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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 14:58 |
The Intermodal
Project, a collaborative effort of the Rhode Island Airport
Corporation, working in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of
Transportation, and the Federal Highway Administration, will drastically enhance the experience for TF Green Airport travelers.
The
project is broken into four major areas of construction - the Terminal
End Improvements (TEI); the skywalk; the customer service operations
building (CSO) and the parking garage and fueling platforms. These four
major components of the Intermodal project are being built
concurrently.
The project will take an anticipated 530,000 man hours to complete
and at peak construction will have 300 workers on site. Once completed,
the $267 million transportation hub with its MBTA commuter rail
platform will be the closest rail line (1,570 feet) to a major airport
terminal in the country.
Construction Outlook - January 2009
Terminal End Improvements (TEI)
Work
includes completion of excavation for the stair tower that will
eventually connect the airport terminal to the skywalk and train
station. Footings and foundations at the stair tower have
been poured and are now ready for steelwork. Existing footings and
foundations have been removed on the secure side of the temporary fence
at the TEI. Rebar and concrete work at the TEI is ongoing. All
footings have been excavated and concrete will be placed in the next
few weeks.
Skywalk
All pile caps
have been installed between the terminal and Post Road. The skywalk
piers will be formed over the next few months. A water main on Fresno Street (off Post Road) was relocated, enabling continued pile driving for skywalk piers and the pouring of pile caps.
Customer Service Operations Building(CSO)
Building
work is ahead of schedule. Spread footings and foundation walls have
been poured at the CSO building location. The concrete footings and
foundations have been backfilled and the trade contractors will begin
to prepare the slab-on-grade for pouring. Leveling plates were
installed and anchor bolts were surveyed in late December. Steel work
for the building will start in mid-January.
Garage and Fueling Platforms
Production
Steel H piles are being driven at the east garage. These piles are 60%
complete. Some of the production mini-piles have been drilled at the
east garage. The majority of the underground drainage lines and
structures have been completed at the west garage, including in ground
support structures for the fueling system. Soil stabilization efforts
have been completed along Coronado in preparation for the retaining
wall work which will begin in January 2009. Footings and foundation
walls are continuously being formed and poured at the west garage.
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