the People

Land Owner : Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Architect:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
14 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
T: 212-298-9300
F: 212.298.9500
www.som.com/

Design Partner: David Childs, FAIA     
Managing Partner: T.J. Gottesdiener, FAIA
Technical Partner: Carl Galioto, AIA      
Project Manager: Ken Lewis, RA          
Senior Designer: Peter Ruggiero, AIA    
Senior Designer: Christopher Cooper, AIA
Senior Technical Coordinator: Nicholas Holt, AIA     

Engineer(s):
Structural Engineer:  WSP Cantor Seinuk

MEP Engineer:  Jaros Baum & Bolles

Civil Engineer:  Philip Habib & Associates

Vertical Transportation: Jaros Baum & Bolles

Consultant(s):

Landscape: Ken Smith Landscape Architect

Lighting: Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design

Acoustical: Cerami & Associates

Signage: Pentagram

Geotechnical: Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers

Security: Ducibella Venter & Santore (DVS)

Sustainable Design:
Jaros Baum & Bolles
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Con Edison Consulting Engineer: Rudell & Associates, Inc.

Collaborating Artist: James Carpenter Design Associates, Inc.

Installation Artist: Jenny Holzer

Outdoor Sculpture: Jeff Koons

Construction Manager:
Tishman Construction Corporation

Photographers:
David Sundberg
Esto Photographics
914.698.4060

Ruggero Vanni
718.638.5825

Chuck Choi
212.226.1207

CAD system, project management, or other software used:

AutoCAD

Project management:
Microsoft Project (for scheduling)
AutoDesk Buzzsaw (for file transfers and data collaboration postings)

Expedition (used by SOM and Tishman for tracking shop drawings, RFI’s, etc.)

the Products

Structural system: Concrete core, steel floor framing

Metal/glass curtainwall:
Permasteelisa Cladding Technologies Inc.

Other:
American Hydrotech, Inc.

Glazing Glass: Viracon, Inc.

Doors:
Entrances/storefronts:
Gartner
Allied Bronze Corp.

Metal doors:
Long Island Fire Door

Hardware:
Locksets:
Corbin Russwin

Pulls:
Corbin Russwin

Interior finishes:
Acoustical ceilings: Armstrong World Industries

Suspension grid: Armstrong World Industries

Floor and wall tile:
American Olean (toilet rooms)
Daltile (toilet rooms)

Lighting: (All information courtesy of Michael Hennes at Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design, Inc.)

Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design, Inc.
Project team:  Francesca Bettridge, IALD, Michael Hennes, Mitul Parekh

Lobby desk front edge cold cathode accent strip light (3500K white): Cathode Lighting Systems

Elevator lobby T8 fluorescent wall-grazer (3000K white): Linear Lighting

Elevator lobby glass panel (over elevator door) backlight (low voltage halogen): Specialty Lighting Industries

Elevator cab glass ceiling T5 fluorescent backlight (3500K white): Legion Lighting
    
Downlights:
Entry canopy linear lensed downlight (4 x 35W MR11 SP): Specialty Lighting Industries

Lobby high ceiling front slot outlet box mounted downlight (500W PAR56 NSP): Lighting Services Inc.

Elevator lobby downlight (100W IR PAR38 FL halogen): Edison Price

Exterior Building:

Podium screen wall LED strip lights (white & blue LEDs): LED Effects

4th floor parapet LED flood/uplights (white, red & blue LEDs): Design Plan

Tower crown floodlight (150W & 250W, 4000K pulse start metal halide): Kim Lighting

Exterior Park:

Roadway light pole (NYC Downtown Alliance Standard) (250W metal halide): Heritage Castings and Ironworks

Pedestrian fluorescent light pole (4 x 32W T8 3000K): Se’Lux

Tree uplight: (35W PAR20 3000K ceramic metal halide) - B-K Lighting

Path light: (20W T4 3000K ceramic metal halide) – B-K Lighting

Bench front edge fiber optic light strip: (150W ceramic metal halide) – Drama Lighting

Fountain color-changing fiber optic lights: (150W ceramic metal halide) - Lumenyte

Podium screen wall LED “Stream” control system: LED Effects

Podium screen wall LED custom interactive motion camera control system: Kinecity

Lighting control system integrator/programmer: Barbizon Electric

Conveyance:
Elevators/Escalators: Otis Elevator

Plumbing:
Sloan valve (electric faucet and flush valves)

Additional building components or special equipment:
Johnson Screens (exterior screens at podium)