383 Madison Avenue - Bear Stearns Building
New York, NY, U.S.A.
18,000 tons
ADF's first major contract in New York was for the engineering, fabrication and installation of 18,000 tons of heavy built-up structural steel components on a fast-track schedule, which took only 16 months for completion.
Ingenious engineering solutions had to be developed to meet the load transfers, especially for the cantilever portion of the high-rise over the New York subway.
- 45 floors, 758 feet high (233 meters)
- 4,800 tons of heavy built-up structural components
- 10,800 shop drawings
- 13,900 erection pieces
- 710 truck loads
Owner: Bear Stearns
Client: The Turner Construction Group
Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, NY
Engineers: Cantor, Seinuk Group, NY.
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