Skanska builds World Trade Center train station
Swedish construction and civil engineering group Skanska said Wednesday it had won a 434-million-dollar (318-million-euro) contract to help build the commuter train station at the site of the World Trade Center in New York.
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Skanska had been awarded 80 percent of a contract to build the concrete structure of a new PATH commuter train station at the site where two hijacked airliners brought down the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, killing 2,752 people.
"The construction of the new PATH station will play a significant role in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site," senior Skanska executive Mike McNally said in a statement.
The customer, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, had granted the remainder of the total 542-million-dollar contract to Granite Construction, Skanska said.
The two companies would be responsible for placing "cast-in-place concrete" to build four new platforms 36 feet (11 metres) below ground, the Swedish company said, adding that construction would begin next month and should be completed in 2014.
Last Updated (Thursday, 18 March 2010 11:08)
