New-look Intrepid will come home to mud-to-measure Skanska pier.Skanska USA Building Inc. announced that the 36,000 ton aircraft carrier, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum went on leave from its home at Pier 86 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 a shipyard in Bayonne, New Jersey Bayonne is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, south of Jersey City. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 61,842. According to tradition, the city derives its name from the city of Bayonne in France. to undergo a two-year, $60 million restoration and renovation. Skanska, the United States Navy United States Navy Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with defending the nation at sea and maintaining security on the seas wherever U.S. interests extend. The Continental Navy was established by the Continental Congress in 1775. and the Army Corps of Engineers dredged about 54,000 cubic yards of mud to free the ship from its home of nearly 25 years. The restoration project will include repairs to the ship, opening up more interior spaces to the public and farming out work on some of its vintage aircraft. Skanska will rebuild Pier 86, the permanent home of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, while the ship is on leave. The existing Pier 86 will be demolished down to its existing wood piles. 360 epoxy epoxy Any of a class of thermosetting polymers, polyethers built up from monomers with an ether group that takes the form of a three-membered epoxide ring. The familiar two-part epoxy adhesives consist of a resin with epoxide rings at the ends of its molecules and a curing coated steel piles will be driven up to 180 feet deep to bedrock and a new concrete pier will be constructed extending 1,000 feet into the Hudson River Hudson River River, New York, U.S. Originating in the Adirondack Mountains and flowing for about 315 mi (507 km) to New York City, it was named for Henry Hudson, who explored it in 1609. Dutch settlement of the Hudson valley began in 1629. and covering 117,000 square feet. The pier will include four stair towers and two elevators to provide access into the museum when it reopens in the fall of 2008. Skanska also completed the rebuilding of Pier 84. The reopening of the pier was celebrated by a ribbon cutting ceremony A ribbon cutting ceremony is a public ceremony conducted to inaugurate the opening to the general public of a new building or business. Often, it is conducted in just the manner the name suggests: by tying a ceremonial ribbon across the main entrance of the building, which attended by Governor George E. Pataki and other local elected officials. Pier 84 covers 98,000 square feet and stretches over 1,000 feet into the water. The pier's amenities include a plaza with a programmed interactive fountain, a cafe, park store, bike rental concession, water play area for children, a boathouse and classroom, large lawn, community garden and dog run. Skanska is the construction manager for over $180 million of projects for the Hudson River Park Hudson River Park is a waterside park on the Hudson River that extends from 59th Street south to Battery Park in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Bicycle and pedestrian paths span the park north to south, opening up the waterfront for recreational use. Trust. The Hudson River Pack Act was signed into law by Governor George E. Pataki in 1998 and the Act created the Hudson River Park and managing structure, the Hudson River Park Trust. The park stretches five miles from Battery Park to 59th Street along the Hudson River. When completed in 2009, the park will have 13 public park piers. "We are pleased to utilize our expertise to successfully complete Pier 84 and begin work on Pier 86, projects of great importance to so many local residents and visitors," said Skanska's Dan Kolakowski, project executive. |
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