Alfred E. Smith Building Rehabilitation Planned

The historic Alfred E. Smith building in Albany, N.Y. is slated for rehabilitation by New York architecture and engineering firm WASA. Built between 1926 and 1930, the 32-story Smith building is on the National Register of Historic Places. Under the aegis of the State Office of General Services of New York, the comprehensive $68 million modernization project aims to create a technologically current, energy conscious and flexible office environment in the historic structure. Rehabilitation will include improved lighting, strengthened structural live loads, and an under-floor wiring plan for computer and telecommunication system adaptability. The building will also feature induction units on the perimeter areas zoned by exposure, two fan rooms per floor, and indirect lighting organized along the structural grids. Associate architects Dembling + Dembling of Albany will join WASA on the project, to be completed in January of 2004.