OHL, via its subsidiary company, Judlau Contracting, has been awarded the contract for the installation of 17 new elevators at eight stations of New York Subway across the five boroughs of the city.
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(24/02/2021)
The company has been awarded this design-build contract valued at $149.3 million (€121.7 million) by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and is part of a plan to modernize the New York City subway system and improve accessibility. In addition, the MTA could exercise a State-of-Good-Repair Option for $3.9 million (€3.21 million), bringing the total value of the project to $153.2 million (around €125 million).
Works
Structural and excavation work to accommodate new elevator installations, electrical power and station communications systems upgrades, relocation of existing public and transit utilities and reconstruction of platform edges, among other tasks, are also included.
The elevators will be installed at elevated and below ground stations in Brooklyn (7th Avenue, Grand Street, Metropolitan Avenue-Lorimer Street); in Queens (Beach 67th Street); in Manhattan (Dyckman Street); in the Bronx (East 149th Street) and in Staten Island (New Dorp).
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