Sports Facilities
Tilden High School Athletic Field
The existing athletic field at Tilden High School in Brooklyn, NY, renovated in 2002, is a multi-function, state of art, multi-million dollar complex which includes a professional, 3 lane circular clay running track, a football field, a baseball field, and an official handball court. The school currently hosts important athletic events at various levels as well as for special community events. Due to the lack of sport lighting, sometimes, important events or long running games would have to be interrupted and abruptly ended. As a result of these concerns for the athletic programs and events at Tilden High School, DVL designed the system to provide adequate lighting by way of new 70 foot tall lighting poles and all necessary wiring and accessories.
Lehman High School Athletic Fields
DVL was responsible for this project involving athletic field lighting for Lehman High School in the Bronx, NY. Lehman High School is currently planning to upgrade their football/soccer field to provide the necessary space to host Varsity football games. The current field is not large enough for these events requiring the school to remove the track surrounding the field to increase the length. The field will also be provided with new synthetic turf and stadium lighting to allow for night games for Varsity level athletic programs. This field will also be modified to include soccer, baseball and softball fields. The athletic space at this high school also includes tennis courts and handball courts. These courts were renovated in the scope of this project and will be provided with lighting as well.
MS 319X
The MS 319 School is a five story school building built in 1919. The pool, that is the focus of this project, was built in 1955 but has not been used since 1992. One of the main issues with this pool space is the accessibility. As it is in a basement in an addition, there is no access for the disabled. As such, a new street entrance was provided as well as an elevator to service this space and a chair lift for transport from the pool to the locker rooms. As the MEP systems in the locker rooms were antiquated, DVL’s efforts were extended to the renovation of these locker rooms as well, which included design of all MEP services. Also, during inspection it was determined that the pool plumbing systems were not compliant with the current health code and that mechanical and electrical systems serving the pool were not functional. DVL designed new mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems for the pool, locker rooms and showers to compensate for these antiquated, nonfunctional systems and to bring these areas up to Code.
Aviator Sports and Recreation Complex at Floyd Bennet Field
Housed at historic Floyd Bennet Airfield, Aviator Sports and Recreation Complex was constructed on the 800+ acre decommissioned airport which is now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. This historic airport was once utilized by Amelia Earhart and Howard Hughes and now contains the premier sports and recreation complex in the New York metro area. DVL Consulting Engineers, Inc. provided full HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems engineering for this facility, which includes a 150,000 sq. ft. indoor facility featuring state-of-the-art ice rinks, basketball courts, multi-purpose outdoor turf fields, a gymnasium, retail shops, food concessions and outdoor recreation fields. The site will host numerous live events such as professional, collegiate, high school, and community supported sports competitions as well as entertainment shows, exhibitions, festivals, expos and summer camps.
Sports Facilities
The 26 Broadway project consists of three different schools designed to occupy several leased spaces within a 32 story high rise office building located in the area near Wall Street in New York City. The first school designed was the Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, which occupies three floors of the building. The space was modified with new mechanical systems to provide for general heating, ventilation and air conditioning requirements and accommodate new facilities such as science laboratories and locker rooms. New energy efficient lighting fixtures were provided for the school as well as a variety of electrical systems, including a local access network, intercommunication and television distribution systems, video surveillance and fire alarm systems. Plumbing systems were modified or extended and new systems were also designed to accommodate the new student population. In a similar fashion two other schools were created within this existing facility, including one which was renovated from a museum.
Full gut rehabilitation of a six story high rise building formerly occupied by the New York State Court System. DVL Consulting Engineers, Inc. was the Design Engineer for HVAC, electrical, fire protection and plumbing systems for a $65,000,000 project. The HVAC system for this facility needed to be specialized to accommodate the very low slab to slab distances. The innovative HVAC design employed central rooftop HVAC units, and dual temperature, floor mounted, fan coil units within each space. Chilled water to fan coil units was obtained from a roofmounted, modular, air cooled chiller. This very special adaptation to the existing structure required that a new floor be added to house a new gymnasium with an interstitial space between the existing roof and the floor of the new gymnasium floor. The interstitial space accommodated mechanical equipment for the project. Intensive coordination and acoustical calculations were performed to ensure the HVAC system met the noise criteria in each space. All new incoming utilities and services were provided for this project.
The PS-347X is a standalone five story primary school with a total area of the building is 50,000 sq. ft. Key features include being located adjacent to an elevated track of the NYC Subway System and structural system being all concrete poured with prefabricated exterior wall assemblies. The HVAC design consisted of air cooled modular chillers for cooling and gas fired condensing type boilers for heating; air systems consisted of roof top variable air volume units for service of classrooms and constant air volume units for service of assembly spaces (cafeteria and exercise areas).
DVL Consulting Engineers, Inc. provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering services for the creation of this new charter school. This new five-story, 125,000 sq. ft. school was created as part of the Harlem Children’s Zone initiative to provide quality education for children in Harlem from Preschool to High School and to offer resources to the community. Promise Academy offers an extended school year and school day, additional academic assistance and extensive extracurricular activities. Harlem Children’s Zone is also open 24 hours a day to provide family assistance including Health Clinic to serve the community.
DVL Consulting Engineers, Inc. provided engineering services for the this brand new school building being incorporated into the Petrides School Campus in Staten Island, NY. DVL provided all mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection design engineering for this new 51,000 sq. ft. school designed on the lot of the previous school’s annex building.
The Mayor of NYC’s Universal Pre-K Initiative led to the creation of several new school spaces intended to provide preschool education for all children throughout New York City. DVL provided MEP/FP engineering to modify existing spaces to create these new schools, many of which required significant modifications to leased floors in high rise buildings. These projects required significant coordination and strategic efforts to maintain progress to meet strict schedule requirements. The following Pre-Ks were created as part of this initiative: PS 695K, PS 77R, PS 66R, Kew Gardens PreK, Regina Pacis PreK
Simultaneous design and construction of one of the largest school campuses in the history of the NYC School Construction Authority. The project consists of three (3) schools: Two (2) intermediate schools (PS/IS 208 and PS/IS 266) and one (1) High School for the Teaching Professions. The project consists of approximately 450,000 square feet of educational space. DVL is providing full HVAC, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems design and construction services for a design builder. The project also includes full site lighting design coordinated to compliment the aesthetics of the neighborhood and the site.