The lowest vehicle weight in its class and narrowest guidebeam width requirement of 690 mm, contribute to these cost savings by maximizing pier spacing and reducing substructure requirements.
Earlier this year, New York Animal submitted a proposal to the Hudson River Park Trust, which is considering possible developments for the pier, seeking space to build a 60,000-square-foot center with climbing walls (for cats) and agility courses with tents, tunnels and see-saw ramps (for dogs).
In the example design, the piers are spaced 6 feet (1.8 m) apart in one direction and 4 feet (1.2 m) apart in the other for a total grid area of 12 x 8 feet.
Currently, the only allowable uses for the pier are retail space and entertainment.
The model was then used to investigate three design parameters as they apply to thermo-active foundations including tube spacing, pier depth, and flow velocity.
The ship will dock adjacent to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum and will utilize the Intrepid's space and pier for events as well.
Along Richmond Terrace, glimpses through fences topped with razor wire reveal sights seemingly from another era: barges jostling for space at piers; trucks loading furniture from factories with dirt-streaked windows; and, at an auto wrecker's shop near Arlington Avenue, heaps of cars crushed like candy wrappers.
At the piers, he outfitted a space with tables rescued from a defunct public elementary school and, at intervals, conducted interviews on social, economic, and political issues with guests, who included a Chicago hedge-fund manager and a young black curator from Alabama.
And perhaps, if he hurries, there may still be space for Piers there too, somewhere between Max Keyser's end-times sermons and that troubling soapbox guy who always seems to be hating on GMOs.
