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NYC East Side Access Subway project. (From right) Edward D'alba, Urban Engineers;
Jennifer Gould, Christopher Scarafile, Meyer Design;
Ronald Swerdon, Urban Engineers.
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Last month, Meyer Design, Inc.'s senior representatives Christopher Scarafile and Jennifer Gould attended an exclusive tour of three multi-billion dollar NYC construction projects managed by engineering and construction management company Urban Engineers, a recent client of Meyer Design.
The trip was an
opportunity for Meyer to expand its knowledge on construction management best
practices in order to continually best serve clients. It also provided an
opportunity to further understand and support Urban Engineers as a client and
industry partner, a standard business practice at Meyer Design.
The eight-hour New York City Mega Project Tour and Presentation brought Christopher and Jennifer into the heart of NYC's East Side Access and Second Avenue Subway projects for which Urban serves as the Program Management Oversight consultant for the Federal Transit Administration. The tour concluded with an on-site presentation of the One World Trade Center construction for which Urban serves on a team providing integrity monitoring for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
"Seeing these monumental projects in action, and having detailed commentary from our tour guides was an incredible experience. To manage each of these projects is an enormous undertaking requiring the highest level of organization, communication and technical expertise,” Christopher Scarafile, Senior Project Manager, Meyer Design, Inc.
Urban Engineers
President Edward D’Alba and Vice President of Finance Ronald Swerdon were
excited to provide this unique opportunity to their Meyer colleagues.
Mr. D'Alba: "Last April, we hired Meyer to design our new corporate headquarters and are thrilled with the outcome. Having them on this tour, we were able to share a special time in Urban's story as a growing planning, design and construction management company. We are excited about these projects and thrilled to share our experiences with other passionate professionals." Mr. D’Alba— who serves on several prominent Philadelphia area Boards of Directors including the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, The Fairmont Conservancy and the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation (CPDC)—and Mr. Swerdon personally accompanied the Meyer Design representatives on the tour.
The 3.5-mile East Side Access project connects the Long Island Railroad Mainline in Queens to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, providing commuter service to Manhattan's East Side through a new station 140 feet below the existing Grand Central Terminal. The Second Avenue Subway project involves two miles of new tunnels along Second Avenue from 96th Street to 63rd street. Eventually the line will be extended to the Financial District in Lower Manhattan. These projects, bored deep beneath Queens and Manhattan, never see the light of day.
Rising above ground to a
height of 1776 feet, One World Trade Center will be the tallest building in the
western hemisphere. It will hold LEED Platinum status; provide 2.6 million SF
of office space, restaurants, and an observation deck; and will have exit
stairs twice as wide as required by Code, potentially inspiring a new trend in
Safety Code standards.
Christopher Scarafile: “Under
Ed D’Alba’s leadership, Urban Engineers has proven its status as a world-class
engineering firm through their professional track record and through overseeing
these monumental projects. It's beyond impressive; it's extraordinary."
