Tishman to manage bus depot project. (Design and Development).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. Transit, an operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. ), has named Tishman Construction Corporation (TCC TCC The Car Connection (web site) TCC Tidewater Community College TCC Tallahassee Community College TCC Temporary Continuation of Coverage TCC Tucson Convention Center (Tucson, AZ, USA) ), in a joint venture with The Washington Group, as Construction Manager for its new Grand Avenue Bus Depot and Maintenance Facility in Maspeth, Queens. The $150-million, 500,000-SF facility will rise three stories above grade, with the first floor providing space for fueling, cleaning, and in-door storage of 200 buses. The second floor will house a Central Maintenance Facility, which can accommodate approximately 27 buses undergoing major repairs or scheduled overhauls, while office space for NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City Transit's Department of Buses will occupy the top floor. The Grand Avenue Facility will also incorporate the latest in "green design" elements and systems, and is one of several NYC Transit projects underway that will benefit from environmentally friendly initiatives. TCC's pre-construction responsibilities include performing constructability reviews and reviewing the qualifications of prospective design/build contractors. Its construction phase management duties will encompass scheduling, budgeting, quality control, safety inspection, and securing the necessary permits and licenses to keep the project moving forward. The project is expected to break ground in the third quarter of 2003 with a construction timetable of 28 months. |
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