T.G. Nickel & Associates is keeping its business afloat during the economic downturn by diversifying its service offerings and focusing on markets like education that continue to grow. The company specializes in projects for New York City's education sector and is currently constructing a new $50 million, 190,000 square foot residence hall for Queens College. T.G. Nickel is also utilizing prefabricated construction methods for the wall system to reduce costs and speed up construction.
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T.G. Nickel & Associates is keeping its business afloat during the economic downturn by diversifying its service offerings and focusing on markets like education that continue to grow. The company specializes in projects for New York City's education sector and is currently constructing a new $50 million, 190,000 square foot residence hall for Queens College. T.G. Nickel is also utilizing prefabricated construction methods for the wall system to reduce costs and speed up construction.
T.G. Nickel & Associates is keeping its business afloat during the economic downturn by diversifying its service offerings and focusing on markets like education that continue to grow. The company specializes in projects for New York City's education sector and is currently constructing a new $50 million, 190,000 square foot residence hall for Queens College. T.G. Nickel is also utilizing prefabricated construction methods for the wall system to reduce costs and speed up construction.
T.G. Nickel & Associates is keeping its business afloat during the economic downturn by diversifying its service offerings and focusing on markets like education that continue to grow. The company specializes in projects for New York City's education sector and is currently constructing a new $50 million, 190,000 square foot residence hall for Queens College. T.G. Nickel is also utilizing prefabricated construction methods for the wall system to reduce costs and speed up construction.
T.G. Nickel & Associates has completed a variety of projects for New York City’s education market.
Diversity Enables Growth
T.G. Nickel & Associates says it is keeping its head above water during the economic downturn by diversifying its capabilities and serving a variety of markets throughout New York City.
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& Associates says its diverse service offerings – such as its specialty in the education market – will enable it to survive. “Because of the growth in class sizes over the last 10 years, to make the best, most cost-effective choice for the project,” it says. The company is constructing a new 190,000-square-foot res- idence hall for Queens College. The five-story dormitory will hold 540 beds, as well as recreational areas. The $50 million the education market is always going to be in a growth project is expected to be completed in August, Nickel says. mode,” Managing Partner Tom Nickel explains. The facility has a unique structural system that includes a “For some of the first years, we spent time in the education prefabricated exterior wall system. It was completely manu- market doing high schools, and then we shifted to the college factured at an off-site facility and erected in the field, he says. level” when that sector began to grow. “The erection is quick and unique to this area,” he explains. T.G. Nickel is a general contractor that performs con- “We’re trying to be as cost-effective as possible and fabricat- struction management, construction management at-risk, ing the material in a factory is more effec- T.G. Nickel & Associates general contracting and consulting services in New York tive, also from a quality and production www.tgnickel.com City. Nickel founded the company 10 years ago along with point of view.” 2008 revenues: $100 million three other former co-workers from a large, national con- Headquarters: New York City Specialty: Education and resi- struction company, all of whom had prior experience con- Residential Projects dential projects structing high-rise buildings. T.G. Nickel also performs in the residential Tom Nickel, managing part- “[The company] can assist at all phases of a project market, mainly condominium projects. ner: “Because of the popula- tion growth, the education mar- including the upfront planning phase, and can present the The downturn in the housing sector has ket is always going to be in a information necessary in the objective, straightforward for- not strongly impacted the company yet, growth mode.”
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