Ground broken for new Beacon High School in New York
New York City School Construction Authority (NYCSCA) has broken ground on the new Beacon High School in New York which will replace the existing New York Public Library book storage facility.
The Beacon High School will be located at 521 West 43rd Street, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. Scope of the project involves development of a seven-storey school, which will have a capacity to accommodate about 2,900 students.
The school will accommodate 50 new classrooms and a 432-seat auditorium. The building will include new technology labs, music rooms, wireless internet access, a black box theatre and a 7,500 square foot gymnasium. The theatre and the gymnasium will be housed with the new two-storey addition to the old structure.
Scope of work involves extensive demolition of the existing structure as well as the installation of a sub-slab depressurisation system. Skanska USA, a division of the Swedish Skanska AB, has broken ground on the project and plans to complete it in May 2015. The value of the contract is $88 million.
