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significantly displaced.” George Famulare, Verizon real estate area manager, says “right now we’re working on infrastructure mosdy,” with extensive repairs from L- ' 1 y die 10th floor down. Famulare’s office is in the build­ ing and he was one of a handful of O ■: J.,, fc managers and engineers who stayed with it through the heart of the dis­ aster. It wa.s important to manipulate ... air handling equipment and backup electrical systems to try to minimize '■'J damage, and then start the recovery '« process as soon as possible. Oanstruedon management is by st fl Tishman Interiors, which was on the «■ exterior renovation project prior to 0NE4W8 PUNCH Call center was Struck from two sides by successive collapses. Sept. 11. It has a staff of 2.5 housed " in new offices created on the first floor tn Fried, president of LVI Services, New over. .An aggressive mold bloom on one the early phase of the cleanup. “We’re giv­ ■York City, an environmental engineer basement level was also attacked with dis­ ing our undivided attention to fulfill­ that had 500 workers on the job in three infectant. ing the owners’ requirements,” says Bob shifts for months. “After doing the first .All building system.s are operating now 'McNally, Tishman vice president and proj­ remediation we cleaned the remaining in temporary mode. The mechanical ect executive. floors, all the way to the top, under asbes­ plant on the next-to-lowest basement lev- 5 Environmental cleanup was an urgent tos containment conditions,” Fried says. el was submerged. Chillers for a replace- g priority from die beginning, says Burton Heavy dust continues to infiltrate, how- ment plant with double the old capacity s „ {ywaan ever. Racks of com- were delivered in early August. “We’re re- | I 2i munications gear re- building it now on the first floor,” Famu- quire constant re­ lare says. 2 £ cleaning. They are be­ Electrical service capacity is being up- 5 ing replaced by equip- graded from 12 Mw to 20 Mw. Two emer- 8 a b ment installed in new­ gency backup generators lost in the flood o If ly created, environ­ are being replaced by four 4.2 Mw units g

i t mentally controlled going tn on the 10th floor. Backup bat- • switch and frame teries, which reversed polarity when they rooms in other parts were totally discharged, are being re- | g 5 s® 'll of the building. placed and increased in number from z Cleanup also in- 440 to 584 to support system expansion. | J ■M voiced removal of 30 Steam, fire protection and plumbing sys- £ O'i ilS I ft of contaminated terns are also being extensively repaired. water from lower lev- Mueller-Lust says repairs to one col- > | 1^ els. Onsite separators umn and several spandrel beain.s and 8 ' extracted 40,000 gal associated floor sections on the face over- § petroleum prod- looking Ground Zero are complete. 3 nets from fuel tanks Now, preparations are being made to g w that floated and spun splice in four new exterior column sec- ° IVIHHH dons on the face damaged 5 by debris from Seven W lC. S "'-A-':’ although street utility work is e delaying access needed to g construct foundations for a shoring. § Famulare says if Verizon § W! 1 'Wi,. I Si J had known a year ago how 3 ■J a much “pain and expense” 5 W".- *■ the job would entail, its offt- 2 ft.' j cials might have had second K

Ai I WB' ■ thoughts. But back tlien,“we never had a doubt,” he says, “And we’ve been at it ever g g 2 J** HE*’ fc New backup generators since.” □ S will support replaced equipment. By Tom Sfuoyer 2

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