Structural News

SOURCE: New York Magazine · PUBLISHED: October 11, 2009 · AUTHOR: Alexandra Lange

Was: A boarded-up East Village brownstone.
Is: A white-box condominium with nothing to hide.

SOURCE: STRUCTURE Magazine · PUBLISHED: November 2008 · AUTHORS: Malcolm G. McLaren, PE, W. Richard Mahoney, P.E. and V. Douglas Platt, P.E.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently awarded McLaren two On-Call contracts for the provision of structural engineering services in 2008.

The Contracts, one of which is exclusively for waterfront facilities, involve the inspection, condition assessment and prioritization of repairs for various Authority facilities. On the waterfront, structures include tunnels, piers, wharves, and bulkheads, while on land, they include various Authority buildings, retaining walls, toll booths, utility chambers, and other miscellaneous structures.

Hired by the Shubert Organization, McLaren Engineering Group served as the structural engineer for the renovation of Longacre Theater, a 91-year-old entertainment landmark in New York City’s Theater District.

McLaren Engineering Group answered the New York City Department of Buildings’ (DOB) urgent call the only way it knows how: with efficiency and quality.

In the wake of a March 15 accident at East 51st Street, the DOB tabbed McLaren to assist in the emergency inspection of its tower cranes at various sites throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. The inspections began on March 29 and are currently ongoing, with as many as 12 different McLaren engineers being dispatched throughout the City to execute the necessary observations.