From museums and hospitals to bridges and hotels, more than three dozen projects in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut were honored in ENR New York's Best Projects competition this year.
An office complex in the suburbs is seldom the setting for highly rigorous site logistics, team collaboration and design management efforts. But the sweeping 1.2 million-sq-ft construction program Novartis Pharmaceuticals undertook in East Hanover, N.J., was no ordinary suburban affair.
This $6-million project—a major component of Metro North's capital program aimed at improving the track along its Hudson River Line—involved stabilizing a 150-ft section of shot rock-filled railroad embankment.
This $637-million project involved building a new structure with 13 laboratory floors and two mechanical penthouses, doubling the college's previous research space.
This $10.2-billion accelerated bridge construction (ABC) project involved demolishing and replacing twin steel-and-concrete spans with two prefabricated bridge elements assembled alongside the existing structures.
The rehabilitation of historic Union Station's 9,500-sq-ft Grand Hall and Market called for restoration of cornices and terrazzo floors, the addition of a 90-ft bar, coffee shop and train display, and installation of a projection system to support one of North America's largest multimedia shows.
Downtown Detroit's 10-story Z, so named for its zig-zagging floor plate, combines a 1,300-space parking structure with the works of more than 27 mural and graffiti artists from around the world.
Health care long has espoused the influence of environment on healing, a relationship Cincinnati's Mercy Health – West Hospital develops to an extent rarely seen in a contemporary hospital setting.
The 1,000-sq-ft glass structure known as The Cube provides Westfield Old Orchard, an upscale, outdoor shopping center in suburban Chicago, a freestanding, climate-controlled venue for promotional events, community performances, interactive displays and live entertainment.
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