Skanska has secured a contract from the New York City Department of Transportation to reconstruct and restore the Williamsburg Bridge.
The contract, valued at $150m (SEK1.5bn), will be added by Skanska to its US order bookings for the third quarter of this year.
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Under the contract terms, Skanska will have to undertake structural steel repairs across the bridge superstructure, inclusive of floor beam repairs; a transit hanger retrofit and temporary jacking system; gusset plate repairs, truss bottom chord repairs; top and bottom lateral bracing reinforcement; overhead truss diagonal replacements; intermediate towers repairs and transit stringer repairs.
Work on this contract will commence this month.
The project is anticipated to complete in December 2025.
Earlier this week, the company and its JV partner Railroad Construction Company signed a contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to undertake improvement works at subway stations in New York.
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By GlobalDataSkanska’s share of the contract is valued at $150m, (SEK1.5bn).
This deal will be registered by Skanska in the US order bookings for the third quarter of this year.
Skanska will be responsible to improve the Flushing Line, including undertaking repairs at the 61st Street-Woodside station, repairs between 48th Street and 72nd Street in Queens, and replacing current elevators at the 61st Street-Woodside station and the 74th Street Broadway station.
Work started in September 2022 and is anticipated to finish in May 2025.
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