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- EAST 55TH STREET |SCOPE . Full MEP/FP design
EAST 55TH STREET SCOPE . Full MEP/FP design PROJECT COST . Home / Commercial EAST 55TH STREET ARCHITECT . Fortebis Group . Issac Stern Architects PROJECT SIZE . 8,500 SF PROJECT COST . SCOPE . Full MEP/FP design Go Go A full gut renovation of an existing commercial building for a premier retail brand.
- PARRISH ART MUSEUM
“Inspired by the natural setting and artistic life of Long Island’s East End, the Parrish Art Museum illuminates the creative process and how art and artists transform our experiences and understanding of the world and how we live in it. The Museum fosters connections among individuals, art, and artists through care and interpretation of the collection, the presentation of exhibitions, publications, educational initiatives, programs, and artists-in-residence” Born in 1897 as the Art Museum at Southampton, it was established by a New York lawyer, Samuel Longstreth Parrish, to house his holdings of Italian Renaissance paintings and 19th-century plaster casts; both the building and the collection were given to the Village of Southampton after his death. In the 1950s a local philanthropist, Rebecca Bolling Littlejohn, chartered the museum as an independent entity, named it for Mr. Parrish, and endowed it with her own collection of American painting, rich in work by Impressionists like Chase and Childe Hassam, as well as local artists of the era, like Fairfield Porter and Larry Rivers. Once home to Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Roy Lichtenstein, among many others, the area has been an artists’ colony since the 19th century. Today’s residents, full time or seasonal, include Chuck Close, April Gornik, Eric Fischl, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, and Donald Sultan, as well as many more lesser-known names. In 2005 the Museum purchased fourteen acres in Water Mill, New York, and the Board of Trustees selected the internationally celebrated architectural firm Herzog de Meuron to design a new and expanded building there. Ground was broken in July 2010, and the 34,400 square-foot building opened to the public November 10, 2012. Drawing inspiration from local barn houses, Herzog de Meuron envisioned a single-story structure — 94 feet wide and 634 feet long — with the building’s galleries arranged in two rows along a central corridor, designed for flexibility, with temporary walls so that the size of the rooms can be adjusted. The building is covered by two parallel pitched roofs — one for each row — with north-facing windows that take full advantage of the soft northern light. The building doubled the size of the existing facility with 12,000 square feet of flexible galleries, including the first galleries dedicated to permanent collection. The museum includes educational and multi-purpose spaces, café and kitchen. The design incorporates administrative offices and onsite space for storage and care of the permanent collection. To support the architect’s vision for a clean minimalist building, all mechanical equipment was tucked away in the cellar and crawl spaces. As part of design team at Buro Happold’s New York office, Mr. Morozov conceived a geothermal heating and cooling plant that took advantage of high water table below the site. Geothermal water was pumped from 6 standing column wells, circulated through reversible heat pump chillers and dumped into 6 discharge wells downstream. The reversible chillers use ground source water to generate 45-degree water in the summer and 85-degree water in the winter. For even better energy efficiency the heat pump chillers were paired with displacement ventilation. Unlike overhead air supply, displacement ventilation air cools or heats the space with moderately cool or warm air. Custom air-handlers also were located in the cellar spaces. Air distribution was limited to building’s perimeter with supply ducts running in the oversized crawl space. Home / Cultural PARRISH ART MUSEUM ARCHITECT . Herzog De Meuron, Douglas Moyer PROJECT SIZE . 34,000 SF PROJECT COST . $ 30 million SCOPE . Full HVAC design (as design engineer at Buro Happold) Go Go “Inspired by the natural setting and artistic life of Long Island’s East End, the Parrish Art Museum illuminates the creative process and how art and artists transform our experiences and understanding of the world and how we live in it. The Museum fosters connections among individuals, art, and artists through care and interpretation of the collection, the presentation of exhibitions, publications, educational initiatives, programs, and artists-in-residence” Born in 1897 as the Art Museum at Southampton, it was established by a New York lawyer, Samuel Longstreth Parrish, to house his holdings of Italian Renaissance paintings and 19th-century plaster casts; both the building and the collection were given to the Village of Southampton after his death. In the 1950s a local philanthropist, Rebecca Bolling Littlejohn, chartered the museum as an independent entity, named it for Mr. Parrish, and endowed it with her own collection of American painting, rich in work by Impressionists like Chase and Childe Hassam, as well as local artists of the era, like Fairfield Porter and Larry Rivers. Once home to Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Roy Lichtenstein, among many others, the area has been an artists’ colony since the 19th century. Today’s residents, full time or seasonal, include Chuck Close, April Gornik, Eric Fischl, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, and Donald Sultan, as well as many more lesser-known names. In 2005 the Museum purchased fourteen acres in Water Mill, New York, and the Board of Trustees selected the internationally celebrated architectural firm Herzog de Meuron to design a new and expanded building there. Ground was broken in July 2010, and the 34,400 square-foot building opened to the public November 10, 2012. Drawing inspiration from local barn houses, Herzog de Meuron envisioned a single-story structure — 94 feet wide and 634 feet long — with the building’s galleries arranged in two rows along a central corridor, designed for flexibility, with temporary walls so that the size of the rooms can be adjusted. The building is covered by two parallel pitched roofs — one for each row — with north-facing windows that take full advantage of the soft northern light. The building doubled the size of the existing facility with 12,000 square feet of flexible galleries, including the first galleries dedicated to permanent collection. The museum includes educational and multi-purpose spaces, café and kitchen. The design incorporates administrative offices and onsite space for storage and care of the permanent collection. To support the architect’s vision for a clean minimalist building, all mechanical equipment was tucked away in the cellar and crawl spaces. As part of design team at Buro Happold’s New York office, Mr. Morozov conceived a geothermal heating and cooling plant that took advantage of high water table below the site. Geothermal water was pumped from 6 standing column wells, circulated through reversible heat pump chillers and dumped into 6 discharge wells downstream. The reversible chillers use ground source water to generate 45-degree water in the summer and 85-degree water in the winter. For even better energy efficiency the heat pump chillers were paired with displacement ventilation. Unlike overhead air supply, displacement ventilation air cools or heats the space with moderately cool or warm air. Custom air-handlers also were located in the cellar spaces. Air distribution was limited to building’s perimeter with supply ducts running in the oversized crawl space.
- THE CHIEF CLUBHOUSE |SCOPE . Design, approvals and construction administration of mechanical, plumbing, sprinkler, electrical and fire alarm systems.
THE CHIEF CLUBHOUSE SCOPE . Design, approvals and construction administration of mechanical, plumbing, sprinkler, electrical and fire alarm systems. PROJECT COST . Home / Commercial THE CHIEF CLUBHOUSE ARCHITECT . PROJECT SIZE . PROJECT COST . SCOPE . Design, approvals and construction administration of mechanical, plumbing, sprinkler, electrical and fire alarm systems. Go Go "Stereotypically male design accents" have been reinterpreted inside Chief, a homey private club for women in senior positions, which has opened in New York City's TriBeCa neighborhood. The Lower Manhattan clubhouse provides a hub for Chief – an exclusive organization launched earlier this year as a community for female executives to connect and learn from one another. Chief members are leaders in technology, retail, finance, media and publishing, among other fields, with many hailing from major companies like HBO, Spotify, We Work, PepsiCo, AmEx, Away and Hearst.
- MARINER'S HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER
Located in the Mariner’s Harbor neighborhood, the currently unoccupied 2,715 SF community space is situated on the ground floor of Building Number 5 within the New York City Housing Authority’s Marnier’s Harbor Houses public housing complex, the westernmost public housing development in New York City. Built in 1954, the complex consists of 22 three- and six-story buildings containing 607 apartments housing 1,658 residents across a 21.75-acre site. The project included a complete renovation of the existing space including all finishes, fixtures, HVAC, fire alarm, plumbing, and lighting, and provided flexible, multi-purpose programming. Support spaces included accessible restrooms, a janitor’s closet, and an IT/server closet. Exterior work included replacement of the existing canopy, new doors with actuator and door bell, and new lighting. The program also included community gathering spaces with audio/visual capabilities, a computer lab, and a commercial kitchen. Mechanical systems included: • An all new high efficient all-electric multi-zone VRF system • Distributed ERV’s throughout the space • All new electrical distribution • All new domestic and sanitary plumbing Home / Cultural MARINER'S HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER ARCHITECT . Architecture In Formation PROJECT SIZE . 2,700 SF PROJECT COST . $6.1 MILLION SCOPE . MEP design Go Go Located in the Mariner’s Harbor neighborhood, the currently unoccupied 2,715 SF community space is situated on the ground floor of Building Number 5 within the New York City Housing Authority’s Marnier’s Harbor Houses public housing complex, the westernmost public housing development in New York City. Built in 1954, the complex consists of 22 three- and six-story buildings containing 607 apartments housing 1,658 residents across a 21.75-acre site. The project included a complete renovation of the existing space including all finishes, fixtures, HVAC, fire alarm, plumbing, and lighting, and provided flexible, multi-purpose programming. Support spaces included accessible restrooms, a janitor’s closet, and an IT/server closet. Exterior work included replacement of the existing canopy, new doors with actuator and door bell, and new lighting. The program also included community gathering spaces with audio/visual capabilities, a computer lab, and a commercial kitchen. Mechanical systems included: • An all new high efficient all-electric multi-zone VRF system • Distributed ERV’s throughout the space • All new electrical distribution • All new domestic and sanitary plumbing
- 79 WALKER STREET |SCOPE . HVAC, sprinkler, plumbing and electrical power, fire alarm design and construction administration
79 WALKER STREET SCOPE . HVAC, sprinkler, plumbing and electrical power, fire alarm design and construction administration PROJECT COST . Home / Commercial 79 WALKER STREET ARCHITECT . Stephen B Jacobs Group PROJECT SIZE . 21,500 GSF PROJECT COST . SCOPE . HVAC, sprinkler, plumbing and electrical power, fire alarm design and construction administration Go Go 79 Walker Street is a 6-story store and loft building constructed in 1869 for the rapidly expanding of the neighborhood’s textile trade. When completed, the building was occupied by manufacturing lofts, followed by a pocketbook manufacturer in the early 1900’s, hardware manufacturing and- most recently- an art gallery. The developers retained Altera Engineering to support their ambitious conversion to a modern office catering to New York city’s tech and startup firms. Altera Engineering provided MEP engineering design and approval services, working closely with architects and owners to upgrade building’s infrastructure and integrate state-of-the-art mechanical systems into the existing historic shell.
- CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
Bentonville, AR Full design and construction administration of mechanical systems for a multi-purpose museum with strict (ASHRAE Class AA) conservation requirements. 9 separate buildings included galleries, library, archival storage, offices, small data center, auditorium and restaurant. Mechanical systems consisted of 1,200 ton optimized chiller plant, 9700 MBH fully modulating condensing boiler plant, steam plant, 30 custom air handling units with both overhead and floor air distribution systems. Challenge: optimized chiller plant that can operate at or below 0.5 kw per ton while maintaining aggressive conservation environment. Solution: equipment selections to operate at highest efficiencies and customized control sequence. Mr. Morozov was MEP project lead while employed by BuroHappold. Mr. Morozov was responsible for all HVAC design and coordination of Plumbing, Sprinkler and Electrical trades. Home / Cultural CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ARCHITECT . PROJECT SIZE . PROJECT COST . SCOPE . Design, approvals and construction administration of Mechanical, plumbing, sprinkler, electrical and fire alarm systems. Go Go Bentonville, AR Full design and construction administration of mechanical systems for a multi-purpose museum with strict (ASHRAE Class AA) conservation requirements. 9 separate buildings included galleries, library, archival storage, offices, small data center, auditorium and restaurant. Mechanical systems consisted of 1,200 ton optimized chiller plant, 9700 MBH fully modulating condensing boiler plant, steam plant, 30 custom air handling units with both overhead and floor air distribution systems. Challenge: optimized chiller plant that can operate at or below 0.5 kw per ton while maintaining aggressive conservation environment. Solution: equipment selections to operate at highest efficiencies and customized control sequence. Mr. Morozov was MEP project lead while employed by BuroHappold. Mr. Morozov was responsible for all HVAC design and coordination of Plumbing, Sprinkler and Electrical trades.
Home / Residential 535 PARK AVENUE: MULTIPLE APARTMENTS ARCHITECT . PROJECT SIZE . 86,000 SF PROJECT COST . SCOPE . MEP engineering design Go 535 PARK AVENUE: MULTIPLE APARTMENTS 535 Park Avenue is located just ½ blocks south of the Upper East Side Historic District. The development of the general area began around 1807 when the City established Hamilton Square as a boon to real estate developers on the tacks of land north of 59th street. Northward expansion of the city was first fueled by growing influx of Irish and German immigrants following the Irish potato famine, and the Revolution of 1848. The completion of Central park in 1858 and construction of elevated railroads on the north-south avenues in the late 1870’s further drove the speculative development in this part of the city. According to History of Real Estate, between 1868 and 1873, the value of property above 59th Street rose over 200 percent. In 1910 the New York Central Railroad decided to build a new Grand Central Terminal and to place the lines running along Fourth Avenue entirely below ground. Thus when the tracks were completely covered over. The name, Park Avenue came into general use replacing Fourth Avenue, and landscaped malls were placed down the middle of the road in the area which previously had been left partially open for ventilation above the railroad tracks. Park Avenue quickly became lined with the same type of luxury apartment buildings which were rising on Fifth Avenue. Once associated with the poor and working class, after the World War I apartment living began to become fashionable for wealthy New Yorkers. In 1909 A consortium of lawyers, bankers and a painter commissioned Herbert Lucas to design a 15-story 35-unit coop building on the southeast corner lot of Park Avenue and 61st Street. Named Number 535 Park Avenue the building was designed of steel frame structure with terra cotta and brick façade adorned with splayed lintels and half-oval balconies. When completed at a cost of approximately $550,000, the building comprised 86,000 square feet and provided hotel-like amenities, such as furnished lobby, uniformed doormen, and elevator operators. Original mechanical systems included central ConEdison steam. Original apartments did not have central air conditioning or cooling, and most of the units had outdated electrical service. Altera Engineering provided MEP engineering design and approval services to several apartments in this building, working closely with architects and owners to integrate state-of-the-art mechanical systems into the existing historic features of the apartments.
- BRICK NEW YORK |SCOPE . Full MEP design and construction administration services
BRICK NEW YORK SCOPE . Full MEP design and construction administration services PROJECT COST . Home / Commercial BRICK NEW YORK ARCHITECT . Raul Cabato Architects PROJECT SIZE . PROJECT COST . SCOPE . Full MEP design and construction administration services Go Go Since opening its first location in West Hollywood in 2011, Brick has been bringing its brand of a brand of crossfit to cities across the US. In 2013 Brick entered New York City market with its fist 13,000 square foot 2-story training facility on West 17th Street and followed a year later with a 12,000 square foot facility by the Grand Central Terminal. The Brick facilities include crossfit training and yoga studios, member lounge areas with juice and smoothie bar, café and offices. Altera Engineering was retained to provide engineering design and consulting services for Bricks new facilities. Both projects involved full floor gut renovations of both spaces. HVAC design incorporates energy recovery for mechanical ventilation of the locker rooms.
Home / Residential EAST 10 STREET, MANHATTAN TOWNHOUSES ARCHITECT . Phil Toscano (architect of record) Beringer Architects (interior) PROJECT SIZE . Each townhouse is about 5,500 SF PROJECT COST . $5 million SCOPE . Full MEP/FP design Go EAST 10 STREET, MANHATTAN TOWNHOUSES Full gut renovation of two landmarked townhouses near historic Stuyvesant Street in Manhattan in St. Mark’s historic district. According to Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), 106 and 110 are two of three identical houses were built in 1867 by an Irish-American builder, James Mulry, at an estimated cost of $6,000. The three buildings were erected on the lots that Mr. Mulry leased from Hamilton Fish- the 16th Governor of New York State and the Secretary of State under Ulysses Grant. The buildings were designed in a late version of the Italianate style by D. J. Jardine Architects. The segmental-arched doorways have stone cornico-slabs supported on vertical console brackets which, in turn, are carried on paneled pilasters. They are four stories high, above a basement, and all retain their stoops. They are all three surmounted by individual bracketed cornices which are aligned at the same level. The stone basement wall is carried up to sill height at the first floor with recessed stone panels under each window. Altera Engineering carried upgrades to power, water, sewer utility connections. Our engineers worked hand-in-hand with the interior architects to thoughtfully integrate central heating and cooling systems into the buildings.
Home / Residential 138 NORTH 1ST STREET, BROOKLYN, NY ARCHITECT . Will Corcoran Architect PROJECT SIZE . About 4,500 SF PROJECT COST . $3 million SCOPE . full MEP design and construction administration services Go 138 NORTH 1ST STREET, BROOKLYN, NY A ground up construction of a luxury single family home in Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. An inaugural project for a nascent developer required careful attention to detail. Altera Engineering worked hand in hand with the architect and developer to craft solutions that worked with the owner’s vision for the building. Altera Engineering efficiently and successfully secured utility connection approvals and assisted the client in resolving filing and approval issues. Altera Engineering consulted the owner on high performance building strategies, such as passive heating and cooling, insulation and envelope air-tightness, intelligent lighting controls, highly efficient domestic water heating and continuous ventilation with energy recovery. With the exception of domestic water heating, the building does not use natural gas or any other fuel for heating, and is cooled and heated with a variable-refrigerant flow system. Highly insulated envelope, and not relying on gas for heating are expected to save 20 metric tons of Carbon Dioxide emissions on an annual basis.
- THE COLONY CLUB |SCOPE . Design, approvals and construction administration of mechanical, plumbing, sprinkler, electrical and fire alarm systems.
THE COLONY CLUB SCOPE . Design, approvals and construction administration of mechanical, plumbing, sprinkler, electrical and fire alarm systems. PROJECT COST . Home / Commercial THE COLONY CLUB ARCHITECT . Li · Saltzman Architects, PC PROJECT SIZE . PROJECT COST . SCOPE . Design, approvals and construction administration of mechanical, plumbing, sprinkler, electrical and fire alarm systems. Go Go The Colony Club is a women-only private social club in New York City. Founded in 1903 by Florence Jaffray Harriman, wife of J. Borden Harriman, as the first social club established in New York City by and for women, it was modeled on similar gentlemen's clubs. Today, men are admitted as guests. The Club presently has approximately 2,500 members who have access to discussions, concerts, and wellness and athletic programs. The Clubhouse is renowned for its classical proportions, sophisticated detailing, and graceful interiors. The building is approximately 80,000 square feet and consists of seven stories, 25 guest bedrooms, three dining rooms, two ballrooms, a lounge, a squash court, an indoor pool, a fitness facility and three personal spa service rooms. Annual gross revenues are more than $10 million.
Home / Residential 848 CARROLL STREET, BROOKLYN ARCHITECT . TRIARCH PROJECT SIZE . $ 2.5 million PROJECT COST . $ 170,000,000 SCOPE . Full MEP/FP design Go 848 CARROLL STREET, BROOKLYN Full gut renovation and rear addition to a landmarked townhouse located in Brooklyn’s Park Slope Historic District. The history and development of the Park Slope Historic District is closely related to that of Prospect Park. The area encompassed by the park and the Historic District was the scene of a major battle in the revolutionary war between the Continental Army under George Washington and the British Army in August of 1776. At that time and until the 1850’s this area remained essentially rural, consisting largely of farmland with rolling hills to the east. In sum, the completion of Prospect Park and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883 were the two major factors in the development of the area. Carroll Street- named after Charles Carroll, a signer of the Declaration of Independence- is one of the most serene and charming streets in the District. 848 Carroll is a neoclassical four-story red brick with limestone trim, was designed by William B. Greenman and completed in 1905 and described in the AIA Guide to New York City as “a narrow bay-windowed neo-classical exile from the Upper East Side” Altera Engineering worked closely with the architect and owners to seamlessly integrate all new building infrastructure into the existing shell. Altera Engineering consulted the owner on high performance building strategies, such as passive heating and cooling, insulation and envelope air-tightness, highly efficient domestic water heating and continuous ventilation with energy recovery. With the exception of domestic water heating, the building does not use natural gas or any other fuel for heating, and is cooled and heated with a variable-refrigerant flow system.







