Port Authority approves $100-million contracts for WTC Transit Hall
Written by jrood
The Port Authority Board of Commissioners approved the first major construction contracts - totaling more than $100 million - for the iconic Santiago Calatrava-designed Transit Hall and Oculus portions of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub.
In the first Transportation
Hub action, the Board approved an $86.6-million contract with Sorbara
Construction Corporation to furnish and install all concrete for floor slabs,
beams and walls to bring the Transit Hall/Oculus area to street level.
The Board also approved a
$19.2-million contract with EIC Associates Inc., to build the foundations for
the Transit Hall/Oculus area, including the installation of rock anchors,
concrete footings and a concrete floor slab.
Port Authority Chairman
Anthony R. Coscia said, "With today’s Board actions, we’ve awarded more than $1
billion in contracts for the Transportation Hub. Once completed, this landmark facility will serve more than
200,000 daily commuters, anchoring the World Trade Center site and a
revitalized Lower Manhattan."
To date, workers have installed
54 Calatrava-designed arches to form the Hub Connector, which links the Hub and
the World Financial Center via an underground passageway. The Hub work also has included:
* The installation of four
massive permanent Calatrava columns weighing about 55 tons that will provide
structural support for the PATH Hall roof. The Calatrava steel is currently in fabrication with
critical sections being shipped over the next two months;
* The substantial
completion of the excavation and mini-pile installation of the eastern half of
the Route 9A underpass that will link the Hub to the World Financial
Center. On the western half,
Brookfield Properties has begun both excavation and caisson installation;
* The continued excavation
work in the underpass areas north and south of the No. 1 subway box that will
support the passageway from the Hub’s mezzanine to the concourse level;
* The erection of several
large precast ductwork sections for the permanent PATH Station’s mezzanine
level.
Earlier this year, the
Board awarded a $542-million contract to Skanska USA Civil Northeast
Inc./Granite Construction Northeast Inc./Skanska USA Building Inc. for
construction of the PATH Hall in the World Trade Center site’s west bathtub. Previously,
the Board awarded a $338.8-million contract to DCM Erectors to furnish,
fabricate and erect more than 22,000 tons of structural steel for the World
Trade Center Transportation Hub.
The following World Trade
Center actions also were authorized by the Board:
* Assignment of a Memorial
Foundation trade contract with Island Diversified Inc., for the fabrication and
installation of all west vent structure panels for the World Trade Center Memorial,
Memorial Museum and World Trade Center infrastructure projects.
* Phase 2 of the World
Trade Center retail project for core and shell design and construction in
portions of the WTC Transportation Hub.
* A project for the
implementation of pre-tenant fit-out work for portions of the World Trade
Center retail within the east bathtub.
* The acceptance of a
partial assignment of Phoenix Constructors’ lease obligations with Trinity
Centre LLC for approximately 29,575 square feet of office space at 115
Broadway.
