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The document summarizes a project by Judlau to construct a new ferry terminal station for the 1 subway line in Lower Manhattan. The $400 million project will connect to the existing 7th Avenue line and accommodate two full trains. It will include new track, lighting, plumbing, tiles, and air conditioning systems. Judlau's portion involves installing over 1,600 feet of track infrastructure. The project aims to improve capacity, reliability, and accessibility, and is scheduled for completion in February 2009.

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The document summarizes a project by Judlau to construct a new ferry terminal station for the 1 subway line in Lower Manhattan. The $400 million project will connect to the existing 7th Avenue line and accommodate two full trains. It will include new track, lighting, plumbing, tiles, and air conditioning systems. Judlau's portion involves installing over 1,600 feet of track infrastructure. The project aims to improve capacity, reliability, and accessibility, and is scheduled for completion in February 2009.

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Ferry Terminal project for the 1 Subway and ventilation,” the company says. impact on the community,” Judlau says.
Line. When finished, Judlau says, the new “This new track will be connected to the “A selection committee reviewed submit-
terminal will be located underneath Lower existing 7th Avenue Line at the northern ted projects based on several criteria,
Manhattan and adjacent to Battery Park portion of the structural box now being including unique design or construction
and the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. The constructed underneath Battery Park,” elements, innovative solutions, efficient
new station will accommodate two full- Judlau says. In addition, at the southern and effective planning and execution,
size trains, allowing for all 10 of each end, the company will provide: and broader economic impact.”
train’s compartments to open. It has ■ New lighting

three entrances, seven escalators and ■ Plumbing Ahead of Schedule


two elevators. ■ Floor and wall tiles Since its start, Judlau says it has been
“The $400 million project will correct ■ Artwork installation strongly active in bridge reconstruction,
existing deficiencies, which limit train ■ Air conditioning and exhaust systems rehabilitation and new construction. For
capacity and reduce subway reliability ■ Seven escalators and two elevators these projects, “The company has repeated-
for millions of customers each year,” ■ Token booths ly reintroduced significant engineering
Judlau says. “The new station will reduce innovations – such as pre-fabricated struc-
the length of customer travel times, pro- Award-Winning Work tures – that save time and benefit both
vide additional station entrances with This October, the company reported that owner and contractor,” the company says.
disability accessibility, and will offer a Real Estate & Construction Review maga- “Judlau’s project management teams
new free transfer between the 1 line and zine selected the South Ferry Terminal [use] its time-tested experience to approach
the R and W lines at Whitehall Street.” project as a Building of America award a new project from all sides, thoroughly
The project is estimated to be completed winner in the New York Tri-State area. analyze the challenges at hand, reconfigure
in February 2009. The terminal was named along with two staging if necessary and deliver excellence
Judlau’s portion of the project includes other Judlau projects, the Myrtle-Wycoff – often ahead of schedule,” the compa-
the installation of materials and equip- Station Complex and the Jerome Avenue ny says. “Working in all five boroughs [of
ment for more than 1,600 feet of track IRT Signal System. New York City], Judlau has contributed
leading to the terminal station. “This The three were “cited as the region’s to the construction and rehabilitation of
includes all new power, signals, commu- most innovative, unique and challenging more than 40 steel, concrete and tempo-
nications, tunnel lighting, rails and ties, projects, and [for] making a positive rary bridges.” ■

FEBRUARY 2009 ■ WWW.CONSTRUCTION-TODAY.COM ■ 203

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