First certified green office building in Brooklyn.A new headquarters in downtown Brooklyn for the New York City Office of Emergency Management The New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) was originally formed in 1996 as part of the Mayor's Office under Rudolph W. Giuliani. By a vote of city residents in 2001 it became an independent agency, headed by a Commissioner who reports to the Mayor. (OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and ), designed by Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (SHCA SHCA Swanke Hayden Connell Architects SHCA Siberian Husky Club of America SHCA Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy SHCA Short-Hop Channel Allocation ), has been completed. The project, undertaken on behalf of The New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Department of Design and Construction, replaces the former headquarters which was housed in World Trade Center 7 and was destroyed when the building collapsed on September 11, 2001. It will be the first city government agency headquarters in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to receive a LEED silver rating. The project involved a re-skin, gut-renovation and addition to a former American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. building on Walt Whitman Park. The new headquarters encompasses approximately 65,000 square feet and includes a 100-person emergency operations center The Emergency Operations Center, or EOC, is a central command and control facility responsible for carrying out the principles of emergency preparedness and emergency management, or disaster management functions at a strategic level in an emergency situation, and ensuring , general office space, and a press and conference center. "Clad in limestone, zinc and glass, the building provides a strong identity for the agency," noted Joe Aliotta, the SHCA principal in charge for the project. "The facility incorporates the latest state-of-the-art A/ V and IT systems as well as redundant electro-mechanical systems, making it one of the most advanced emergency operations centers in the country." The building contains the most advanced technology and features available for OEM's emergency response and planning personnel. It includes a watch command with several workstations, a citywide warning desk, full audio and video recording capabilities, a 15-foot video wall, and state-of-the-art communications tools. Nine conference rooms facilitate interagency training and coordination. According to Joseph Bruno, OEM Commissioner, "The new Emergency Operations Center will help OEM accomplish its mission to plan, prepare and respond to any emergency. New York City is in the forefront of emergency management planning and this new facility will continue to move us forward. At the same time, we are pleased to do our part for the environment as the first certified 'green" City agency headquarters." |
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