic design phases for the San Francisco 49ers' stadium, the structural engineer developed a matrix of 66 structural-system scenarios. Then, the design and construction team evaluated each for schedule and cost. The team ultimately selected a steel frame, with composite metal decking
image courtesy of Gensler Proposed Farmers Field would join a sports-and-entertainment district in downtown Los Angeles. Image courtesy HKS HKS's concept for a football stadium in the Twin Cities. Related Links: 49ers Use Collaborative Delivery 'Special Teams' To Speed Stadium Construction Sidebar: At 49ers Stadium, Buckling-Restrained Braces Are a Big Plus Even in today's corporatized-sports era of millionaire players, billionaire owners and billion-dollar stadiums, sports is deeply embedded in a city's identity. Planners and city boosters inevitably want to harness that emotional connection as an engine of urban development. They have found it is not all that easy to do.In
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