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OHL, through its subsidiary Judlau Contracting, has been awarded a new contract worth 121.7 million euros (149.3 million dollars) in the US, in a design and construction mode.
The project, awarded by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), is part of an ambitious plan to modernize and improve the accessibility of the New York City subway.
Specific, Judlau will install 17 new elevators in eight stations spread over five districts of the city. These are the 7th Avenue, Grand Street, Metropolitan Avenue-Lorimer Street stations in Brooklyn; Beach 67th Street, in Queens; Dyckman Street, in Manhattan; East 149th, in the Bronx; and New Dorp, on Staten Island.
The contract also includes structural and excavation works to accommodate the new elevator installations, the improvement and updating of communications and electrical power systems, the relocation of existing public and transit services, and the reconstruction of edges. platforms, among other tasks, as reported by the company.
What’s more, the MTA reserves a good maintenance option (State-of-Good-Repair Option) for 3.21 million euros (3.9 million dollars), which brings the total value of the contract to about 125 million euros (153.2 million dollars).
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This new contract is in addition to other OHL awards in the state of New York, including the award obtained at the request of MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), for an amount close to 60 million euros (65 million dollars) for the design and construction of the Elmont railway station, in Long Island (New York), the first railway station to be executed in the city in almost 50 years.
Likewise, Judlau successfully completed the renovation works awarded by the MTA at the stations on 63rd and 72nd streets, integrated into the new Second Avenue Subway Line, the largest subway expansion in half a century.
OHL has been present in the US market since 2006 through its subsidiaries OHL USA, Judlau Contracting, OHL Community Asphalt Corporation and OHL Building. Currently, the company operates in California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois, Texas and Florida, and its portfolio of projects includes roads, bridges, railway infrastructures, tunnels, hydraulic works and unique buildings.
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