The Port Authority of NY & NJ
World Trade Center Report:
A Roadmap Forward
October 3, 2008
Chris Ward
Executive Director
The Port Authority of NY & NJ
World Trade Center Report:
A Roadmap Forward
October 3, 2008
Chris Ward
Executive Director
The Port Authority of NY & NJ
Takeaways
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All 15 Major Issues Resolved
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Tough but Practical Choices Made
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Certainty, Control & Accountability:
Definitively answers what we’re building, who’s
building it, when it will be built, and for how much.
Schedules and budgets correlate to construction
reality on ground. Gives interim milestones so public
can track progress.
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Site Map
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Site Map
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Schedules and Budgets
Completion Dates
Target Date
Probabilistic Date
Budget Estimate
Transportation Hub
4Q 2013
2Q 2014
$3.2 billion
Memorial*
Interim Plaza Turnover (80% deck complete)
4Q 2010
1Q 2011
Complete Plaza Turnover (100% deck complete) 3Q 2011
4Q 2011
Museum Completion
1Q 2013
2Q 2013
One World Trade Center, Freedom Tower
2Q 2013
4Q 2013
$3.1 billion
Greenwich Street
2Q 2012
4Q 2012
$281 million**
Vehicle Security Center
1Q 2012
3Q 2012
$633 million
* Memorial Foundation is in control of this budget
** The budget for Greenwich Street is part of the Hub's overall $3.2 billion budget.
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WTC Transportation Hub
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Redesign Summary
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Design simplified, while retaining iconic vision
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The use of columns and other conventional elements saves
time, money and reduces risk associated with constructability
and schedule
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Deckover solution delivers Memorial Opening for 9/11/11
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Improves transportation benefits
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Design process is complete (3,700 drawings have been
completed) – can finally just build.
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Redesign Summary
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Columns Replace Trusses –> Simplifies Construction
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Simplify Oculus
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From Complex Welds to Conventional Bolts
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Transit Improvement: #1 Line
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Transit Improvement: R/W Lines
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What We’re Buying
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800,000 sq ft Hub will serve 250,000 people/day. Far more than “simply a PATH
station,” it will be a Grand Central Station for Lower Manhattan – the 3rd-largest hub
in NYC – and serve commuters from two states and all five boroughs;
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Before completion, two temporary PATH stations must be built and deconstructed at a
cost of more than $400 million, almost $100 million of which is included in the budget;
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$75 million extra for loss of Hub construction productivity and additional construction
for the deck directly attributable to delivering the Memorial Plaza on 9/11/11;
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$591 million worth of security infrastructure and hardening, given that Hub and retail
space are the only facilities on site that are completely accessible to the public;
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$281 million to build a permanent support (“underpinning”) for the #1 subway line;
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Increased transportation capacity (and secure FTA’s $2.2 billion), construction of 3
extended 10-car platforms, 1 entirely new platform, all ADA-compliant;
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500,000 sq ft of first-class retail and restaurant space to help revitalize the Lower
Manhattan economy (larger than the retail in the Time Warner Center);
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Most integrated underground pedestrian connections in NYC - linking PATH, 13 subway
lines, the BPC Ferry, the Memorial, Towers 1, 2, 3, 4, and the World Financial Center;
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Iconic public space, as opposed to another current Penn Station.
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Memorial
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Deckover Solution – “Build the Roof First”
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WTC Peak Manpower Year-to Year
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1,675
3,631
4,400
4,400
3,200
1,500
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500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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Peak Activity
• 600 trucks per day
• 15 tower and crawler cranes erected
• 176,000 man-hours of work in 2012
• 46,000 tons of steel will be used for One World Trade Center
alone
• 200,000+ commuters through site per day between MTA/PATH
• 101 different contractors and sub-contractors
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Greenwich Street
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Greenwich Street Corridor
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Permanent Support for #1 Line
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Simplifies #1 Subway Construction
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Vehicle Security Center
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VSC
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A Series of Agreements for VSC
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Settled a seven-year old land claim w/St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox
Church that delayed the VSC’s construction;
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Acquired from the FTA full control over the VSC’s design, procurement
and construction, thus removing a layer of federal requirements from
the project;
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More realistic scheduling of abatement and demolition of 130 Liberty
Street;
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A police and security agreement with the City of New York for the
World Trade Center area that will give greater certainty over how the
VSC will interact with the rest of the site’s security plan.
The Port Authority of NY & NJ
World Trade Center Report:
A Roadmap Forward
October 2, 2008
Chris Ward
Executive Director