Start the presses!

Article Abstract:

A careful and planned structural design engineering methodology has converted a bleach manufacturing plant into a $40 mil printing press at Jersey City, NJ. Gilsanz Murray Steficek, New York, NY-based construction firm, had to prepare a new configuration of the structure for the transformation of the existing plant. Renovation of the newspaper plant involved inclusions of roof, new enclosure, a slope at the roof for draining water, and a new lateral load resisting system. The procedure utilized for upgrading the printing press is discussed.

Manufacturing and Industrial Building Construction, Nonresidential Building Construction, Nonresidential Buildings, Methods, Construction, Buildings, Structural design, Jersey City, New Jersey, Printing plants

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Exacting renovation

Article Abstract:

A 19th-century brownstone building in Greenwich Village, NY, was painstakingly restored through careful engineering and precise demolition and construction sequencing. The masonry and wood building, which was suffering from severe mortar decay, rotting wood floors and a total drift of 9.4 in, was transformed from a derelict structure into a luxury residential and work space, over a period of two years. The building was originally a stable with floors sloping toward the north-south centerline to a trough that drained the floor.

Historic buildings, Greenwich, New York

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Structural surgery

Article Abstract:

Housing four nonprofit organizations into one facility proved to be an engineering and architectural milestone. The Center for Jewish History, expected to be completed in spring 1999, will house the four nonprofits in New York City. It will feature a 246-seat auditorium, classrooms, offices, exhibit galleries and high-technology storage systems for books and other research documents. The construction is headed by architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle and engineering firm Gilsanz, Murray & Stepicek, New York.

New York, New York, New York, Museums, Art museums, Nonprofit organizations, American Jewish Historical Society, Yeshiva University

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