Flushing Meadows Corona Park Natatorium and Rink
Flushing, NY
Originally conceived as home to the 2012 Olympic water polo events, New York City decided to construct the Natatorium and Ice Rink after losing the games to London. Offering city inhabitants a year-round Olympic size swimming pool and NHL sized skating rink, the facility’s masts of its highly-efficient cable stayed roof tower above the green of park below, inspiring Olympic hopefuls inside the building and visitors outside the building alike.
Owner: The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation New York, NY
Developer: New York Economic Development Corporation New York, NY
Architect: Handel Architects in association with Kevin Hom + Goldman Architects New York, NY
Structural Engineer: Geiger Engineers Suffern, NY
Mechanical Engineer: Flack and Kurtz New York, NY
General Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease New York, NY
Structural Steel Fabricators:MRP South Plainfield, NJ; ADF Montreal, Quebec, CA
Structural Steel Erector: DCM Erectors New York, NY
Pre-cast Concrete Erector: A.J. McNulty & Co. Inc. Maspeth, NY
Miscellaneous Steel Erectors: DCM Erectors New York, NY
Architectural Metal Fabricators: GC Ironworks Elmsford, NY; Summit Industries LLC East Ruthersford, NJ
Architectural Metal Erectors:GC Ironworks Elmsford, NY; Summit Industries LLC East Ruthersford, NJ
Ornamental Metal Erectors: GC Ironworks Elmsford, NY; Summit Industries LLC East Ruthersford, NJ
Curtain Wall Fabricators: Kawneer Company, Inc. Norcross, GA; Viracon Glass Owatonna, MN
Metal Deck Erector: Solera/DCM ERectors, Inc. New York, NY
