by Bruce Stroyer | May 1, 2018 | Stelcor®
OVERVIEW: The 14-story Draper Hall, located between Metropolitan Hospital and the East River, combines new construction with substantial rehab to an existing structure. The tower footprint was expanded to allow for double loaded corridors, 201 apartments, and a...
by Bruce Stroyer | Mar 21, 2018 | Case Study, Micropiles, Stelcor Case Study, Stelcor®, Stelcor® Historic Preservation
OVERVIEW: The 100-year-old Rand Hall at Cornell University is undergoing significant changes. The top two floors of the building are set to become the home of the new Mui Ho Fine Arts Library. The new called for the column loads to be increased but...
by Bruce Stroyer | Feb 2, 2018 | Micropiles, Stelcor Case Study, Stelcor®
OVERVIEW: The Clean Rivers Project is DC Water’s ongoing program to reduce combined sewer overflows into the District’s waterways. The Project is a massive infrastructure and support program designed to capture and clean wastewater during rainfalls...
by Bruce Stroyer | Dec 23, 2016 | Stelcor®, Stelcor® Historic Preservation
OVERVIEW: It may not have been as old or iconic as that other leaning tower over in Italy, but the 118-year-old co-op building that once stood at 74 Grand Street in the SOHO Historic Cast Iron District was protected by the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)...
by Bruce Stroyer | Jun 29, 2016 | Stelcor®
OVERVIEW:An 8-story mixed use building designed by Gene Kaufman is currently going up at 211 McGuinness Blvd. in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. The anticipated install rate of the originally specified micropile was 2 piles per day. There were a total of 340...
by Bruce Stroyer | Mar 30, 2016 | Stelcor®
OVERVIEW: A 10-story residential 92-unit building is going up at 2065 Walton Avenue. 60 percent of the apartments will go to homeless veterans, with the remainder going to homeless youth between the ages of 18 and 25. CHALLENGE: The site challenges included a high...