New York-based Triumph Construction Corp. was awarded a $132 million contract for the first phase of a $2.3 billion flood risk reduction project on Staten Island. Triumph will construct large inland drainage ponds and associated stormwater infrastructure for the South Shore of Staten Island project in South Beach, Staten Island.
The Triumph award, announced July 11, is the first of seven project construction contracts scheduled to begin over the next few years in response to significant damage to the area following Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
According to the US Army Corps of Engineers, which has partnered with the New York City and New York State Department of Environmental Protection to fund the project, the entire project area is increasingly vulnerable to storms, even those considered moderate. “This contract represents an important step in protecting the southern shore of Staten Island from future storm damage,” said Corps of Engineers New York District Commander Alexander Young in a statement.
The entire New York metropolitan area is shoring up its defenses to reduce the risk of flooding, with a variety of projects in various phases of design and construction underway.
Triumph’s initial contract scope of work includes the construction of detention basins, an open channel culvert and stormwater drainage structures such as culverts, junction chambers, sluice gates, weir chambers, sluice gates and entrances for future stormwater connections, as well as the relocation of existing sanitary facilities. sewers
Construction is expected to begin at the end of this summer. Other phases of the project are still in the design phase, the Corps of Engineers’ New York district office said.
