Oct
17
Broadcast Tower Project at ESB Uses Innovative “Cocoon”
ByThe project is led by JLL and Skanska and is scheduled for completion in 2017.
Empire State Building antenna
New York—By the age of 85, anyone or anything could probably benefit from having some work done. For the Empire State Building, that’s taking the form of a project to install a new auxiliary master FM radio antenna, it was announced late last week by the iconic building’s owner, Empire State Realty Trust.
While antennas are nothing new at the former world’s tallest building, what is new is the use of a first-of-its-kind protective “cocoon” at the base of the antenna tower to avoid affecting the building’s day-to-day operations. The cocoon reportedly extends the work window from five hours a day (because of operating hours at the ESB’s two observation decks, on the 86th and 102nd floors) to 24 hours per day, even during inclement weather, and also allows greatly reduced sidewalk scaffolding…
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