New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded a $193.8 million contract to Judlau Contracting Inc., to rehabilitate the South Ferry station at the tip of lower Manhattan and fortify it from extreme flooding.
The MTA's New York City Transit unit had previously awarded a contract and work has been completed to remove all damaged finishes and equipment from the South Ferry station. NYC Transit has also implemented interim measures to protect the station from a storm surge, including emergency egress bulkheads at station entrances.
In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy sent 15 million gallons of salt water into South Ferry, which serves the No. 1 line and sits below the water table, Three years earlier, the authority spent $600 million on a remodeling. Sandy destroyed all electrical and mechanical systems and components and filling the entire structure from the track level to the mezzanine, a depth of 80 feet. The flood water, a mix of seawater, sewerage, and debris, caused extensive damage to the station and critical equipment and prompted MTA officials to reopen the old South Ferry station.
The 31-month contract includes leak mitigation, replacement of track, mechanical, electrical, signal, and communications equipment, as well as ceiling and wall panels and other damaged assets.
The project will incorporate strategies to protect NYCT's property, equipment and employees from future flooding. Resiliency measures will protect components of the underground station, including electrical and traction power equipment, mechanical systems, plumbing fixtures, communications equipment, and instrumentation/control devices and will include retractable flood doors at the station entrances. Other entry points for water such as vents, manholes and hatches, conduits, and ducts will also be hardened.
