Aragon gets learning experience.Aragon Construction has taken on a project for the City University of New York The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym: IPA pronunciation: [kjuni]), is the public university system of New York City. at 25 W. 43rd St. Serving as general contractor A general contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. , Aragon is working alongside SL Green, the building's landlord, and Thomson Architects, to renovate and modernize mod·ern·ize v. mo·dern·ized, mo·dern·iz·ing, mo·dern·iz·es v.tr. To make modern in appearance, style, or character; update. v.intr. To accept or adopt modern ways, ideas, or style. the 30,000 s/f space, which encompasses the entire 18th floor of the building. Aragon is updating the building's sprinkler system, HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) In the home or small office with a handful of computers, HVAC is more for human comfort than the machines. In large datacenters, a humidity-free room with a steady, cool temperature is essential for the trouble-free and core infrastructure, creating new classrooms, a lecture hall lecture hall n → sala de conferencias; (UNIV) → aula lecture hall lecture n → amphithéâtre m , a spacious computer lab, a full-service library, conference rooms and several administrative offices for the university. Upon completion, there will be five classrooms, all for student use. One will be utilized as a computer lab and large computer classroom, with capacity to hold 54 students. In addition, two side-by-side classrooms will have the ability to be transformed into a lecture space for public assembly. This will be achieved through bi-fold walls, which will open and close into a lecture hall for up to 158 occupants. Construction commenced in early December and is on a 12-week schedule, slated for completion in the first quarter of 2006. |
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