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UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO
MEDICAL CENTER
LOCAL 276 • BUFFALO, NY
More than 400 NRCC carpenters and pile drivers helped to construct the new University of Bu alo Medical Center, formally known as the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical. The new 628,000 square-foot medical facility, which cost $375 million, began in 2016. Despite the building’s position atop the water table of Lake Erie, NRCC pile drivers completed the concrete pour for the basement walls that exceed 50 feet in height. The project took just over two years to complete and had its grand opening in December 2017.
PHOTO COURTESY OF: WILLIAM BING
PHOTO COURTESY OF: CHRIS DUGAN
UNION COLLEGE SCIENCE CENTER
LOCAL 291 • ALBANY, NY
Approximately 50 to 75 Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters from Local 291 continue construction on
Union College’s expansion/renovation of its Science and Engineering Center. Construction on the $100 million building began in Spring 2017 and will o er new age, high-tech learning environments for students. Contracted by Turner Construction, the project is one of the largest in the school’s history. When it is completed in 2019, it will be one of the most advanced science and engineering learning facilities in the country.
PHOTO COURTESY OF: JIM MASON
US BOWLING CONGRESS CHAMPIONSHIP LOCAL 277 • SYRACUSE, NY
In early January, eight Union carpenters working for Brunswick Bowling – began construction of a new temporary bowling venue at the Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center in Syracuse, NY for the upcoming U.S. Bowling Congress. When it is completed, the bowling facility will have
48 lanes – enough wood to build ve three-bedroom homes – and will require nearly six miles of electrical wiring to power bowling equipment. For the project, carpenters constructed the bowling area’s framing trusses and maple wood bowling lanes. The event is expected to bring an estimated 80,000 visitors and $70 million in revenue to the City, while creating about 200 temporary jobs.
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