We incorporate the Josephine Fountain as a major element in the lobby and use the existing Sixth Avenue grand stair as the main entrance to the facility. The structures are arranged to turn inward, creating pockets of egress points and mechanical equipment areas to help protect the park's existing balustrades and prize flowerbeds. The construction logistics on 40th Street, a busy Manhattan thoroughfare, is organized by well timed street closures coordinated with a complex trucking schedule. We often compare the construction process to a military operation, but she prefers the analogy of a well choreographed ballet.
Tasks are detailed to the hour and coordinated with the trucking sequence.
United Rentals Special Events Division provides the primary architectural components such as the structural decking and the building enclosure, with ancillary items such as emergency exits stairs and ramps. Aggreko Event Services provides the heating, cooling, and electrical generation. This equipment is shipped, strategically placed, and operational in six days. Our master planning details not only the exact equipment placement but the specific wire runs and public ramp locations. It is a complex system of wiring that is largely installed in the middle of the night.