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Rhenus & Cimolai Architectural

Rhenus helps Cimolai Architectural complete two landmark buildings in New York City - the highest observation deck in the Western Hemisphere, Edge, and a three-story retractable roof covering New York´s new cultural center, The Shed.

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About Cimolai Architectural

About Cimolai Architectural

 

  • In the summer of 2018, Cimolai Architectural, a façade subsidiary of Cimolai Holding, began work on one of the most high-profile construction projects in the world, Hudson Yards in New York.
  • Design and engineering specialists, Cimolai Architectural, would be responsible for the glass facades of two new landmark buildings in the heart of Manhattan’s rapidly changing West Side.
The Logistics Challenge
Rhenus & Cimolai Architectural

The Logistics Challenge

For Cimolai Architectural, the project represented both a tremendous opportunity, and a complex challenge. Based in the northeast of Italy, this development would require them to transport eighty 40ft shipping containers filled with prefabricated custom-made parts from Europe to the United States.
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Choosing Rhenus

  • Cimolai Architectural needed a logistics specialist that could provide full flexibility and meet specific requirements, including the coverage of the entire European supply chain during the almost two-year life span of the project. 
  • With Rhenus they had a partner that would act as a single point of contact, and who was agile and flexible enough to handle any supply chain challenges that arose.

Quote: Alessandro Zanon

IT WAS A BIG OPERATION BUT RHENUS' ATTENTION TO DETAILS WAS TRULY AMAZING.

Alessandro Zanon
Alessandro Zanon Project Manager @ Cimolai Architectural

SHORT FACTS

COMPLEX PLANNING, PROVEN EXPERTISE, AND ACTIVE SUPERVISION

"Big enough to handle, small enough to care" 80 large prefabricated bespoke elements including a curtain wall that needed to be transported from Italy to the USA pushed Rhenus to come up with contingency plans and be fully vigilant throughout the entire supply chain.

FLEXIBILITY IN OPERATIONS

Rhenus has the scale and scope to cover the entire European supply chain and provide feet on the ground in the USA to support its operations in New York. This enabled Rhenus to come up with solutions for various challenges that arose  such as trucking regulations within the city, customs holdups, traceability, etc.

RELIABLE DELIVERY

The restrictive NYC regulations regarding movement of construction materials meant that the trucks would only be allowed inside the city at night and would have to navigate narrow streets. These just-in-time deliveries through the night meant Rhenus needed to supply a local storage warehouse and drivers capable of fulfilling those demands.

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