The $8.7 billion East Side Access (ESA) program is one of the largest construction efforts ever undertaken by New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The project involves excavating 2 Tunnels of 25000 feet in length which will be lined with 1.5-foot concrete walls and waterproofing. The project consists of the construction of slurry walls, soil, and rock excavation including the disposal of non-hazardous and hazardous excavated materials and installation of tie-backs and internal bracings such as struts, rock bolts, and shotcrete. The East Side Access project will connect the Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR) Main and Port Washington lines in Queens to a new LIRR terminal beneath Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.

Responsibility:

Jois Construction Management is responsible for providing various construction management-related services on this project. This comprises inspection of multiple shifts TBM operations for two tunnels, inspection of slurry wall construction, concrete work and excavations at the shafts and all other aspects of tunnel construction.

In addition, Jois Construction Management provides Project Control assistance at the Program level. These services include cost control, program/project scheduling, coordination and overseeing force account services, invoice control, reviewing project cost estimates, analyzing claims and value engineering proposals to establish cost implications, and preparing various management reports and presentations.