NYCEDC Public Health Lab Project

This project entails the demolition of three existing buildings for the ground-up construction of the new state of the art public health lab (PHL) building and site improvements. The 10-story, 240,000-square-foot building was designed with staff wellness in mind, and will comply with New York City’s new, ambitious resiliency and sustainability regulations.

The $454-million building will be designed to meet LEED version 4 Silver and be a resilient structure with all critical building systems located above the current 100-year flood plain. This building will include offices, laboratories and clinical facilities to replace the old building.

The lower portion of the new building is to include a lobby, 200-person auditorium, walk-in testing center and many support areas. At completion, this building will consist of 5 lab floors and 5 floors for administrative and daily operations.

JOADEM Corporation was contracted by Bureau Veritas to fulfill the Minority ( MBE ) goal on this project as a Class 1 Special Inspections and Materials Testing Agency. Our service includes a range of special inspections and materials testing activities as detailed below.

• Special Inspection Services
• Structural Steel – Welding
• Structural Steel – Bolting
• Masonry
• Soils – In-Place Density Compaction
• Concrete Field Sampling & Testing
• Concrete – Cast-In-Place (Rebar, Placement)
• Fire Resistant Penetrations and Joints
• Mechanical Systems
• Spray-Applied Fire Resistive Material (SFRM)
• Post Installed Anchors Material Testing Service
• Soils Proctor Testing
• Sieve Analysis and Gradation
• Concrete Compressive Strength
• Grout Testing
• Masonry Mortar Testing
• SFRM Testing (Density, Thickness, Bond Strength)