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Ingersoll boiler replacement
October 2021 

NYCHA’s Capital Projects Roundup: October

Vincent Echavaria

In October, NYCHA’s Capital Projects Division (CPD) completed two projects that will bring improved heating systems for residents and parking access for persons with disabilities, as well as two other projects to restore gas service to 79 apartments in the Bronx and 60 apartments in Manhattan.   

CPD oversees more than $1 billion in construction projects across the Authority’s portfolio that are funded with federal, State, and City investments. The department works to preserve and modernize public housing for NYCHA residents through professional design and construction services that are carried out efficiently and with the highest degree of safety and quality. 

On October 1, NYCHA completed the replacement of eight existing boilers at two separate heating plants at Ingersoll Houses in Brooklyn. The $14.7 million federally funded project involved the replacement of all associated equipment, including piping, breeching, control systems, burner control panels, and the master control panel.  

The replacement of boilers at Brooklyn’s Ingersoll Houses will allow for improved heating services for residents in time for winter.

Residents with disabilities now have enhanced access in parking lots at Manhattan’s Robinson Houses thanks to a restoration project that was completed on October 7. As part of the project work, crews replaced concrete and asphalt and installed new curbs, ramps, accessibility signage, and pavement markings. The $43,000 project was funded by a federal grant.  

A federally funded restoration project created enhanced parking lot access for persons with disabilities at Robinson Houses.

Also in October, CPD completed the replacement of gas mains and risers, including all valves, in 11 buildings at Patterson Houses in the Bronx. All 15 buildings at the development have now received fully restored service, after some replacement work for gas mains and risers was performed under previous contracts. The $8.6 million project was funded by a federal grant.   

The Capital Projects Division replaced gas mains and risers to restore service to residents at Patterson Houses.

In another completed gas riser restoration project, CPD replaced some exposed gas line piping at Vladeck Houses in Manhattan. Work included core drilling for new pipe installations to restore service. In addition, crews replaced horizontal gas piping in the basement and crawl spaces, as well as piping and meter bars in the gas meter room. The work was performed as part of Local Law 152, which requires periodic inspection of gas piping systems. A federal grant funded the $450,000 project.  

As part of a gas service restoration project at Vladeck Houses, horizontal piping was replaced in the basement and crawl spaces.