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Renovating and expanding “the world’s most famous arena” while it was still open and operating required close collaboration between everyone involved—and some creative engineering to add a new interior level for fans.

Location: 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY
Owner: The Madison Square Garden Company, New York, NY
Architect: Brisbin Brook Beynon, Ottawa, ON
Structural Engineer: Severud Associates, New York, NY
Mechanical Engineer: M-E Engineers, New York, NY
Construction Manager: Turner Construction, New York, NY
Curtain Wall Consultant: Israel Berger & Assoc. Inc., New York, NY
Structural Steel Fabricator: Helmark Structural Steel Inc., Wilmington, DE
Structural Steel Erectors: W&W Steel, LLC, Camden, NJ; Stonebridge Steel
Erection Co., Inc., South Plainfield, NJ; Titan Erectors, Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ
Miscellaneous Iron Fabricators and Erectors: Empire City Iron Works, Long Island City, NY; FMB Inc., Harrison, NJ
Curtain Wall Erector: W&W Glass LLC, Nanuet, NY
Metal Deck Erectors: W&W Steel, LLC, Camden, NJ; Stonebridge Steel Erection
Co., Inc., South Plainfield, NJ; Titan Erectors, Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ

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A pre-weathered steel shroud for Brooklyn’s new arena took shape with parametric design software that
links architectural forms with advanced fabrication techniques.

Location: 620 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY
Owner/Developer: Forest City Ratner Companies Brooklyn, NY
Lead Architect: AECOM New York, NY
Design Architect: SHoP Architects New York, NY
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti New York, NY
Mechanical Engineer: WSP Flack & Kurtz New York, NY
Construction Manager: Hunt Construction Brooklyn, NY
Curtain Wall Consultant: Front Inc. New York, NY
Structural Steel Erector: James F. Stearns Co., Inc. Pembroke, MA
Miscellaneous Iron Erector: Berlin Steel Kensington, CT
Architectural and Ornamental Metal Erector: Harriott Contracting Columbia, MD
Curtain Wall Erector: Egan Architectural Yonkers, NY

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Brooklyn’s new multi-purpose indoor arena relies on a structural steel geometry that will keep visitors coming back time and time again.

Location: 620 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY
Owner/Developer: Forest City Ratner Companies Brooklyn, NY
Lead Architect: AECOM New York, NY
Design Architect: SHoP Architects New York, NY
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti New York, NY
Mechanical Engineer: WSP Flack & Kurtz New York, NY
Construction Manager: Hunt Construction Brooklyn, NY
Curtain Wall Consultant: Front Inc. New York, NY
Structural Steel Erector: James F. Stearns Co., Inc. Pembroke, MA
Miscellaneous Iron Erector: Berlin Steel Kensington, CT
Architectural and Ornamental Metal Erector: Harriott Contracting Columbia, MD
Curtain Wall Erector: Egan Architectural Yonkers, NY

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A sculptural entrance canopy reinvents the historic track’s image with an 11,000-square-foot,
LED-lit lattice structure covered with transparent ETFE film.

Location: 810 Yonkers Ave. Yonkers, NY

Owner: Yonkers Raceway and Casino Yonkers, NY

Architect: Studio V Architecture New York, NY

Structural Engineer: DeSimone Consulting Engineers New York, NY

Porte-cochère Engineer: FTL New York, NY

General Contractor: LP Ciminelli Buffalo, NY

Curtain Wall Consultant: Israel Berger & Associates New York, NY

Structural Steel Erector: Berlin Steel Kensington, CT

Architectural Metal Erector: Custom Exterior Systems
Sloatsburg, NY

Ornamental Metal Erector: Birdair Amherst, NY

Curtain Wall Erector: Birdair Amherst, NY

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Resting on steel point foundations, a new athletic facility is inspired by the crisscrossing lines of field-play diagrams and creates a gateway to the university’s Inwood sports complex.

Location: W. 218th Street at Broadway New York, NY
Owner: Columbia University New York, NY
Architect: Steven Holl Architects New York, NY
Structural Engineer: Robert Silman Associates New York, NY
Mechanical Engineer: ICOR Associates Iselin, NJ
Construction Manager: Structure Tone Inc./Pavarini McGovern
New York, NY
Curtain Wall Consultant: W.J. HigginsWasau, WI
Structural Steel Fabricator: Weir Welding Carlstadt, NJ
Structural Steel Erector: North American Iron Works Inc. Ridgewood, NY
Miscellaneous Iron Fabricator and Erector: Post Road Iron Works Greenwich, CT
Architectural Metal Fabricator and Erector: City Glass Co.
Bayonne, NJ
Ornamental Metal Fabricators and Erectors: City Glass Co. Bayonne, NJ; Post Road
Iron Works Greenwich, CT
Metal Deck Erectors: North American Iron Works Inc. Ridgewood, NY;
Weir Welding Carlstadt, NJ
Curtain Wall Erector: City Glass Co. Bayonne, NJ

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Steel provides an elegant solution for the design and budgetary needs of a new high school addition in the Bronx.

Location: 1300 Boynton Avenue Bronx, NY
Owner: New York City Department of Education New York, NY
Architect: Kliment Halsband Architects New York, NY
Structural Engineer: Severud Associates New York, NY
Mechanical Engineer: Ambrosino, Depinto & Schmieder Engineers New York, NY
General Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease New York, NY
Structural Steel Erector: Glasmar Steel Erectors, Inc. Rockville Centre, NY

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Originally conceived as home to the 2012 Olympic water polo events, New York City decided to construct the Natatorium and Ice Rink after losing the games to London. Offering city inhabitants a year-round Olympic size swimming pool and NHL sized skating rink, the facility’s masts of its highly-efficient cable stayed roof tower above the green of park below, inspiring Olympic hopefuls inside the building and visitors outside the building alike.

Owner: The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation New York, NY
Developer: New York Economic Development Corporation New York, NY
Architect: Handel Architects in association with Kevin Hom + Goldman Architects New York, NY
Structural Engineer: Geiger Engineers Suffern, NY
Mechanical Engineer: Flack and Kurtz New York, NY
General Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease New York, NY
Structural Steel Fabricators:MRP South Plainfield, NJ; ADF Montreal, Quebec, CA
Structural Steel Erector: DCM Erectors New York, NY
Pre-cast Concrete Erector: A.J. McNulty & Co. Inc. Maspeth, NY
Miscellaneous Steel Erectors: DCM Erectors New York, NY
Architectural Metal Fabricators: GC Ironworks Elmsford, NY; Summit Industries LLC East Ruthersford, NJ
Architectural Metal Erectors:GC Ironworks Elmsford, NY; Summit Industries LLC East Ruthersford, NJ
Ornamental Metal Erectors: GC Ironworks Elmsford, NY; Summit Industries LLC East Ruthersford, NJ
Curtain Wall Fabricators: Kawneer Company, Inc. Norcross, GA; Viracon Glass Owatonna, MN
Metal Deck Erector: Solera/DCM ERectors, Inc. New York, NY

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This Randall’s Island athletic facility gave the historic, yet dilapidated, Downing Stadium a new name, a new look, and the first IAAF Class 1 running track in the United States. Geiger Engineers chose steel to keep the project light, and built the 5,000-seat grandstand in the first phase of construction.

Owner: NYC Economic Development Corp. New York, NY
Architect: Hillier Architecture Princeton, NJ
Structural Engineers: Geiger Engineers Suffern, NY
General Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease New York, NY
Structural Steel Fabricators: Helmark Steel Industries, Inc. Wilmington, DE; Kline Iron & Steel, Inc. Columbia, SC
Miscellaneous Steel Fabricators and Erectors: Achilles Construction Co, Inc. Brooklyn, NY; Summit Group East Rutherford, NJ
Structural Steel Erectors: Falcon Steel Co, Inc. Wilmington, DE; AJ McNulty & Co, Inc. Maspeth, NY

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