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| Skanska to construct new PATH station in New York Swedish building giant Skanska, in a joint venture with Granite Construction, a Watsonville, California-based builder, has been awarded a USD 542 M contract to construct the new PATH station at the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. Skanska's share of the contract is 80 percent, corresponding to USD 434 M, approximately SEK 3.1 billion, which will be included in order bookings for the first quarter. The customer is the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. PATH is the Port Authority's commuter rail system, which connects New Jersey to downtown Manhattan. The joint-venture partnership is responsible for placement of all cast-in-place concrete to construct the new station platforms 36 feet below and immediately west of New York City Transit's (NYCT) No. 1 Subway Line structural box. Structural steel and precast concrete work was awarded under a separate contract to a different contractor. The concrete roof also will form the plaza to the east of the new WTC Memorial. The mezzanine of the new station will connect to the future transit hall to the east, which will facilitate connections to NYCT trains. The WTC station is the busiest in the PATH system. Since work will take place around fully-operational PATH trains, a complex plan to sequence relocation and reconstruction of the existing platforms (A thru C) and tracks (1 thru 5) is required. A new fourth Platform D is being added to accommodate future service needs. Work on the project will begin this month and is scheduled for completion in May 2014. Both Skanska USA Civil and Skanska USA Building will take part in the implementation of the project with a 50 percent and 30 percent share respectively of the total contract amount. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |