Skanska gets MTA subway station contract
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefSkanska said Thursday it has signed a contract to build the Second Avenue Subway line’s 86th Street Station in Manhattan. The project is a joint venture between Skanska and Traylor Bros. Inc., with a 70% share awarded to Skanska worth $210 million, the company said.
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority anticipates construction beginning this month, with work scheduled for completion in the fall of 2014.
Skanska says the project includes drill and blast rock cavern excavation for the future 86th Street Station on the Second Avenue Subway line as well as installing the concrete structural lining.
The job also involves extensive demolition work, support of excavation, utility work, and the underpinning of existing buildings that are adjacent to the work site.
“Skanska and the MTA have a long and successful history of working together to build, renovate and improve New York City’s transit system,” said Michael Viggiano, executive vice president, Skanska USA Civil Northeast. “We are excited to build yet another major project with our MTA partners, one with historical significance. New Yorkers will soon have subway service on the Upper East Side which will reduce overcrowding and delays on the Lexington Avenue line.”
Skanska is also part of the joint venture that is building the tunnels of Phase 1 of the legendary Second Avenue Subway line, proposed for decades but only now taking concrete shape in any cohesive fashion. Phase 1, with new stations at 72nd Street, 86th Street and 96th Street on Manhattan’s East Side, will connect with existing subway lines at 63rd Street.
It is scheduled to open for service in December 2016, though recent evaluations offered by the Federal Transit Administration cast doubt on MTA’s ability to adhere to that target date.
