20 Years Later - Rebuilding the World Trade Center Site

September 21, 2001

Members of the SOCOTEC team, then known as Israel Berger and Associates, arrived on the scene days after the attack to provide emergency response and repairs on buildings surrounding the World Trade Center site. SOCOTEC was involved in more than a dozen projects in the surrounding area and is still working on some of the sites daily.

2001

Within days, the team was approached by Silverstein Properties to assist in insurance related matters on World Trade Center Tower 7 and then worked on the redesign and construction of the first building to be reconstructed on the site. Pictured below is Tower 7 in 2013.

2007

The team was then contracted for the Freedom Tower, now known as One World Trade Center. The 1st photo shows the first steel beam of One World Trade Center rising, and the 2nd photo shows the overall construction site with the starting-to-rise One World Trade Center.

2007

The design team held countless meetings. Pictured below is Marc Weissbach at Silverstein's office.

We have invested more than 30,000 hours since 9/11 on the reconstruction of One World Trade Center alone. Our team has provided building envelope consulting, roofing & waterproofing, and energy & sustainability consulting and monitoring services across the World Trade Center development and adjacent sites. 

2008

SOCOTEC facilitated curtain wall mock-up testing on One World Trade Center.

2010

Over the course of the year, progress continues at the site, visibly noticeable is the Memorial, seen below.

Marc Weissbach, (former) CEO stands inside the World Trade Center Memorial pool. "We are humbled and honored to have been and continue to be involved in the reconstruction of the World Trade Center Site." 

2013  

Jeffrey Somerlot, President, on the 1st photo, signs the base of the One World Trade Center spire on a site visit. 

Lindsey Snogles, seen on the 2nd photo with the spire for One World Trade Center, spent years in fabrication plants and on-site monitoring and assisting through project completion.  Lindsey also spent thousands of hours toward sourcing the marble for One World Trade Center's lobby.

Edward Madocks, (former) Director of Roofing and Waterproofing, shares how much he remembers working outside in the brutal cold of winter, and how despite dealing with weather conditions, "it was such a privilege to work on and be responsible for one of the most iconic buildings of my lifetime...and in history."

2014  

Progress photo of the site. 

2014

Flood mitigation strategies implemented at 7 World Trade.

2016

Progress photo of Tower 3 and finished shots of The Museum, Memorial, Transportation Hub and Tower 4.

© Pavel Bendov for photos 2 & 3 below

2016

Some of our project team had the opportunity to get a semi-private viewing of the completed One World Observatory, pictured in the photos below.  Left to Right: Zachary Nord, Jeffrey Somerlot, Marc Weissbach, James Ostroski, Dan Popadynec and Michael Chen.

Also pictured, the skyline of downtown Manhattan as of April 2016. 

2017

Progress photos of Tower 3, as of September 5th, 2017.

2017

Paver/sidewalk repairs completed at 7 World Trade Center that coincided with some facade repairs.

2018

Skyline of lower Manhattan.

2018

Ribbon cutting ceremony held for 3 WTC.

2019

Completed photo of Tower 3 and Tower 4.

© Pavel Bendov

2021

SOCOTEC is re-involved at One World Trade Center for facade inspection (of the existing building) as part of a cyclical inspection program mandated by PANYNJ.

In addition, we provided House Rig training. Pictured below are Stanford Chan and Joseph Lombardi, part of SOCOTEC's Existing Buildings team.

2023

Aerial shots of the site.

Written by Michelle Maxwell, Marketing Manager