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University of Notre Dame Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
2008
 Junior Class Field Trip
New York City Infrastructure Basics
Clean Water, Transportation, Entertainment

Field Trip Home

Itinerary

Thursday, November 6

9:45am  (Eastern)

Royal Excursion bus – pick up Eck Visitor Center
Departure 10am, travel to Chicago O’Hare Airport

2:00pm  (Central) United flight 684 – must be at gate half hour before flight time
5:22pm (Eastern)

Arrive New York’s LaGuardia Airport
Meet at luggage area

(When group has collected luggage, organizier will call 1-800-442-7272 ext. 2253, dispatch center will radio driver to come to terminal from holding area.)

Bus to Crowne Plaza LaGuardia, 104-04 Ditmars Boulevard

7:00pm Italian Buffet dinner in Embers Room at Crowne Plaza LaGuardia
8:00pm-9:00pm

Presentation Overview/Introduction in Bellaire Room
Robert Koch, President and CEO, Skanska Koch Inc.
Bill Matre, Vice President, Skanska Koch Inc. 
Megan Heugle, Rebecca Clark, Skanska Koch Inc.

9:30pm

Weather permitting - Bus ride to Empire State Building , 350 Fifth Ave.
45 min. ride – must arrive at Empire State Building by 11pm in order to
accommodate group, reservations 10:15pm

11:15pm

Bus back to Crowne Plaza LaGuardia


Friday, November 7

7:30am

Meet at bus
Tania Padilla, Triboro Office Manager, Skanska Koch Inc.

7:45am

Depart for Triborough Bridge    

8:00am-9:30am

Breakfast under the Triborough Bridge
Safety overview, overview of project, walk around
Dan Payea, Project Executive, Skanska Koch Inc.         

9:30am-10:00am

Travel to Croton Water Filtration Plant
3701 Jerome Ave.
Bronx, NY 10467

10:00am-10:30am

Arrive Croton on site and presentation                                 

11:15am Site walk through
12:00pm

Lunch in conference room and Q&A

1:00pm              Depart for Willis Ave. Bridge
2:00pm-5:30pm

Willis Ave. Bridge – Kiewit
Onsite contact: Kate Adams

5:30pm  Depart for Crowne Plaza LaGuardia
7:15pm

Depart for dinner

7:30pm

Dinner at Cavo
42-18 31st Avenue, Astoria, NY 11103

10:30pm

Back to hotel

 

Saturday, November 8

7:00am-8:00am

Continental Breakfast in Corona Room, Crowne Plaza

8:15am Meet at bus, depart for Meadowlands Stadium
8:30am-11:15am

Meadowlands Stadium
Steve Lensiak, Rick Geba, Skanska Koch Inc.

11:15am

Box lunch on bus back to Manhattan – Skanska Koch Inc

11:30pm-12:30pm

Travel to Columbia University
Amsterdam Ave./116 St. - main Columbia entrance

12:30pm-1:30pm

Presentation at Columbia University, Research Shake Table Facility
Professor Andrew Smyth, Dept. of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Health monitoring around the NYC bridges

1:30pm-2:30pm  Pick-up at Amsterdam Ave./119th St.
Travel to Brooklyn Bridge
2:30pm – 3:30pm

Brooklyn Bridge Tour by NYCDOT – meet at City Hall across
from bridge

4:00pm – 4:30pm

Travel to 20 Exchange Place, lower Manhattan

4:30pm – 5:30pm

Presentation at AECOM, 20 Exchange Place, 15th floor
Contact:  Chris Bennett, Project Manager
Contact:  Jay Sankar, Senior Tunnel Engineer
Second Avenue Subway

Walk either before dinner or after dinner – Wall Street, Ground Zero, World Trade Center Transportation Center  
6:30pm 

Dinner at Katz’s Delicatessen, 205 E. Houston Street

8:30pm 

Weather permitting - Staten Island Ferry

10:30pm

Back to hotel

 

Sunday, November 9

4:45am Meet at bus
5:00am Departure for LaGuardia
7:00am (Eastern) United flight 669 - must be at gate half hour before flight time
8:33am (Central)

Arrive Chicago O’Hare

 

Royal Excursion bus to Notre Dame