Beacon Tower Condominiums
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Category: Acoustic
Performance: STC 56+
Application: New construction
SCW Model Series: SCW940-A9 Horizontal Rolling windows, SCW960 and SCW660 Fixed windows
Design-build new construction high-rise residential tower in Brooklyn’s DUMBO area. The building is located at the noisy intersection of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Manhattan Bridge Overpass. The windows were designed to meet very specific Transmission Loss (TL) values. Project-specific window laboratory testing resulted in an extremely quiet, STC 56+ window system.
The real standout was the windows and how you don’t hear the trains go by nor the expressway across the street (A+++) It was amazing… Condo Buyer’s Blog Entry dumbonyc.com
Project Scope: 446 operable windows, 487 fixed windows, and 22 terrace doors
Customer: Alisa Construction
Architect: Cetra / Ruddy, Inc., New York, NY
Consultant: Shen Milsom Wilke, New York, NY
