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Project construction manager: Boyle Construction Hoover-Mason Trestle receives 2015 Best Project award
ethlehem, PA — Bethlehem Re- development Au- thority, Boyle Construc- tion Management and the entire project team has been awarded ENR MidAt- lantic’s 2015 Best Projects: Landscape/Hardscape/Ur- ban Development for the Hoover-Mason Trestle, the ambitious new connecting promenade at SteelStacks in Bethlehem. The completion of this project marked the latest in a series of important revital- ization efforts for the south- B
side of Bethlehem. Located on the largest brownfield site in the U.S., the Hoover- Mason Trestle (HMT) is part museum, part circulation walk, and part attraction conceived and built to tie together the arts and enter- tainment complex that now occupies the former Bethle- hem Steel site. The new one-third mile long elevated walkway is built upon the original heavy- duty railway designed more than a century ago to haul iron ore to the steel furnaces. HMT was an engineering
marvel in its time, which presented a new opportunity to be adapted as connector of the various parts of the new recreational arts campus built along the same path and included in the current revitalization program. HMT features dramatic lighting along with native plantings and a WiFi-guid- ed historical walking tour, partly in the shadow of the behemoth former blast fur- naces. HMT has several dra- matic entrances, including an elevator and monumental stairs with architecturally daring cantilevered obelisk supports, whose exposed new construction details contrast with old rusty background structures and highlight the site’s steelmaking history. The award recognizes Bethlehem Redevelop- ment Authority , Boyle Construction Manage- ment , WRT, Simpson Gumpertz &Heger, Maser Consulting and the entire design team’s many engi- neering and project manage- ment achievements. Custom features involved difficult, often competing engineer- ing problems. Repurposing HMT required sophisticated engineering regarding com- plex load requirements. New and unexpected problems emerged after the original trestle structure was fully exposed after the project be- gan. Value-driven design op- tions were devised wherever possible, which dramatically drove down project costs from original projections. “It’s really amazing how all the engineering challenges were overcome in a way that provides a seamlessly beauti- ful and engaging experience for the pedestrian visitors. HMT is a first-class addition to Bethlehem’s southside revitalization,” said Tony Hanna , executive director, Bethlehem Redevelopment Authority. Project cost: $15.4 million Project end: August 2015 Construction manager: Boyle Construction Architect: WallaceRobertsTodd Engineering collabora- tors: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger and Maser Consulting The ENR Regional Best Projects Awards are a series of special events to celebrate and honor the building teams that created the best projects of 2015 nationwide. n
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