MEMBERS AT WORK
BAC Plays Key Role in Expansion Efforts for New York’s Iconic Penn Station
J
oe Bond still remembers the little voice inside his head that continually repeated the call to arms his team was asked to follow every day as they headed to their jobsite on 31st and 33rd streets between 8th
and 9th avenues in New York City. “The time slots are the time slots— stick to the schedule.” As a foreman for BAC signatory contractor Miller Druck Specialty Contracting, and Tile Mechanic
A view of Penn Station from the 6th Ave in 1912.
Today’s Penn Station from the 6th Ave.
of BAC Local 7 New York/New Jersey, Bond oversaw a crew that worked seven days a week on Moynihan Train Hall—the monumental civic project that connects the architectural past through adaptive reuse of the existing, nearly abandoned, James A. Farley Building. With 25 BAC members on the weekdays and 35 on the weekends, Bond’s team was tasked with strictly adhering to the schedule, including daily deliveries that started at 5:30 a.m. and ended at 7:30 a.m. sharp.
BAC Local 7 NY/NJ members in four lifts starting from left, Marble Mechanic Christopher Nolan Sr., Marble Apprentice Alec Beahm, Marble Finisher Wayne Bernard, Marble Mechanic Darvil Sheshi, Marble Finisher Karamo Yock, Marble Mechanic Abdul Noory, Marble Finisher Moustapha Yock, and Marble Mechanic Grzegorz Kurdziel. ISSUE 2, 2021 // 3
