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Award: Replacement of the bridge
Value: 1 billion dollars
Location: Boston, Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts
Customer: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority used Skanska for a major civil construction project in three cities, according to a company press release.
Skanska ensured a $1 billion design-build contract to replace a key railroad bridge and modernize the associated track and signal systems in the Boston area, according to a company announcement.
The project will replace Draw One North Station’s existing 1930s-era bascule bridges with new vertical lift spans and will also support the addition of a new F platform at North Station. The work will be done in Boston, Cambridge and Somerville, according to the release.
The scope includes improvements to the approach trestles and also the construction of a new control facility for Tower A. The Sweden-based contractor will also improve integrated track, signal and positive train control upgrades.
Once completed, the project will expand rail capacity across the Charles River from four tracks to six, according to the May 6 release. Team Skanska plans to use it alternative technical concepts to reduce water work and simplify staging, while minimizing service disruptions for the more than 100,000 daily riders who rely on the MBTA’s northern network. ATCs, which are primarily used in design-build projects, allow contractors to offer solutions equal to or better than those specified in the original RFP.
Skanska is no stranger to bridge work. In February, the company won a $534 million contract, along with California Engineering Contractors, to rehabilitate the bridge. deck for the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles. Skanska said its share of that contract was $320 million.
Skanska expects to begin construction activity on the Massachusetts projects this month and is targeting completion by the fall of 2032.
