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Award: Extension of the metro
Value: 1.02 billion dollars
Location: New York City
Customer: Metropolitan Transit Authority
A joint venture of three major construction firms will provide design and construction services on a $1.02 billion subway extension project in New York City.
The Metropolitan Transport Authority selected Skanska, Traylor Bros and Walsh Construction for Phase II of the Segona Avinguda subway Project, according to an announcement Monday by Stockholm-based Skanska.
The transit project will extend the Q Line into Harlem and East Harlem and add new stations at 106th Street and 116th Street at Second Avenue. A terminal station at 125th Street and Lexington Avenue will serve as a transfer point for the 4/5/6 and Metro-North lines.
When completed, the Second Avenue subway will have a continuous two-track corridor from 125th Street to Lower Manhattan.
The scope of the project includes:
- Design and construction of new subway station structural shells between 105th Street and 110th Street for a future station at 106th Street.
- Construction of structural links with existing tunnels.
- Excavation and earthmoving support.
- Installation of road covers to maintain existing traffic.
- Construction of structures at level and below ground for two station entrances.
- Support and reconstruction of public services.
Design services for Phase II will be led by London-based engineering firm Mott MacDonald.
This isn’t the first trip for Skanska’s trio of Evansville, Indiana-based Traylor and Chicago-based Walsh. The joint venture partners won another megaproject, the $1.29 billion design-bid-build Hudson Tunnel contract, in April.
Skanska’s part of the contract it is worth $498 million, according to the firm. The contractor previously built Phase I of the project with partners Walnut, Calif.-based JF Shea Construction and Secaucus, New Jersey-based Schiavone Construction. This phase, delivered in 2017, extended service from 63rd Street to 96th Street.
Skanska has accumulated victories in rail infrastructure in and around the Big Apple. Last month, Penn Transportation Partners, a team consisting of Halmar and Skanska, won the role of lead developer of the $8 billion renovation of Penn Station.
Construction of Phase II is expected to reach substantial completion in the third quarter of 2030, according to Skanska’s statement.
