East Side Access: Manhattan Caverns

One of the largest transportation infrastructure endeavors ever undertaken in the United States, the megaproject will provide new Long Island Rail Road service to Manhattan’s East Side with an eight-track expansion beneath Grand Central Terminal.

EAST SIDE ACCESS: MANHATTAN CAVERNS

Location: Grand Central Terminal, New York, NY
Owner: Metropolitan Transportation Authority Long Island Railroad, New York, NY
Architect, Structural Engineer and Mechanical Engineer: General Engineering
Consultant (GEC), a tri-venture of Parsons Brinckerhoff (now WSP USA),
Parsons Corp., and STV., New York, NY
Program Management Consultant: AECOM, New York, NY
Consultant Construction Management: Jacobs/LiRo Joint Venture, New York, NY
General Contractor: Tutor Perini Corporation, New Rochelle, NY
Structural Steel Erector: Tutor Perini Corporation, New Rochelle, NY
Terminal Structure Precast Concrete Fabricator: The Fort Miller Co., Inc.,
Schuylerville, NY
Terminal Structure Precast Concrete Erector: Tutor Perini Corporation, New Rochelle, NY

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