Levien & Company wins award for restoration project.Levien & Company, project manager for the massive and complex Central Synagogue The Central Synagogue (Congregation Ahavath Chesed) is located at 652 Lexington Avenue on the corner of 55th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York. Built in 1872 in the Moorish Revival style, it pays homage to the Jewish existence in Moorish Spain. restoration in Manhattan, has won the Best of 2001 Annual Award from F.W. Dodge 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 Construction News, announces Kenneth Levien, AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture , the firm's president. The award is given to those who work on an extraordinarily complex construction assignment. Levien & Co. shares this award with architect Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, DPK&A Restoration Architects, LZA LZA Leading Zero Anticipator LZA Lepidoptera of South Africa Technology, engineers for the project, and construction manager F.J. Sciame & Co. "We are pleased to have been a part of the tremendous effort in bringing this landmark back to its loyal congregation," says Alexandra Notaras, project manager for Levien & Co. Central Synagogue's restoration, after fire nearly destroyed the structure in 1998, was challenging from day one. Fire had consumed the roof that collapsed, while water from the firefighting efforts caused additional building damage. The reconstruction project comprised recreating the building's interior as it had been, including the original elaborate stencil stencil, cutout device of oiled or shellacked tough and resistant paper, thin metal, or other material used in applying paint, dye, or ink to reproduce its design or lettering upon a surface. work. Levien & Co. managed the complex design, construction, budget and scheduling issues and kept the project on time for its two and a half year completion date. Founded in 1992 by Kenneth Levien, AIA, Levien & Co. provides a comprehensive range of project management, consulting and advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal to real estate owners, investors, lenders and tenants. Services include directing pre-construction and construction activities on behalf of their clients, as well as, directing and coordinating the work of architects, engineers, interior designers, specialty consultants and general contractors/construction managers. Levien & Co. ensures that any project -- no matter how complex - moves forward on schedule, within budget and with the highest quality achievable. Levien & Co. has worked on a broad range of commercial and residential assignments including interiors, multiple-location and multi-building phased programs, historic landmark restorations and new technology. Current project management assignments include: the new "Glasshouses for the Living Collections" at The New York Botanical Garden For the botanical garden in Queens, see . The New York Botanical Garden is a prestigious botanical garden in New York City. One of the premier botanical gardens in the United States, it spans some 240 acres of Bronx Park in the borough of The Bronx and is home to some of the , Columbia University Lab School and Faculty Housing; the conversion of the 250,000-square-foot office/warehouse building at 65 West 13th Street to apartments (now known as the Greenwich), the St. James' Church St James Church may refer to:
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