The attacks of September 11th, 2001 forced NYMEX to suspend operations at its headquarters at the World Financial Center for four days and caused the destruction of the trading floor of its sister institution, the New York Board of Trade. To prevent such interruptions in the future, the Exchange decided to create a duplicate trading facility in a location removed from Manhattan. In a joint venture with Peter Skujins Architect PC, Stonehill & Taylor designed the ¾ acre trading floor with 10 open-outcry trading rings, 700 booths, 2,000 telephones, and back-up facilities such as generator and duplicate computer rooms, permitting operations to resume at the DRS immediately upon any suspension of activities at the headquarters facility.










NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE DISASTER RECOVERY SITE
New York Mercantile Exchange
New York, NY
The attacks of September 11th, 2001 forced NYMEX to suspend operations at its headquarters at the World Financial Center for four days and caused the destruction of the trading floor of its sister institution, the New York Board of Trade. To prevent such interruptions in the future, the Exchange decided to create a duplicate trading facility in a location removed from Manhattan. In a joint venture with Peter Skujins Architect PC, Stonehill & Taylor designed the ¾ acre trading floor with 10 open-outcry trading rings, 700 booths, 2,000 telephones, and back-up facilities such as generator and duplicate computer rooms, permitting operations to resume at the DRS immediately upon any suspension of activities at the headquarters facility.