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We created a comfortable, upscale airport terminal for traveling executives and their private pilots. Our design includes private lounges for the pilots, who frequently experience day-long layovers while traveling executives attend meetings. The terminal provides an informal, friendly and accommodating check-in area with lounge amenities and light refreshments. This stress-free atmosphere created through our architectural and interior design provided attractive options and enhanced the terminal features for private jet-set clients.

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This $9 billion project will double commuter rail capacity between New York and New Jersey. We provide architectural design support services to the project’s architects, including 3-D design visualization and animation.

The ARC Tunnel includes a two-track tunnel under the Hudson River along with a new linear rail terminal under 34th Street adjacent to the current Penn Station.  The entire program incorporates new track capacity on the Northeast Corridor and a connection to rail lines serving residents of Rockland, Orange, Bergen, Passaic, and several other counties, providing a one-seat ride and more trains to and from Manhattan.

We are providing architectural design services for 13 of the total 24 contract packages which include the following architectural components:

• Lautenberg Station Renovations
• Tonnelle Avenue Underpass
• Palisades Tunnel
• Hoboken Fan Plant
• Dyer Avenue Shaft
• Dyer Avenue Fan Plant
• 12th Avenue Fan Plant
• Caverns- East & West
• Fan Plant Structure at 33rd & 35th Streets
• Station Finishes, 6th, 7th & 8th Avenues
• Entrance Structures, 6th, 7th, & 8th Avenues
• Kearny Yard Buildings

We are a subconsultant on this project for New Jersey Transit and the Port Authority of NY & NJ. For additional information, visit www.arctunnel.com

2006 Building Stone Institute Tucker Award for Excellence in the Use of Natural Stone

We assembled a team of all WBE/MBE/SBE certified professionals for this project. Work included architectural and engineering services for egress upgrades and code improvements to BBT’s Ventilation Buildings in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Governor’s Island.

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For the Governor’s Island building, our award-winning façade mounted granite wall panels on an innovative European metal framing system. Our work additionally included dock repair using recycled plastic lumber for durability and sustainability.

For buildings in Brooklyn and Manhattan, our scope of work included repair and repointing of masonry and waterproofing building exteriors. In addition, work included improvements to the tunnel’s air exchange system.

The team’s responsibilities included investigation, document research, photography of existing conditions, underwater investigation and material sampling for testing. DiGeronimo coordinated design objectives and assembled project administrative documentation including quality assurance programs, health and safety plans, and traffic control plans.

We completed this work as prime under a contract with MTA Bridge & Tunnel Authority.

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We provided full interior design services for three spaces within the George Washington Bridge Administration Building.

For the Administration offices, we provided comprehensive space planning services included interviewing personnel to determine furniture and equipment layouts. We provided a complete set of drawings for modular furniture locations and supervised installation.

This is a $2.6 million design project for a facility to accommodate police and emergency personnel (firemen, rescue squad and ambulance first-responders) along with their equipment. Emergency vehicles are situated on the ground level; the second level personnel facilities include a lounge, ready room, exercise room, kitchen, locker rooms and separate restrooms for male and female personnel.

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Our design is a complete two story building snugly placed behind the façade of the tunnel, between the north and center tunnel shafts.

For the health of facility personnel, the occupied space requires continuous positive pressure of fresh air. To meet this challenge, we designed a vertical ventilation shaft which extends from the facility at the tunnel portal to the Weehawken Ball Park above. Our design encases this ventilation shaft within a replication of a stone light tower affixed to the original historic Art Deco tunnel façade.

We completed this project as prime under an on-call contract with the Port Authority of NY & NJ.

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A ventilation building is a high-rise shaft extending from the underground tunnel to ground level and beyond, that contains gargantuan fans for air ventilation. We performed repairs, repointed masonry, and waterproofed the building exterior at all seven ventilation buildings along the both sides of the Hudson River.

This project involved six design alternatives for a program on a tight site bordered on two sides by a stream prone to flooding. All design alternatives required keeping existing walls in place, in accordance with the local Zoning Board’s requirements to maintain existing setbacks. To meet these challenges, we designed an entirely new building and structural system within the existing perimeter walls.

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Our assignment for this project encompassed construction inspection services for all architectural elements, including the roof, windows, exterior façade, and interior finishes.

Given the daily heavy volume of pedestrian traffic, the existing entrance was dimly-lit, and constructed with materials that were showing wear. We provided design services for restoration and upgrade of the interior of the lobby.

We participated in a pilot project to develop an architectural design solution to achieve aesthetically pleasing noise barriers. Our section of noise barriers for Route 78 takes aesthetic cues from the community.  We explored textures and materials at community forums. Our final design adapted the length of the noise barrier to specific geographic conditions for the most effective visual impact, and incorporated town emblems at local road nodes.

We participated in a pilot project to develop an architectural design solution to achieve aesthetically pleasing noise barriers. Our section of noise barriers for Route 78 takes aesthetic cues from the community.  We explored textures and materials at community forums. Our final design adapted the length of the noise barrier to specific geographic conditions for the most effective visual impact, and incorporated town emblems at local road nodes.

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We provided Value Engineering analysis for this $301M Harmon Equipment Maintenance Facility Support Shop Building. Our Value Engineering report saves Metro-North Railroad approximately $20 million in construction costs.

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This rail link connects the Montclair and Boonton rail lines, providing 3,700 riders per day a one-seat ride into New York City. Our responsibilities included assessment of fourteen historic homes prior to demolition. At public hearings, we provided assistance using visual aids for residents who were to be relocated.

This $440 million Northeast Corridor (NEC) Modifications Project creates a station that allows riders to transfer between NJ Transit train lines, for the purpose of convenient connections into NYC. The project interconnects all NJ Transit’s commuter rail system lines at the Meadowlands.

Puerto Rico’s first light rail line, Tren Urbano, is a $1.2 billion project traversing through  17.2 Km of the heavily congested San Juan Metropolitan Region.  At a cost of $593 million, Phase I  links Bayamon with Santurce via Guaynabo, Rio Piedras and Hato Rey using 14 stations.

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For the Hato Rey Section of Tren Urbano, Puerto Rico’s first light rail system, we prepared a uniform set of written procedures for the control, inspection, testing, and documentation of the entire construction phase through final completion. This Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Plan ensures compliance with the applicable sections of the Federal Transit Authority (FTA) Quality Control Guidelines. Our QA/QC Plan for this section of the project became the standard used throughout the entire Phase I project.

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We are the architect of record for partial demolition and alteration of a 31,000 s.f. warehouse to accommodate track alignment. This project is the first construction package prepared for the  Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) Tunnel, a new $9 billion project which will double passenger rail capacity between NYC and NJ.

Because a portion of this warehouse has landmark status, we supported the client to comply with NJ State Historic Preservation Office requirements throughout the design process.

The preliminary design uses Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology, which provided the client with accurate information to make informed decisions, facilitating coordination among disciplines and development of construction documents.

We are architectural subconsultant under contract with NJ Transit and the Port Authority of NY & NJ.

DiGeronimo is responsible for preliminary architectural design for a 4,000 square foot, one-story office building at the Marine Terminal at Newark and Elizabeth, NJ, leased to the terminal operator, Port Newark Container Terminal and Conrail.  The estimated construction cost including site work is $2,000,000.

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We completed architectural services as the prime under an on-call contract with the Port Authority of NY & NJ.

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1992 Award for Creative Design Achievement in Reinforced Concrete Construction by the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute.

We provided construction management services for Pier Number Four at the Port of San Juan, one of the largest cruise piers on the island.  Measuring 844 ft. x 150 ft., the pier is large enough to service two 80,000 ton cruise ships simultaneously; the passenger terminal covers 56,500 square feet. The structure is designed for Zone 3 earthquake lateral forces and is supported on 966 concrete piles.