The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has selected a joint venture of STV Construction Inc. and Turner Construction Co. to provide construction management services for Phase 1 of the Midtown Bus Terminal Replacement Program, including the interim terminal and related storage, assembly and ramp work.
Port Authority materials indicate that the STV-Turner team was selected as the most technically qualified proposer under a federal compliance request for proposals process.
The assignment covers the oversight of an approximately 900,000-square-foot eight-level interim terminal and storage facility and a 500,000-square-foot ramp structure designed to connect directly to the Lincoln Tunnel. The structure will span the Amtrak Empire Corridor and connect the main terminal and interim facilities.
The plans call for wider lanes designed to accommodate modern bus fleets, including double-decker buses, bypass lanes that allow buses to move around disabled vehicles and carriageways that allow buses to change floors and doors without returning to city streets.
The steel-clad facility includes five levels, with capacity for up to 350 buses and about 65,700 square feet of retail space on the street between Ninth and Tenth avenues.
Limited storage capacity often requires buses to idle on Manhattan streets, use surface parking lots, or return empty to New Jersey between travel periods. The new facility is designed to consolidate these functions.
The agreement sets labor rates, but “will not commit the Port Authority to any specific amount/volume of services,” according to board materials. Individual assignments will be ordered and negotiated separately.
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The term of the agreement extends from the third quarter of 2025 to the third quarter of 2030, with two optional one-year extensions.
The scope includes construction coordination, scheduling, inspections, quality assurance and commissioning services.
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In June 2025, the Port Authority authorized Tutor Perini Corp. to deliver core and shell work for the interim terminal and all ramp construction with a guaranteed maximum price agreement. The remaining packages, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, facade and architectural elements, are expected to be procured separately.
Procurement materials identify future areas of work including piles and caissons, excavation, instrumentation and monitoring, structural steel, site utilities, escalators and elevators, and major MEP systems packages.
“This is one of the most complex transportation construction programs in the country and requires disciplined execution from day one, so our goal is to keep the buses moving, protect the community and deliver Phase 1 safely,” said Gus Maimis, deputy project manager for STV’s construction and program management operations group.
Port Authority documents characterize the STV-Turner agreement as a task order agreement that sets labor rates, but does not commit the agency to a specific amount or volume of services. Requests for additional details from Turner and the Port Authority, including staffing assumptions and contract information, were not immediately received.
ENR previously reported that the roughly $10 billion Midtown Bus Terminal Replacement program received a $1.89 billion loan under the Transportation Infrastructure Innovation and Financing Act to support the work on the first phase.
