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uilding<br />
team<br />
awards<br />
2016<br />
PLATINUM AWARD<br />
© JAMES EWING / OTTO<br />
JON ORTNER / ORTNER PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
© JAMES EWING / OTTO<br />
Fulton Center (left) is the city’s only transit hub with all-digital signage—60 screens.<br />
A view up to the oculus from the main floor (above left). The Corbin <strong>Building</strong><br />
(above), a 125-year-old brownstone landmark that abuts the site, was restored.<br />
‘I like the way Fulton Center pulls people into the<br />
subway system in a festive and welcoming way.’<br />
—Gary B. Keclik, BTA Awards Juror<br />
© JAMES EWING / OTTO<br />
panels, the structural supports, and the internal<br />
and external catwalks into the design.<br />
The panels were then prefabricated off site.<br />
BUILDING TEAM FOCUSES<br />
ON QUALITY AND SAFETY<br />
Maintaining the highest level of quality was<br />
central to the project. Subcontractors were<br />
given performance-based specifi cations<br />
that demanded a mockup for every critical<br />
aspect of the work. The construction<br />
manager’s Quality Control Team required<br />
each discipline to develop a “quality work<br />
plan” that included a rigorous inspection<br />
schedule. The team performed quality<br />
audits in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. Pacifi c<br />
Northwest to validate manufacturers’ quality<br />
programs and assure that materials met<br />
pre-established quality standards.<br />
The 300,000 daily<br />
riders who use the nine<br />
subway lines that feed<br />
into Fulton Center<br />
represent 85% of all downtown subway<br />
users. Keeping them safe during construction<br />
was of paramount importance to the<br />
<strong>Building</strong> Team. Plaza Schiavone brought in<br />
a full-time safety site coordinator (and sometimes<br />
two) to oversee a comprehensive<br />
safety plan. The steel erector had to provide<br />
fall protection at six feet. All trades were<br />
required to obtain a ladder permit on a daily<br />
basis to avoid any hazards in the work area.<br />
After 966,353 worker-hours, the lost-time<br />
accident rate on the project was 2.25.<br />
Fulton Center represents “a shift in the<br />
perception of the mass transit system<br />
and support facilities, while adding an<br />
attractive and inviting design to the urban<br />
streetscape,” said awards judge Gary<br />
B. Keclik, AIA, CSI, LEED AP, Green<br />
Globes Assessor, Keclik Associates Ltd.<br />
“It provides a welcoming way to make the<br />
subway experience more memorable for<br />
visitors and riders that’s vastly different<br />
from the traditional walk down steps into a<br />
dark tunnel.”<br />
—Robert Cassidy<br />
PROJECT SUMMARY<br />
PLATINUM AWARD<br />
Fulton Center<br />
New York, N.Y.<br />
BUILDING TEAM<br />
Submitting firm: Plaza <strong>Construction</strong> (CM)<br />
Owner: Metropolitan Transit Authority<br />
Architect: Grimshaw Architects<br />
Structural/MEP: Arup<br />
Electrical: Woodward Engineering Inc.<br />
GC: Plaza Schiavone Joint Venture<br />
GENERAL INFORMATION<br />
Project size: 120,000 sf<br />
<strong>Construction</strong> cost: $1.4 billion<br />
<strong>Construction</strong> period: 2004 (first award) to<br />
January 2015<br />
Delivery method: <strong>Construction</strong> manager<br />
32 MAY 2016 BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION www.BDCnetwork.com
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