Award: Bridge replacement
Value: $1 billion
Location: Boston, Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts
Client: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority tapped Skanska for a major civil construction project across three cities, according to a company news release.
Skanska secured a $1 billion design-build contract to replace a key rail bridge and modernize associated track and signal systems across the Boston area, according to a company announcement.
The project will replace the existing 1930-era North Station Draw One bascule bridges with new vertical lift spans, and will also support the addition of a new Platform F at North Station. Work will occur in Boston, Cambridge and Somerville, according to the release.
Scope includes upgrades to approach trestles and the construction of a new Tower A control facility as well. The Sweden-based contractor will also enhance integrated track, signal and positive train control upgrades.
Once complete, the project will expand rail capacity across the Charles River from four tracks to six, per the May 6 release. The Skanska team plans to use alternative technical concepts to reduce in-water work and simplify staging, all while minimizing service disruptions for the more than 100,000 daily riders who rely on the MBTA’s northside network. ATCs, which are primarily used on design-build projects, allow contractors to provide solutions equal to or better than those specified in the original RFP.
Skanska is no stranger to bridge work. In February, the firm landed a $534 million contract, alongside California Engineering Contractors, to rehabilitate the bridge deck for the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles. Skanska said its share of that contract was $320 million.
Skanska expects to start construction activity on the Massachusetts projects this month and targets completion for the fall of 2032.
