Citigroup LIC2
Long Island City, NY
A steel frame provides strength, security, and stability – all the elements which the planned Citigroup LIC2 were lacking. Conceived as a two-phase project, the second phase adding a possible 36 stories atop the first phase structure, work on the development stopped due to national security concerns. Once resumed, the architects faced the challenge of building phase one with only the possibility of phase two. The structure, the team knew, had to be strong and flexible enough to support the second phase while allowing the first phase to be built according to plan – a job only steel could perform.
Owner: Citigroup New York, NY
Developer: Tishman Speyer New York, NY
Architect: Kohn Pederson Fox New York, NY
Structural Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk New York, NY
Mechanical Engineer: Cosentini New York, NY
General Contractor: Turner Construction New York, NY
Structural Steel Fabricators: Owen Steel Columbia, SC
Structural Steel Erectors: AJ McNulty & Co. Inc. Maspeth, NY
Miscellaneous Steel Fabricators and Erectors: Kraman Iron Works, Inc. New York, NY; FMB Harrison, NJ
Architectural Metal Fabricators and Erectors: American Architectural Bensalem, PA; Allied Bronze LLC Long Island City, NY
Ornamental Metal Fabricators and Erectors: American Architectural Bensalem, PA; Allied Bronze LLC Long Island City, NY
Curtain Wall Fabricator: Permasteelisa Cladding Technologies Windsor, CT
Curtain Wall Erector: Tower Installation LLC Windsor, CT
Metal Deck Erector: A.C. Associates Lyndhurst, NJ
