Resorts World Casino NY / Aqueduct Racetrack: Redevelopment

Project facts

Client / owner	NYS Office of General Services w/ New York Racing Association
Location	Queens, NY
Role	Design & construction support consultant
Budget (as published)	$350M
Disciplines	Civil / Site Engineering · Traffic / Transportation Engineering

Overview

Gedeon GRC Consulting performed total design and construction support services for the redevelopment of the Aqueduct Racetrack. Developed and operated by Genting New York, the property is now known as Resorts World Casino New York City; the undertaking involved the construction and implementation of a VLT (Video Lottery Terminal) facility as part of a fast-track revitalization project. Gedeon GRC’s scope covered civil/site engineering design, traffic analysis, MPT and construction staging, and an internal parking analysis for space covering approximately 68 acres of the overall 189-acre project site.

Specific requirements

• Traffic analysis
• Internal circulation study — including parking garage entrance/exit operations and access management — and data collection
• Roadway improvements and traffic signal design, including new roadway design/roadway widening; guide rails and medians; Environmental Assessment Statement (EAS); watershed analysis; storm and sanitary sewers, sewer connections and water mains; grading and drainage; sidewalks; pavement marking; signage; site lighting; landscape/streetscape design; roadway geometric design; pedestrian crossings; MPT; and wayfinding signs
• Pedestrian bridge

Agency coordination

The work involved coordinating with several agencies, including NYCDOT; the MTA, to define the stairway and platform limits from the “A” train connection to the casino’s pedestrian bridge; NYCDEP; FDNY; PANYNJ; and other private utility companies — together with construction administration.

Services applied

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