Schindler Elevators & Escalators

Scope Of Work

This 9-acre oasis in the heart of Midtown Manhattan is Bryant Park. Here time stops to refresh itself and reminds wistful visitors of the parks of Paris and Vienna. Here, too, one can daydream about George Washington’s troops as they marched through what was then a fi eld, or the dedication ceremony in 1894 when the park was named for the poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant. Patience and Fortitude, two powerful marble lions, serve as silent sentries beside the entrance to the New York Public Library that borders the park at one side, while a magnifi cent new structure, the second tallest in New York, rises adjacent to another.

Building the future The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park stretches 54 stories and 1,200 feet into New York City’s skyline and stands as one of the most environmentally friendly buildings in the world. Designed by Cook+Fox Architects and built by The Durst Organization, One Bryant Park employs novel, ecologically sensitive systems and will be one of only a small number of skyscrapers to receive the coveted LEED® Platinum Certifi cation. According to Jody Durst, co-president of The Durst Organization, “Our vision was to construct not only the most environmentally responsible building, but the best building we could to meet the needs of our tenants.” Richard Cook, a partner at Cook+Fox, adds, “As an architect, I think we must immediately and radically change the way we build buildings and cities. I hope that when people look at One Bryant Park they’ll see an icon for the time when we started thinking fundamentally and differently about the environmental impact of a skyscraper.”

Green inside and out

Constructed in large measure from recycled materials, the 68,000 cubic yards of concrete used in the building contain 40 percent furnace slag. This helped reduce the total amount of cement required, increased the material’s strength and reduced the amount of greenhouse gases required for its manufacture. The steel used throughout contains 60 percent recycled material. Floor-to-ceiling insulating glass walls create a crystalline facade that conserves energy demand for air conditioning and lighting, while offering a view of its neighbor, the park below. Supply air coming into the building is fi ltered to 95 percent, resulting in exhausted air from the building being cleaner than when it came in. The building recycles every drop of rainwater, produces ice during off-peak cooling hours, and then uses the ice in what is called phase transition to handle periods of extreme cooling demand. It also produces 70 percent of its own energy from an on-site natural gas power plant.