F.J. Sciame Const. selected as construction manager for project

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, LLC selected F.J. Sciame Construction Company, Inc. as its construction manager for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, a landmark civic project in honor of Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech, designed by the late renowned architect, Louis Kahn. "We are pleased to announce that Sciame has been selected as the construction manager for this noteworthy project, and we are confident they will oversee the skillful execution of the Park as Louis Kahn designed it," said Ambassador William Vanden Heuvel, founder and chair Emeritus of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. When first conceived 35 years ago, the city's financial crisis prevented the project from going forward. Today, renewed interest in the legacy of Franklin Roosevelt and support for the public project is enabling construction to move forward.   Construction of Four Freedoms Park will commence in the summer of 2009. The park is planned to be dedicated during the 2009 General Assembly of the United Nations, with invitations extended to the new President of the United States, world leaders, the Governor, and Mayor. "We are thrilled to have been selected to build this new landmark to grace the New York City landscape. It is a tremendous honor and opportunity to both build a work designed by Louis I. Kahn and honor one of our nation's greatest presidents," said Frank Sciame, chief executive officer F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc.