New York’s MTA awards contract to build Second Avenue Subway Station at 86th Street

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York awarded a contract to excavate the cavern that will house the 86th Street Station of the Second Avenue Subway and build the station's basic structure. The contract, valued at $301 million, was awarded to a joint venture of Skanska USA and Traylor Bros Inc. In addition to excavating the bedrock cavern that will house the station, the contractors will install the cavern's concrete structural lining. They will also perform utility work and underpin existing buildings that are adjacent to the work site. Construction will begin this month and the work is scheduled to be completed in the fall 2014. "With this award we move one step closer to making the Second Avenue Subway a reality for our customers," said Michael Horodniceanu, president of MTA Capital Construction.