PROJECT COST: $120 million Not even the most ardent preservationist could argue in favor of keeping the confounding maze of six stations and 12 subway lines that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is reshaping into the Fulton Street Transit Center in downtown Manhattan. One of the more prosaic portions of the multi-year, $1.4 billion effort also happens to be one of its most transformative - a $120 million contract awarded last summer to reconstruct the mezzanine and platform levels of the Broadway-Nassau Street Station for the A and C lines and to upgrade the elevators and stairs for the Nassau Street
PROJECT COST: $198 Million Consolidating the two campuses of Gateway Community College - the Long Wharf campus in New Haven and another in North Haven, Conn., began last December with the $140 million construction of a single downtown New Haven campus, scheduled to finish in May 2012. Although the project owner, the Connecticut Department of Public Works, has budgeted $198 million for the overall project, the actual construction cost is $140 million. Rendering Courtesy of Gilbane Construction Co. Gateway Community College Consolidation/Relocation Related Links: Top Projects 2009 The new campus will occupy two city blocks where landmark department stores Macy's
PROJECT COST: $150 million An often-cited benefit of the growth in commuter rail travel has been the opportunity to create economically vibrant transit-oriented developments clustered around stations. The new Gateway Transit Village not only creates this kind of pedestrian-friendly opportunity for downtown New Brunswick, but also provides a long-needed connection between the city's busy Northeast Corridor rail platform and the historic East End entrance to Rutgers University. Photo courtesy of EE&K Architects Gateway Transit Village Related Links: Top Projects 2009 Prominently located on a previously underutilized 1.2-acre site at the end of College Avenue, the 625,000 sq ft, 22-story mixed-use
PROJECT COST: $376.3 Million There are few things in life more frustrating being stuck in a plane, on the tarmac and being told your flight is delayed. Photo courtesy of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey John F. Kennedy International Airport Runway Reconstruction Related Links: Top Projects 2009 JFK Airport, one of the busiest in the country, is taking a major step to alleviate this nuisance by reconstructing and expanding its busiest runway. The Bay Runway, otherwise known as Runway 13-31, which handles around half of all JFK traffic, will be widened from 150 to 200 feet along
PROJECT COST: $291 Million The $291 million Kaleida Health-University at Buffalo clinical and medical research building will bring the health system's Global Heart and Vascular Institute under the same roof with the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine's Clinical and Translational Research Center and Biosciences Incubator. Photo: Cannon Design Kaleida Health-University at Buffalo Related Links: Top Projects 2009 The "construction project is a clear example of a win-win public-private partnership," says David Dunn, vice president for health services at the University at Buffalo (UB). "Both entities-New York State and a $1.2 billion per annum not-for-profit-are saving
PROJECT COST: $390 Million Construction of a new $390 million Moses Wheeler Bridge, which carries I-95 over the Housatonic River between the Connecticut towns of Stratford and Milford, is moving ahead after general contractor, Torrington, CT-based O&G Industries started work last September on the first of a two-phase project. The planned 14-span structure, replacing the original bridge from the mid-1950s, is expected to take six years to complete with a 2016 finish date. Photo Courtesy of HNTB Corp. Moses Wheeler Bridge Replacement Related Links: Top Projects 2009 The contract for phase two, which includes construction of the actual 3,200-ft. superstructure,
PROJECT COST: $2.7 Billion The $2.7 billion New Jersey Turnpike Interchange 6 to 9 Widening Program will increase capacity along a 35-mi section of the highway in Central New Jersey, expanding the road to 12 lanes and modifying four interchanges for smother traffic flow. Photo: AECOM N.J. Turnpike Interchange 6-9 Widening Related Links: Top Projects 2009 "We hope to eliminate the congestion that exists today," says Rich Raczynski, chief engineer with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority in Woodbridge, N.J. "And we will be relieving congestion on parallel highways and state roads, because a lot of people exit the Turnpike to
PROJECT COST: $656 million In a few years, after completing two phases and about $1.5 billion worth of construction, New York Policy Academy cadets will miss one major element of today's training experience - the nomadic commute to facilities scattered all over the city. The multi-year project will consolidate operations to one 35-acre campus in the College Point section of Queens. Rendering courtesy of Perkins+Will, Consulting Architect: Michael Fieldman Architects New York City Police Academy Related Links: Top Projects 2009 The first phase - a $656 million effort constructing an eight-story academic building, a physical training facility, and a central
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