World Trade Center

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Chilled-Water Plant and River Water Systems Design

New York, N.Y.

Project cost 
$200 million construction cost
Time frame 

Project award - November 2006
Basis of design completed - January 2007
Preliminary design completed - March 2007
Construction documents completed - January 2009
Plant and distribution system construction to be completed - September 2011

Practice areas involved 
District cooling systems
Building, mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEPT)
Key services provided 
Planning
Design
The challenge 

The World Trade Center in Manhattan is being rebuilt as a grand urban center for the 21st century, with five new skyscrapers, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, a transportation hub, retail complex and performing arts center. Construction on all projects will be completed by 2012. WM Group was selected to provide detailed design and construction documents for a central chilled-water plant and distribution systems to serve much of the center - a task requiring extensive coordination with the design teams of the many other construction projects across the site as well as consideration of environmental concerns.

The smart solution 

Collaborating closely with the numerous other design teams, WM Group produced plans for a new 12,500-ton chiller plant, located within the Memorial & Museum, which will utilize water from the Hudson River. The firm also designed the renovation of a river water pump station, inactive and corroded since Sept. 11, 2001, plus a distribution network that will run through various stakeholder spaces on the World Trade Center site.

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