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
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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 |
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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 |
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Royal Excursion bus to Notre Dame |
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