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Update on Brooklyn Municipal Building construction and HVAC systems
1:16:07
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Council Member Restler requests an update on the construction at the Brooklyn Municipal Building, including completion date and HVAC system status. Chief Engineer Joe Wagner provides information on the project's timeline and systems.
- Construction is scheduled to be completed by December 2026
- Temporary boilers and chillers should not be used after completion
- Housing court is expected to move in after construction is finished
- Council Member Restler acknowledges DCAS's responsiveness to community concerns during the construction process
- Discussion of the project's delayed timeline, with the original move-in date for housing court being 2020
Lincoln Restler
1:16:07
Okay.
1:16:08
Great.
1:16:08
And then just another parochial question.
1:16:11
Any update on construction at the Brooklyn Municipal Building, current completion date, and if you can share if temporary HVAC systems will be used this summer?
1:16:18
And is the new boiler in place for next winter?
Louis Molina
1:16:23
Yeah.
1:16:23
So I'll have Joe Wagner come up.
1:16:26
He's technically knows what's going on at that site.
Jesús Pérez
1:16:34
Good to see you, Joe.
Joe Wagner
1:16:35
Yes.
1:16:36
Nice to see you again.
1:16:39
At 02:10, we will be not using temporary.
1:16:42
Hopefully, we're not using it unless something happens, but it's scheduled to be completed with the the installation.
1:16:49
Temporary boilers and chillers shouldn't be used.
Lincoln Restler
1:16:52
So that we should not expect to see temporary
Joe Wagner
1:16:54
Chillers at all.
Lincoln Restler
1:16:55
Chillers or boilers.
Joe Wagner
1:16:57
Well, right now the boilers are being used, but they'd be off for the season.
Lincoln Restler
1:17:01
Yeah.
1:17:01
But we're almost
Joe Wagner
1:17:02
We're just about done with them.
Lincoln Restler
1:17:04
Well, that will be very good news for the people who live nearby.
1:17:07
And I will just say, while we've had some very, very angry neighbors, you and your team, deputy commissioner Rinkelheim, have been Brandon, have been very responsive and we've appreciated the communication and the coordination even though it's been a painful process.
1:17:20
You all have tried to work with us and had and did eventually identify very good solutions.
1:17:24
And the timeline for completion?
Joe Wagner
1:17:27
The December.
Lincoln Restler
1:17:29
End of December '20 '20 '6.
1:17:31
And housing court will move in after that?
Joe Wagner
1:17:33
Excuse me.
1:17:34
The courts will move in after that.
1:17:35
We'll be done with construction.
1:17:36
The courts
Lincoln Restler
1:17:37
I think the original plan was that housing court was supposed to move in in 2020, but that's probably not your problem.
1:17:41
But we're 2027.
1:17:43
We're getting there.
1:17:45
And this one might be for you also.