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New York State Office of General Services South Mall Project Specifications


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
Architectural project specifications define the procedural and administrative requirements for a project, as well as the materials, equipment, products, systems, and standards of workmanship required for the project's completion. This series contains specifications relating to all components of the South Mall construction project.
Creator:
Title:
South Mall project specifications
Quantity:

28.25 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1964-1982
Series Number:
16195

Scope and Content Note

16195-90: This accretion contains specifications for components of the South Mall project including, but not necessarily limited to the air conditioning plant, the Cultural Education Center, the main platform, and the solid waste transport and processing system.

16195-91: This largest accretion contains specifications pertaining to nearly every component of the South Mall project, including but not limited to heating systems, electrical systems, fire detection systems, water lines, storm sewers, emergency power systems, computer sites, building foundations, building superstructures, interior finish work, partitions, pedestrian walkways, sidewalks, and reconstruction of neighboring streets.

16195-97: This accretion contains copies of specifications, special amendments to general conditions, and a small amount of annotated cross sections and plans for a reconstruction of South Swan Street from State Street to Madison Avenue, in Albany. Since completed, the "Swan Street Building" at that location has held offices of the Department of Motor Vehicles, among other state agencies. The records may be duplicated in other accretions of the series, or may have been removed for unknown purposes and not refiled.

Related Material

B1350 New York State Office of General Services Index of South Mall Project Contracts and Specifications, indexes this series.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

16195-90: container list is available at the repository.

Processing Information

16195-97: This accretion resulted from a project by Archives staff in 1997 to accession or integrate estrayed or unidentified records.

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Detailed Description

Contents Box Folder

Accretion: 16195-91
FAMAC 65-2 Reconstruction of So. Pearl St. 1 1
FARMAC 74-1 1 2
FAMAC 64-1 Hudson River Bridge Piers, substructure 2 1
FAMAC 66-1 Hudson River Bridge, Superstructure 2 2
MAC 67-1 Grand St. relocation 2 3
SH 208 - Soil Exploration and foundation investigations 2 4
SM 219 -Soil Exploration and foundation investigations 2 5
17523C,E,H,S - Record Center, Bldg. 21, Campus 2 6
17624H - AESOB, Heating System 2 7
18946GE - Water and Sewer Phase I 2 8
18970C - Test Files 2 9
19023C, E, EL, H, S- Heating Plant Conversion 2 10
19024C,E,H - Service connection 2 11
19091GE - Water Line relocation - Phase II 2 12
MAC 65-1 - Widening of Hudson Ave. 2 13
19093GE - Riverfront Pumping Station 3 1
19094GE - Cooling water line 3 2
19375E, H,S - CACP, transformer vault, Agency Bldgs 3&4 Foundations 3 3
19393H - CACP&TV, refrigeration Work 3 4
19520C -Swan St. Bldg. Foundation 3 5
19535C,E,EL, MS, POP, S - Office Tower Bldg. Superstructure 3 6
19567CO,E, EL, FSE, H, LRG, POP, S, SP - Swan St. Bldg. Superstructure 4 1
19608C,CO,E1,F,H,MS,S - Legislative Bldg. Superstructure 4 2
19654C Office Tower Bldg. Foundations 5 1
19909C - Pedestrian Tunnel to Capitol Phase I 5 2
19951GE - Water Line, Phase II 5 3
20062GE - Storm and sanitary sewer relocation Phase II 5 4
20133 - Meeting Center Superstructure - Work performed by Walsh-Corbett's under 20169C 5 5
20167E,S - Library - Museum Foundations 6 1
20168 MS, SP - Library - Museum Superstructure 6 2
20169EL, MS - Main Platform Superstructure 6 3
20183E, EL, POP, S - Agency Buildings 1-4 Superstructure 6 4
20227P - Plaza Tree Planting 7 1
20341C - Main Platform - Phase IA 7 2
20532 - Health Dept. Lab - Work performed by Walsh-Corbetta under 20169C 7 3
20553GE - Parking facility at Executive Mansion 7 4
21259E - Temporary electric for floodlighting 7 5
21388C - Library-Museum Madison Ave. substructure 8 1
21535C - Guard House at Executive Mansion 8 2
21598 - Executive Mansion Garage, Service & storage bldg. 8 3
21599GE - Executive Mansion Walls 8 4
21607P - Executive Mansion Parking Lot 8 5
21836GE - Water lines - Phase IV 8 6
23619C,E, H - Emergency power system - Phase I & II 8 7
24265C - Justice Bldg. - movable partitions 8 8
24551C - Office Tower bldg. - Interior finishes 8 9
24692C - Concourses - Meeting Hall Interior 8 10
24719C - Swan St. Bldg. partitions 8 11
24736FSE - Food Service Equip. - Cafeteria 8 12
24737FSE - Food Service Equip. - Cafeteria 8 13
24738FSE - Food Service Equip. - Cafeteria 8 14
24739FSE - Food Service Equip. - Cafeteria 8 15
24911C,H,S,E,EL,MS,Spr - Modification to Capital So. Lobby 9 1
24980TD - Swan St. Bldg. Traffic Deck 9 2
25034C - Agency Bldg. #4, Painting 9 3
2515C - Swan St. Bldg. - Information Booth 9 4
25161C - Office Tower Bldg. - movable partitions 9 5
25234 - Steam Tunnel Corrective work 9 6
25362C - Office Tower Bldg. - Floor finishes 9 7
25562GE - Storm Sewer connection - L&M to Madison Ave. 9 8
25573C - Office Tower Bldg. Sanitary Facilities 36th Floor darkroom 9 9
25616C - Swan St. Bldg. Commissioner of Parks and Recreation 9 10
25640L - Legislative and Justice Bldg. Planting 9 11
2577C 9 12
26051D - Demolition of Municipal and Parole Bldg. 10 1
26100C - Swan, Justice & Legislation Bldgs. Glass replacement 10 2
26144H - Swan St. Bldg. A/C revision 10 3
26168 - Swan St. Bldg. - Security in Cafeteria 10 4
26185H - Legislative Bldg. HVAC alterations in senate majority leaders office 10 5
26191C - Agency Bldg. #4, Sanitary facility for Commissioner 10 6
26503C - Swan St. bldg. sub floor treatment 10 7
26555C - Legislative Bldg. 3rd floor Lobby railing 10 8
26607E - Legislative Bldg. Panelboards and feeders 10 9
26985C - Office Tower Bldg. glass replacement 10 10
27108C,E,H - Legislative Bldg. Smoke detection System 10 11
27125P - Swan St. Bldg. Wall plate clean outs for waste piping 10 12
27205C - Legislation Bldg. Concession stand 10 13
27267 - Office Tower Bldg. Radio communications 10 14
27495C - Office Tower Bldg. Safety device in stairwell #2 10 15
27614C - Empire State Plaza Garage - Signs 10 16
27699L - West Park Development 10 17
27732C - Main Platform - Finish painting Phase I 10 18
27870C - Sheridan Ave. Steam Plant- Transformer vault enclosure 10 19
28155L - East Park Development - South 10 20
28156L - East Park Development - North 10 21
28158C - Main Platform - Finish concourse painting - Phase II 10 22
28209L - West Park Development 10 23
28211C - Office Tower Bldg. shore vent in stairway #1 10 24
28213E - Office Tower Bldg. panelboards and feeders 10 25
28214E - Office Tower, Agency Bldgs Plaza panic hardware 10 26
28229C - Agency Bldgs and Office Tower, glass replacement 10 27
28296C - Agency Bldg. #3, 20th Flr. Glass door 10 28
28578C - Main Platform, P-3, 127' level partitions in storage area 10 29
28660 - Swan St. Bldg. Computer site, core 1, 3rd floor 10 30
28677C - Agency Bldgs. Exterior doors at west park 11 1
28686 - MER #3, Additional lighting 11 2
28689 - Swan St. Bldg. clean replenish and seal bronze doors 11 3
28690 11 4
28889 - Ice skating rink warming shelter 11 5
28914C - Swan St. Bldg. repair leaks 11 6
28953L - Swan St. Seal sidewalks and repair expansion joints 11 7
29305C - Legislative Bldg. entrance modifications 11 8
29320L - MPSS, 117' level, asphalt paving 11 9
29351C - Youth Theater renovation 100' level 11 10
29418C - Justice Bldg. carpet tiles 11 11
29596C - MPSS, 1001' levels. Overhead doors 11 12
29697C - Partitions in 127' level storage area 11 13
F0045E - Main Platform Meeting Rooms 1 - 6 11 14
F0077E - Reconstruction of State St.. Phase II 11 15
F0173C - Traffic lights on Madison Ave. 11 16
F0174C - Library & Museum Safety railings 11 17
LM002C,E,H,P - Library Museum Orientation Theater 11 18
M0011C - Agency Bldg. #3 interior wa-1 finishes 11 19
M0015C - Agency Bldg. #3 Vinyl base installation 11 20
M0025C - Agency Bldgs and Justice Bldg. partitions 11 21
M0026C - Office Tower Phase II partitions 11 22
M0027C - Agency Bldgs 1,2 and 3 partitions 11 23
M0028C - Agency Bldgs 1 & 2 Interior Wall finishes 11 24
M0029C - Office Tower misc. work for sanitary facility 11 25
M0046E - Office Tower electrical work floors 2-4 12 1
M0047C - Capitol Tunnel - rehabilitate heating 12 2
M0064E - Agency Bldg. 1,2&3 floor outlets etc. 12 3
M0067GE - Madison Ave. Reconstruction Eagle to Grand Staircase 12 4
M0085L - Madison Ave. Reconstruction Phase II 13 5
M0122C, E, H - Concourse level partitions 13 6
M0131C,E,SPR - L&M multi-tier Bookstacks 13 7
M0133L - L&M Landscaping 13 8
M0136L - L&M Landscaping Phase II 13 9
M0138C,E,H,S,SPR - L&M 290 Level Cafe & Seminar rooms - Rare Book Vault 13 10
M0139C - L&M 290' Level Partition Layout 13 11
M0140H - Sheridan Ave RDF - Steam Plant 13 12
M0148C - Agency Bldg. 2 movable interior partitions 13 13
M0149E - Agency Bldg. Electrical 14 1
M0152L - L&M Signing 14 2
M0171C - L&M communication center modesty panels 14 3
M0175E - MPSS pipe Tracing 14 4
MP001E,H - Computer Area 1371 level 14 5
MP002E - Floodlighting of Buildings 14 6
MP004E,H - 100' Shop Reproduction Area 14 7
X1129C 14 8