LaGuardia control tower made state-of-the-art
by Jonathan McGaha | July 31, 2010 12:00 am
The FAA and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioned Jacobs of Arlington, Va., to design a new, state-of-the-art air traffic control tower for LaGuardia Airport in Queens, N.Y., to replace the existing air traffic control tower, which had been constructed in 1962. The new 233-foot (71-m) tall tower raises the control cabin about 70 feet (21 m) above the old one, giving the air traffic controllers an unobstructed, 360° view of all of the runways and taxi areas. Although the construction of the $62-million tower was completed in the fall of 2009, it will not become operational until fall 2010.
BAMCO Inc., Middlesex, N.J., engineered and fabricated 9,500 square feet (883 m2) of Eastman, Ga.-based Alcoa Architectural Products’ Reynobond ACM, 0.2-inch (4-mm), FR core with a Regal White Colorweld 300 finish; 25,000 square feet (232-m2) of Reynobond ACM, 0.2-inch, FR core with a Custom Blue Colorweld 300 finish; 4,000 square feet (372 m2) of Reynobond ACM, 0.2-inch, FR core with a Platinum Colorweld 300 finish; and 6,000 square feet (557 m2) of Reynobond ACM, 0.2-inch, FR core with a Grey Velvet Colorweld 300 finish to clad the exterior of the base building and cabin, including the soffits and fin panels.
Custom Exterior Systems, Sloatsburg, N.Y., installed the metal panels in BAMCO’s D-500 system, which uses a composite spline as the reveal in the panel joints. The cab and base building were clad in Reynobond ACM and corrugated panels from Moon Township, Pa.-based CENTRIA’s Concept Series. The interior walls of the walkway around the cabin were clad in CENTRIA Formawall foam panels. The roofs of the tower and base building were fabricated from CENTRIA SRS3 roof panels. ADP Series roof panels were used on the base building canopies. Torcon Inc., of Red Bank, N.J., served as the general contractor.
Alcoa Architectural Products, www.reynobond.com
CENTRIA, www.centria.com
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