Javits Center expansion RFQ issued to architects, engineers.The 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 Convention Center Development Corp. is issuing a Request for Qualifications for Architects/Engineers to design the $1.4 billion expansion and renovation of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is a large convention center on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. It was designed by architects I. M. Pei and partners. The revolutionary space frame structure was built in 1986 and named for New York Senator Jacob K. in 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. . "Our objectives are to meet the critical demand for space at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center while also making sure we have a facility that expresses the architectural excellence that New Yorkers and visitors expect of this dynamic city," said Empire State Development Corp. Chairman Charles A. Gargano announced today, who also serves as chairman of the Convention Center Development Corp. "An expanded Javits Center will allow New York to host virtually any convention or trade show and make sure we do not lose out to other cities." "This is the next step in the process, taking the project from conceptual design to a world-class design that will create a Javits Center for the 21st century," Gargano added. "We want this facility to be a magnet for economic activity for decades to come. Our challenge will be to undertake this expansion while the Javits Center continues to function and serve hundreds of trade shows and conventions." The CCDC CCDC Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre CCDC Centre City Development Corporation (San Diego, California) CCDC Consultant in Communicable Disease Control CCDC Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor CCDC Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition is putting together a project team to coordinate the Javits Center expansion. The team will oversee construction of a state-of-the-art facility that will serve future needs in terms of space, flexibility and ease of use. The expansion of the Javits Center will increase exhibit space from 760,000 square feet to more than 1.3 million square feet, thus enabling it to host virtually any convention or trade show. The new addition will add an estimated $53 million in combined annual tax revenue for the city and state to the $97 million it already provides. It is estimated the expansion will create thousands of new permanent jobs. Award of the contract will follow a competitive bidding Competitive bidding A securities offering process in which securities firms submit competing bids to the issuer for the securities the issuer wishes to sell. competitive bidding 1. process. Formal RFQ RFQ Request For Quote RFQ Request For Quotation RFQ Request for Qualifications (part of a potential client's preliminary selection process) RFQ Radio Frequency Quadrupole (accelerator technology) announcement will appear in the June 6, 2005, issue of The Contract Reporter, New York State's official, weekly procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. newsletter. The deadline for responses is noon on Monday, June 27, 2005. The Javits expansion will take place in two phases, with Phase I expanding south to 33rd Street and north to 40th Street, and include a 1,500-room headquarters hotel at 42nd Street and 11th Avenue. The expansion will create the largest ballroom in New York City, capable of holding 6,000 people. |
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