ProSpec Holds Anniversary Party at Museum of the City of NY

New York, NY, August 29, 2017-The design of the Jerome L. Greene Science Center at Columbia University’s Manhattanville campus in New York City was the focus of the 20th anniversary celebration of ProSpec LLC, a New York distributor of tile and tile installation systems, in June.

Founder Lou Giannini and partner Steve Siciliano offered guests more than just a party to celebrate 20 successful years in business. They rented out the Museum of the City of New York for the evening and invited architects, builders, contractors and project owners to enjoy “Design at its Core”, a study in depth of the design and construction of the Jerome L. Greene Science Center.

Steve Jones, senior director of industry insights and research at Dodge Data & Analytics, provided information on current and future New York City construction activity plus insight into emerging new technologies for project design. Jones’ insights pointed attendees to those areas with the greatest expected growth over the next several years. Finding new project opportunities to pursue, competition for those opportunities, concern over availability of talented and professional workers, and project financing were major concerns for the near future.

Serge Drouin, an associate at Renzo Piano Building Workshop, shared with the assembled group the overall plan for Columbia University’s Manhattanville campus, highlighting the five buildings in Phase I of the massive project. Foremost of these buildings is the Jerome L. Greene Science Center, which houses the Mortimer L. Zuckerman Mind Brain Institute. Drouin underscored his presentation with architectural drawings and photographic images of the unique designs employed to achieve a LEED Platinum certification for the project.

The complex building challenges of this award-winning project were presented by Steven Sommer, principal of Lendlease Construction, in the final presentation of the evening. Safety, sustainability, diversity and inclusion, all focused on the customer’s satisfaction, made Lendlease the perfect building partner for the project. In his presentation, Sommer concentrated on the project management, which brought together myriad details to produce 457,000 square feet of laboratories and meeting space dedicated to finding solutions to mind/brain challenges such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Following the presentations, guests enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as they toured the exhibits about New York and its history on display in the museum.