Battery Park City North West Resiliency Project
09/23/2024
By Battery Park City Authority
Editor’s note: A progressive design-build team comprised of a Turner Construction Company and E.E. Cruz joint venture, along with Arcadis, the Bjark Ingels Group (BIG), Scape Landscape Architecture, and WSP, was selected by the Battery Park City Authority for its North West Resiliency Project. See the Turner-EECruz event notice here or here and learn how your firm might participate.
 The combined North West Battery Park City Resiliency Project contemplates the creation of an integrated coastal flood risk management system from First Place, north along the Battery Park City Esplanade, across to the east side of West Street/Route 9A, and terminate above Chambers Street at a high point on Greenwich Street. Work will proceed through a progressive design-build effort.
Principal purposes of the NWBPCR Project:
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Provide a reliable coastal flood barrier system to provide risk reduction to property, residents, and assets within the vicinity of Battery Park City that addresses the design storm event;
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Preserve, enhance, and protect to the maximum extent practicable and integrate to the proposed design the open space and waterfront cultural resources of Battery Park City;
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Preserve and enhance the character, accessibility, including universal access, and design aesthetic of the community and its interface with the BPC waterfront and access to coastal view sheds, particularly views of the Hudson River, the New York Harbor, and the Statue of Liberty;
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Avoid or minimize disruption to existing below- and above-ground infrastructure (i.e., water and sewer infrastructure, tunnels, utilities, etc.) from both construction impacts and flood events.
Specific objectives of the NWBPCR Project:
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Provide a reliable and adaptable coastal flood barrier system that minimizes risk and the need for operational interventions by relying on passive flood control rather than mechanical “deployable” flood barrier systems to the extent practicable;
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Minimize urban heat island effect and enhance outdoor occupant thermal safety to the extent practicable;
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Construct and operate the project in an environmentally responsible manner;
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Utilize cost-effective low-impact solutions to maximize capital investment over the lifespan of the NWBPCR Project.
For more information, please see the Turner-EECruz event notice here or here.
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