WOBURN, MA – The United Nations and Skanska Construction announced today that Wing Inc. – Specialty Trades will perform the demolition and abatement on the Dag Hammarskjöld Library in New York as part of the $1.6 billion Campus Master Plan renovation of the entire United Nations complex in Manhattan.
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is part of the United Nations headquarters and is connected to the Secretariat and conference buildings through ground level and underground corridors. It is named after Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library was founded with the United Nations in 1946. It was originally called the United Nations Library, later the United Nations International Library. In the late 1950s the Ford Foundation gave a grant to the United Nations for the construction of a new library building. Dr. Hammarskjöld was instrumental in securing the funding for the new building. The new building was dedicated on November 16, 1961 just after Dr. Hammarskjöld's death, and was renamed in his honor.
Wing Inc. – Specialty Trades, headquartered in Woburn, MA is a privately held environmental remediation contractor. Established in 2001, Wing has grown into the east coast’s leading environmental remediation services company, providing technical expertise and experience coupled with state-of-the-art equipment and unparalleled resources to ensure safety, service and excellence.
The key to the success of Wing and the key to the success of Wing’s projects are its personnel. Ron Mulcahey, the principal shareholder has been employed, managed, owned or operated companies in the environmental industry since 1986. Wing was started on the premise of limiting its client base to a few well chosen clients in the New England area, who worked with Wing’s personnel on previous projects and knew the level of attention they would receive. Wing has since grown from a small start-up and is now performing the same quality work for clients throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the US.
Wing performs environmental remediation services for both the public and private sector, including major Airports, Hospitals, Educational Institutions, Office Buildings, Industrial / Commercial and Residential facilities. Services include: Environmental (asbestos, lead and mold abatement); Fireproofing (spray application of fire resistive, acoustical and thermal spray products); Demolition (industrial, emergency, and selective or strip out work); and Restoration (fire, smoke, flood and mold restoration).
Founded in 1877, Skanska, the construction manager of the UN CMP, is a multinational construction and development company based in Sweden. Skanska operates in four business streams; construction, residential development, commercial development and infrastructure development. Primary markets are the Nordic region, the U.S., United Kingdom, Central Europe and Latin America. The Group’s operations are based on local business units. Generally, the firm has several thousand ongoing projects.
Skanska was the No. 1 "Green Builder" in the United States in 2007 and was ranked No. 3 "Green Contractor" in the United States 2008. Skanska was ranked the 10th largest contractor in the world in 2008 and was the 6th largest contractor in the United States.
In addition to the renovation and addition to the UN building, due to be completed in 2014, Skanska’s other major projects in the United States include the new Meadowlands Stadium (home to the New York Giants and the New York Jets), due to be completed in 2010; the restoration of the World Trade Center ground zero site; the reconstruction of the PATH and New York City Subway; and the creation of a World Trade Centre Transportation Hub, due to be completed in 2014. Skanska is also a member of consortium responsible for the Second Avenue Subway tunneling project, due to be completed in 2016. |
