PROJECT COST: $292 Million Buffalo Public Schools Program ensures all district schools achieve the same technology, energy and infrastructure standards. Photo: LPCiminelli Buffalo Public Schools Reconstruction Program Phase IV Related Links: Top Projects 2009 Buffalo Public Schools and LPCiminelli of Buffalo began working at the end of last year on phase IV of a comprehensive school reconstruction program, designed to transform every facility in the district into 21st-century learning centers of excellence. Ten schools will receive upgrades during the three-year, $292 million fourth phase. When program manager LPCiminelli began the $1.4 billion program in 2002, the district's schools averaged 70
PROJECT COST: $75.8 million For more than 50 years, the School of Social Work (SSW) at CUNY’s Hunter College has promoted civic engagement and dedication to public services. Thanks in part to the largest donation in CUNY’s history and a unique public-private partnership, the school will soon be able to link its programs and services directly with some of the neighborhoods it serves through a new eight-story, 147,000-sq ft building under construction in East Harlem. Rendering Courtesy of City University of New York CUNY-Hunter College School of Social Work Related Links: Top Projects 2009 Located on Third Avenue between 118th
PROJECT COST: $93 Million Binghamton University, State University of New York has embarked on a program to upgrade its on-campus housing facilities, with the Newing Community East Campus Housing project replacing an aging facility. Photo credit LeCHASE Construction East Campus Housing, Binghamton University Related Links: Top Projects 2009 "The buildings were 50 years old, and after an intense study it was found to be more advantages to build new rather than try to retrofit the existing," says Dave Vaughn, senior regional operations manager for LeCHASE Construction of Rochester, N.Y. "Plus, they have increased the capacity, increasing revenue for the university."
PROJECT COST: $722 million The tunnel boring machines chewing through Manhattan bedrock on a high-profile journey from E. 63rd St. to Grand Central Station have been getting most of the glory when New Yorkers hear about the $7.3 billion East Side Access program. But a challenging dig is also gearing in Queens, with two TBMs set to arrive this summer to slog through a mix of sand, fill, dirt, and boulders - all in a shallow water table. Photo courtesy of Granite Construction East Side Access - Queens Bored Tunnels & Structures Related Links: Top Projects 2009 The new drive
PROJECT COST: $325 Million Nine years after the Borough of Manhattan Community College's Fiterman Hall was damaged beyond repair on 9/11, a new structure is rising in its place. Rendering courtesy of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, New York Fiterman Hall Related Links: Top Projects 2009 Construction of the 14-story, 390,000-sq.-ft. Fiterman Hall, designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, New York, started just weeks after completing demolition of the damaged building. The new $325 million facility will house 100 classrooms and computer labs, faculty offices, a conference center, an art gallery and caf�. The original 15-story building at 30
PROJECT COST: $120 million Not even the most ardent preservationist could argue in favor of keeping the confounding maze of six stations and 12 subway lines that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is reshaping into the Fulton Street Transit Center in downtown Manhattan. One of the more prosaic portions of the multi-year, $1.4 billion effort also happens to be one of its most transformative - a $120 million contract awarded last summer to reconstruct the mezzanine and platform levels of the Broadway-Nassau Street Station for the A and C lines and to upgrade the elevators and stairs for the Nassau Street
PROJECT COST: $198 Million Consolidating the two campuses of Gateway Community College - the Long Wharf campus in New Haven and another in North Haven, Conn., began last December with the $140 million construction of a single downtown New Haven campus, scheduled to finish in May 2012. Although the project owner, the Connecticut Department of Public Works, has budgeted $198 million for the overall project, the actual construction cost is $140 million. Rendering Courtesy of Gilbane Construction Co. Gateway Community College Consolidation/Relocation Related Links: Top Projects 2009 The new campus will occupy two city blocks where landmark department stores Macy's
PROJECT COST: $150 million An often-cited benefit of the growth in commuter rail travel has been the opportunity to create economically vibrant transit-oriented developments clustered around stations. The new Gateway Transit Village not only creates this kind of pedestrian-friendly opportunity for downtown New Brunswick, but also provides a long-needed connection between the city's busy Northeast Corridor rail platform and the historic East End entrance to Rutgers University. Photo courtesy of EE&K Architects Gateway Transit Village Related Links: Top Projects 2009 Prominently located on a previously underutilized 1.2-acre site at the end of College Avenue, the 625,000 sq ft, 22-story mixed-use
PROJECT COST: $376.3 Million There are few things in life more frustrating being stuck in a plane, on the tarmac and being told your flight is delayed. Photo courtesy of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey John F. Kennedy International Airport Runway Reconstruction Related Links: Top Projects 2009 JFK Airport, one of the busiest in the country, is taking a major step to alleviate this nuisance by reconstructing and expanding its busiest runway. The Bay Runway, otherwise known as Runway 13-31, which handles around half of all JFK traffic, will be widened from 150 to 200 feet along
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