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Building Structure Sustainability and Structural Thermal Breaks Print E-mail
111611_30_suggestions.jpg On November 16, 2011, the Construction Group hosted a pair of lectures related to building structures at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan.
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Construction Group Hosts Three Technical Lectures Print E-mail
Nicholas Mazzaferro On May 18, 2010, the Construction Group hosted lectures on "Hudson Rail Yard Platform Challenges," "Construction Law - Understanding Construction Contracts and Construction" and "Structural Rehabilitation for Urban Agriculture as Green Roofs" at the Ketch Restaurant in Lower Manhattan.
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Self Consolidating High Performance SFRC Print E-mail
Dr. Ferrara Presenting Self Consolidating High Preformance SFRC .
On October 28, 2010 the Met Section Construction Group welcomed Dr. Liberato Ferrara of Politecnico di Milano in Italy for a technical lecture on "Self Consolidating High Performance SFRC: from Material Concept towards Structural Applications." Dr. Ferrara is a Professor of the Department of Structural Engineering at Politecnico di. Milano. He presented his lecture to over 30 engineers and students at the New York City College of Technology Atrium Amphitheater in Brooklyn.
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Runway 13R-31L Reconstruction and Access Improvements Print E-mail
JFK Airport Runway The rehabilitating and widening of Runway 13R-31L at JFK Airport is no small task. At 14,572 feet in length—the second longest commercial runway in North America—the "Bay Runway" will require 208,000 yards of Portland cement concrete (enough to pave the field of every stadium in the National Football League with two feet of concrete), 200,000 tons of asphalt concrete (the weight of six Titanics), and 195,000 dowel bars (enough to stretch from JFK all the way to Orient Point on the East End of Long Island).
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