New York City Beach Restoration

Delivering modular lifeguard stations designed by Garrison-Architects to Beach 32nd Street in Rockaway took barges, flatbeds, and cranes--and skilled workers.  (Photo credit: NYC Parks Department/Kevin Quinn)

BKLYN Designs 2013

Last month we participated in the BKLYN Designs exhibition.  It was a great opportunity to show off our NYC beaches structures project and rub shoulders with some pretty amazing furniture designers.

Nima Chaichi took some great photos of our booth at the show!

LEHMAN COLLEGE DAY CARE CENTER: 3-Day Module Setting

Twenty-two prefabricated modules—each weighing 18 tons—were hoisted into place on Lehman College's campus with a 600-ton crane.

The steel-and-concrete modules were built in an enclosed facility in Ephrata, Pa., which kept them largely immune to the weather and normal production delays associated with the traditional construction process. Lehman estimates that, as a result, the interval from groundbreaking to occupancy will be reduced by approximately half the time, providing a significant savings in time and construction costs.

Containing not only walls but also windows, flooring, lighting, plumbing fixtures and other major elements, the modules were 99 percent complete when they were trucked to the Bronx. All of the modules were lifted onto the site's concrete foundation in just three days (9/25-9/27).  The contractor will make final connections between modules and to utilities, finish site work, install final interior finishes and paint unfinished walls.

Stay posted for images of the fully completed day care center!