BUILDING REPORT Hospital expansion has price tag of $35 million This artist’s rendering shows St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, NY as the facility will look after completion of a $35 million expansion project. The purpose of the expansion is to consolidate and expand a number of social services. Hospital and other institutional building was a key to holding up second quarter building figures. The general contractor for this project will be Carlin Atlas of New Rochelle. Schunkewitz, Taranto & DiPaoloa is the architect for the project. The Office of Irwin G. Cantor, P.G. will serve as the structural engineer. $1 Billion earmarked for L.A. project After a nearly five month scrutiny of five proposals from some of the largest developers in North America, Bunker Hill Associates of Los Angeles, Calif. has been given the nod to move ahead on the $1 billion Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project for L.A.‘s downtown com- munity. Bunker Hill received the exclusive right to negotiate with the Community Redevelopment Agency for the completion of the project. The firm and its parent com- panies comprise a development team with assets over $3 billion at cost. Their 1979 revenues were close to $1 billion. The project architects will be Arthur Erikson Associates and two L.A. firms: Kamnitzer Cotton Vreeland and Gruen Associates. Highlights of the plan include a new museum of modern art, a home for the Bella Lewitsky Dance company, parkland, a perfor- mance center, a cinemaplex, a 400-room Four Seasons Hotel and three office skyscrapers. McEntee heads $140 million casino project Frank McEntee has been elected as a’ vice president and project manager for Frank Briscoe’s national construction company, headquartered in New Jersey. McEntee heads the company’s operations in the construction of a new $140 million casino and hotel complex in Atlanta City. The hotel complex is to be built for Claridge Ltd. He previously directed the construction of the casino for Resorts International and the subsequent expansion of that facility, the first of the new casino facilities in Atlantic City. The Briscoe firm is providing general construction work and construction management for the new Claridge Ltd. project. Sports center includes courts for racquetball Racquetball remains one of the fastest growing of all sports, and the construction of facilities has proven to be a boost to the business income of the wall and ceiling industry. The New Mexico Military Academy’s new gymnasium (photo) will include four courts. Myron Roderick, president of Sports Unlimited, reports that a W. W. Henry product was used to meet various adhesive needs for the work his company is do- ing to complete the racquetball courts. Henry’s Product No. 217 was used for adhesion of wall and ceiling panels and was also used successfully for bonding of subsurfaces. Roderick says it has used the Henry product on the in- stallation of 1,300 courts from coast to coast. The ma- jor advantages of the product cited were its toughness and its resistance to moisture and changes in temperature. Walls and ceilings in racquetball must be able to withstand impacts of up to 100 mph. 6 Construction Dimensions September, 1980