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uilding<br />
team<br />
awards<br />
2016<br />
BRONZE AWARD<br />
A mock environment at the NYC Police Training Academy mimics a<br />
subway station, minus the grime. In the night view of the main building<br />
(bottom), the LED light sculpture in the atrium is by Erwin Redl.<br />
ED HUEBER / ARCHPHOTO<br />
police academy<br />
They don’t call New York the Big<br />
Apple for nothing. Its new Police<br />
Training Academy is Big Apple big.<br />
At 720,000 sf, the academy can<br />
train two thousand recruits and law enforcement<br />
personnel at a time. It is arguably the<br />
most advanced self-contained facility of its<br />
kind in the world.<br />
The 480,000-sf academic/administration<br />
building (classrooms, library, admin/faculty offi<br />
ces) is linked via an aerial pedestrian bridge<br />
to the 240,000-sf physical training facility<br />
(running track, tactical gymnasium, scuba<br />
pool, mock situation environments), a central<br />
utility plant, and a muster court.<br />
The joint venture CM of Turner <strong>Construction</strong>/STV<br />
had to build on a 35-acre city landfi ll<br />
in the College Point section of Queens, near<br />
LaGuardia Airport. This led to one of the<br />
TRAINS THOUSANDS<br />
OF NEW YORK’S FINEST<br />
most stringent environmental compliance<br />
efforts ever for a public facility in the city.<br />
Decades of household, industrial, and commercial<br />
waste had to be dug up and remediated.<br />
The entire infrastructure was propped<br />
up above the 100-year fl ood plain so that<br />
it could remain operational under extreme<br />
weather conditions. The project earned LEED<br />
Gold certifi cation.<br />
The project required 65 prime contractors<br />
and more than 300 subcontractors.<br />
To manage all this, the NYC Department<br />
of <strong>Design</strong> and <strong>Construction</strong> set up an integrated<br />
project offi ce for 100 stakeholders.<br />
“Zones of expertise” were formed to enable<br />
disciplinary leaders—architecture, structural<br />
engineering, interior design, etc.—to communicate<br />
readily and make timely decisions.<br />
This enabled the <strong>Building</strong> Team to start<br />
work on the foundation and order almost<br />
9,000 tons of structural steel before designs<br />
were 100% fi nalized. It was the fi rst time the<br />
NYCDDC had ever used a “big room” on a<br />
project, and it worked.<br />
—Robert Cassidy<br />
PROJECT SUMMARY<br />
BRONZE AWARD<br />
New York City Police Training Academy<br />
Queens, N.Y.<br />
BUILDING TEAM<br />
Submitting firm: Turner <strong>Construction</strong> Co./STV<br />
Joint Venture (CM)<br />
Owner: New York City Department of <strong>Design</strong> and<br />
<strong>Construction</strong><br />
Architect: Perkins+Will, with Michael Fieldman<br />
Consulting Architects<br />
Structural: Robert Silman Associates; Guy<br />
Nordenson and Associates Structural Engineers;<br />
Weidlinger Associates<br />
Civil, geotechnical consultant: Langan<br />
Engineering and Environmental Services<br />
MEP: WSP Global<br />
Interior storefront systems consultant:<br />
Permasteelisa<br />
Lighting consultants: Bartenbach; Hillman<br />
Dibernardo & Associates<br />
Land use review consultant: FXFOWLE<br />
Architects<br />
Landscaping consultants: Balmori Associates;<br />
HMWhite<br />
GENERAL INFORMATION<br />
Project size: 720,000 sf<br />
<strong>Construction</strong> cost: confidential at client’s request<br />
<strong>Construction</strong> period: December 2009 to<br />
December 2015<br />
Delivery method: <strong>Design</strong>-bid-build<br />
ERIC LAIGNEL / ERIC LAIGNEL PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
50 MAY 2016 BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION www.BDCnetwork.com
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