American Copper Buildings

OVERVIEW
American Copper Buildings is a residential complex in Kips Bay at the site of a former mud pit, consisting of two copper-clad towers connected by a 3-story skybridge. The complex contains 761 apartments, twenty percent of which are designated affordable. The skybridge, the first built in Manhattan in 80 years, has 60,000 SF worth of amenities, including a pool, lounge, spa, and climbing wall. Langan provided environmental engineering and remediation services including remediation monitoring, Community Air Monitoring Plans implementation, coordination with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to address Site Management Plan requirements throughout the waste characterization sampling at the site, and preparation of environmental specifications for earthwork and groundwater management during excavation.