The Hudson County Correctional Facility project, completed by TAK in 2006, added a new medium-security 6-story, 110,000sf dormitory building connected to the existing Kearny facility to house 512 new inmates. The building includes a new kitchen facility to service the overall 2,000 inmate population. The post-tensioned concrete structure with a 30year Hyperlast IRMA roof (inverted roofing membrane assembly) includes state-of-the-art security and communications systems. The inmate floors include two bunk and living areas with a common outdoor recreation area.

Completed in early 2000 and located in the heart of Union City, New Jersey, the Manhattan View Nursing Facility houses 110 patients and a day care center for the elderly. The building is five-stories above grade with a partial basement and includes state-of-the-art care technology and equipment.

The construction included extensive blasting of rock and shoring of major thoroughfares into the Lincoln Tunnel. The building is structural steel framing with EPDM roof and an exterior EIFS wall finish system. TAK overcame the constraints of the site’s location and coordinated daily with material suppliers and subcontractors to accommodate work in this confined space.

TAK successfully completed construction on this 117,100 sf adult residence and care facility in Toms River, New Jersey in 1999. The facility consists of a community center and six residential wings each housing twenty-eight living units. The building construction is structural steel framing with composite floor deck. The centralized community center features a two-story high meeting room with rows of windows just below the pre-engineered roof truss level to allow for a very aesthetically pleasing and open atmosphere.

Construction Features
The community center features a large meeting room with dance floor, two separate dining rooms with a full service kitchen, a library with sun room, a beauty salon, arts and crafts room, general store, TV room, gardens, administrative and medical offices and support and storage areas. The six, two-story residential wings each include twenty eight units and surround the community center.

Electrical and mechanical installations included a nurse’s call communication system, card access system, telephone access system, fire alarm and sprinkler systems, emergency generator, time clock for exterior, HVAC system, packaged terminal AC units, hot water heaters and storage tank, and surveillance equipment. The exterior is a combination of vinyl siding, brick and stucco finishes. The lot required major site work including two retention basins, a retaining wall and extensive landscaping.

This community project produced a new state-of-the-art adult residence facility while maintaining its aesthetically pleasing and open atmosphere for all to enjoy!

TAK successfully completed this 5-story, 98 room Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites located on a 1.9 acre site in Carlstadt, New Jersey. The construction included extensive pile foundations, structural steel framing, EIFS exterior and a wood truss roof.

The hotel features standard rooms to king suites with jacuzzi rooms. It also features a heated pool, state-of-the art technology for business and computer use in the meeting and board rooms, an inviting continental breakfast area, and a double-elevator lobby.

In 2005, TAK completed this 122 suite, 8-story Homewood Suites Hotel situated on the western banks of the Hudson River at The Promenade in Edgewater, New Jersey, overlooking Manhattan. Construction consisted of a Hambro structural floor and wall panel system with EIFS and brick façade. All suites and the business center were wired for high-speed and wireless internet access, two phones with data ports. EMPIRE suites on all upper floors include whirlpool tubs and a fully-equipped kitchen with full size refrigerator, range top, microwave, dishwasher, and coffeemaker. Amenities included an exercise room, Jacuzzi and sauna rooms, fully-equipped business center, dining area with fireplace and fully-functioning kitchen.

In 2002, TAK completed this technologically advanced corporate and training facility on the campus of Mercer County Community College in West Windsor, NJ for the Mercer County Improvement Authority. The 38,000 sf facility consists of a conference-style auditorium with seating for 219, an atrium for holding informal sessions, showcasing exhibits and entertaining social events, a 2-story meeting and break-out classrooms building with high-tech computer training labs, and a food service area. The conference-style auditorium is equipped with the latest technology including individual internet access ports for laptops.

TAK completed this $22 Million Early Childhood Center in Phillipsburg, NJ under the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (NJSSC) in 2005. It is the first new school building dedicated solely to pre-school and kindergarten children under the NJSSC program. The building consists of classrooms designed around the needs of pre-school and kindergarten children, a gymnasium, a media center with computer technology, music and art rooms, a centralized cafetorium and administration areas.

This high-performance school was designed and constructed based on the needs of 3, 4, and 5 year olds with short corridors so that distances between classrooms and common areas were minimized. All classrooms are adjacent to centralized landscaped courtyards enveloped by the building. Energy efficient and environmentally-friendly measures (such as rooftop solar panels) have been designed into the building making it a truly high-performance school of the 21st century.

TAK was awarded the 2005 New Jersey Golden Trowel Award presented by the International Masonry Institute in conjunction with the BAC NJ Locals 4 & 5 for Best in Category – Elementary Schools for its masonry work.

In 2003, TAK was awarded the Belmont-Runyon Elementary School of Performing Arts, Science and Technology as part of a comprehensive urban redevelopment plan for the city of Newark, New Jersey which aims to raise life quality and economic stability in the area. The new pre-K through 5th grade school emphasizes arts, science and technology. It encompasses 116,000 sf and includes science and computer labs, a state-of-the-art media center, auditorium, gymnasium, and a community outreach center.

The site was developed as a park with a a themed landscape with part event space and part educational environment. It includes piano keyboard and filmstrip walkways, saxophone shaped playground, space-themed outdoor amphitheatre and age appropriate and aquatic playgrounds.

TAK successfully turned over the Anthony Wayne Middle School for school opening in August 2005. This new 110,000 sf facility houses 750 students. The building structure consisted of a central structural steel, masonry and brick façade 2-story classroom building with corridor links to the barrel-roofed media center, the gymnasium and the cafetorium with fully-functioning kitchen.

The central classroom building houses the new science labs, science prep rooms, special education rooms, vocal music rooms, and computer rooms in addition to the regular classrooms. Other ammenitites included telescoping gym bleachers, elevators, and a vertical lift.