Pearl Building Electrical Upgrades and Asbestos Abatement, Brooklyn, NY

This is a single prime project involving the electrical upgrade and all related work at the Pearl Building (259 Adams Street) at New York City College of Technology in downtown Brooklyn. The scope of work includes an update to the electrical service to the building along with new stacked electrical closets with associated architectural, mechanical, fire protection and fire alarm coordination due to NYC building code regulations. The project includes associated asbestos abatement. A new Con Edison service will be brought to the building along Adams Street which will enter the existing electrical service room in the General Building basement. The incoming utility feeder will be encased in concrete until it enters the adjacent room where the main switchboard will be located. The main service switchboard will have two switches - one to serve a new switchboard located in the basement of the Pearl building, and another to serve a new electrical bus riser that will be located in new stacked electrical closets in the Pearl building on floors four through six. The building will be occupied while the work is performed. The project duration (13) month. MBE goal is 18%, WBE goal is 12%, and DVBE goal is 6%.