| Recent Projects: Our Recent Achievements | |
| Educational/Cultural Organizations: | |
| Brooklyn
Children's Museum: Owner's representative for needs assessment programming,
master planning, renovation & new construction. Provided project management
& liaison services with City Agencies & the Economic Development
Corporation. |
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| Columbia
University: Providing ongoing comprehensive project management services
for interior and exterior restoration of landmark buildings for the main
campus. Communicate daily with the university, oversee contracts, design
and construction, budgets, closeout, occupancy, and manage project archives.
Recent projects include Pupin Hall Mechanical Upgrade, Schermerhorn Extension
Window Replacement, Fayerweather Mechanical Infrastructure Needs Assessment
and Exterior Study. Project management at the university consists of nine
months of planning in preparation of an intense three-month construction
season. |
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| Cornell
Weill Medical College: Supervising a 11,000SF, $7.0 M, expansion project, which adds three
floors onto an exist-ing prominent six-story corner building of the campus,
which required an innovative design solution. The project includes new
laboratories, office space and a hazardous chemical processing area. |
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| Jamaica Arts
and Business Center: Involved at the project's inception in meetings
with the Queens Borough President's office. Established ten-year capital
planning projections and assisted with City and State funding requests
Development of market and formulation of Business Plan. Worked closely
with the fourteen organizations who will call this facility home. |
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Jamaica Center
for Arts and Learning: Supervised renovation of a landmark community
building. Coordinated construction issues that arose due to work being
conducted while space was fully occupied. Worked closely with elected
officials, community board and other cultural institutions. |
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New York
University: Conducted construction review focusing on engineering
systems. Mechanical, electrical plumbing and sprinkler systems were reviewed
and punch lists of outstanding items were documented. The new seven-story
building consists of a recreational facility in the first floor and basement
with faculty housing apartments in floors two through seven. As-Built
drawings, warranties, specifications, operation manuals and maintenance
manuals were assembled. |
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| Health Care Facilities: | |
| Bedford-Stuyvesant
Family Health Center: Directed pre-development planning with a project
team for a multi-site expansion of community medical facility and HIV
Wellness Center. The feasibility study evaluated the benefits of adding
a commercial facility to the expansion project. |
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| Cornel University
Weill Medical College: Renovation of 6,400 SF floor in an existing occupied building.
The $3.9M renovation includes new laboratories, offices and support space and extensive
mech-anical upgrades to the existing building systems. |
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| Merritt Peralta:
Supervised design / construction of a 41,000 square foot nursing educational
conferencing facility. Building was planned to function as a medical center
complex, incorporating an intensive care simulation skills laboratory,
demonstration capable operating theaters, a 600-seat multipurpose lecture
room and a 250-seat teleconferencing auditorium. |
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| Public and Commercial: | |
| Alliance
for Downtown New York: Performed contract and performance review and
client representation services for streetscape enhancement project. Communicated
daily and represented the Alliance for Downtown New York in weekly meetings.
Local merchants were involved in every stage of the planning and design
that resulted in new street signage, lighting and historical reference
markers. In addition, street furniture was chosen and appropriate areas
were selected. |
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| Pfizer World
Headquarters Lobby Renovation: Provided project management services
for the renovation of the lobby while the building remained open to the
public. |
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Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone
Highway 125 Technology Incubator: Project Director for design and implementation
for the creation of a high technology incubator in Harlem.
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| Social Services and Housing: | |
| Abraham
House: Performed analysis of existing and planning of spatial requirements
for a new facility.The program, which provides transition services for
formerly incarcerated individuals and their families, is an extensive
and complicated multifaceted program.
A space plan was prepared for the new building including adjacency and
access requirements. Additionally, suggestions were made for how the existing
structure might be reused. |
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| Division
of Housing and Community Renewal: Assisted nonprofit organizations
and municipalities with technical assistance to develop strategic plans
for housing and community revitalization projects.
Organizations included The Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation
and The Jewish Community Council of Rockaway Peninsula, Inc. |
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| The United Way of New York: Provided technical and project management services for renovation and move coordination projects with tight schedules. Organizations included Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow and Visiting Neighbors. | |