HLW provided services including design/build, interior architecture, engineering and lighting design. F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc. performed construction management services for the 100,000-sq.-ft. school at 75 Broad St.

Working under the constraints of a six-week design schedule and an eight-week construction schedule for the first phase of the project, HLW partnered with Sciame to build a new entrance lobby and 13th floor. The first phase accommodates 250 ninth and tenth graders for fall 2003. The second phase will be the design and construction of the remaining facilities for the entering classes of 2004.
 

New Plan for 328 Spring Street

The New York Mercantile Exchange, assisted by the architectural team of Peter Skujins Architect PC and Stonehill & Taylor Architects, have completed preparations for the New York Board of Trade to become a new tenant in its World Financial Center facility at One North End Avenue.

The previous NYBOT trading facility at 4 World Trade Center, was destroyed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Last year, the New York Merchantile Exchange offered space on one of its trading floors.

Both operations rely heavily on "open outcry trading, in which floor traders congregate around circular tiered rings, exchanging bids and offers orally and by use of hand signals, to execute transactions. Trading booths containing thousands of phones surround the rings and provide support by receiving and confirming over-the-line orders. The existing rings, booths, and supporting infrastructure had to be redistributed to free up 12,000 sq. ft. of space for the impending NYBOT operation.

The fit-out of the first sequence has now been completed. The NYBOT work is being performed by its proprietary architect.

EE&K Assists with WTC Plans

Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects has completed its assignment with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey with regard to the World Trade Center site.

EE&K architects, led by founding principal Stanton Eckstut, provided the Port Authority and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation with planning services related to its transportation and infrastructure development for lower Manhattan. The firm also served as an advisor throughout the World Trade Center site plan competition, which selected Studio Daniel Libeskind as the lead architect for the site.

Eckstut used the firm's "Four Guiding Principles of Large Scale Design" to help evaluate the plan. Along with Libeskind, Eckstut was a panelist at the general session of this year's American Institute of Architecture's national convention in San Diego.