A JV of Granite Construction Northeast, Traylor Bros and Frontier-Kemper Constructors is to build the Queens bored tunnels and associated structures for the East Side Access (ESA) project underway in New York.
The US$659.2M contract for Contract CQ031 was awarded to the JV by the Capital Construction Dept of the city’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
Tunnelling works involve using a pair of TBMs to drive four tubes with a combined length of just over 3km below a rail storage yard in Queens. The package, including excavation of three emergency exit structures and other works, is expected to take 42 months.
Approximately 44%, or US$291.5M, of the contract value is being funded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The funds include US$132.2M from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
ESA will link the Main and Port Washington lines of Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), in Queens, to its new terminal being excavated below Grand Central station, in Manhattan.
