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PORT AUTHORITY STATEMENT ON WTC TOWER 2 BATHTUB TURNOVER
Date: June 11, 2008
Press Release Number: 57-2008
The Port Authority announced today that it will have completed 90 percent of the excavation and construction of the Tower 2 "bathtub" foundation on the World Trade Center site by the end of June, but that the full 1.4-acre site would not be completed until August.
The agency also announced that Silverstein Properties has agreed to begin work in the Tower 2 foundation, allowing for their initial construction to begin as the Port Authority is completing the final stages of excavation and construction on the bathtub.
Under an agreement with its contractor, Phoenix Constructors, the Port Authority will not pay an approximately $8 to $14 million incentive payment for on time completion of the Tower 2 bathtub. The Port Authority will meet its obligations under the Master Development Agreement for the site, paying Silverstein Properties $300,000 a day, beginning July 1, until the fully completed Tower 2 bathtub is turned over.
The Tower 2 bathtub excavation and construction project involves the removal of nearly 160,000 cubic yards of soil, 4,000 cubic yards of rock, and the excavation of new foundations far below street level.
In September 2006, the Port Authority Board of Commissioners agreed to take over development of 1 World Trade Center, the Freedom Tower and the Tower 5 site. Silverstein Properties is responsible for construction of Towers 2, 3 and 4.
Major construction on 1 World Trade Center, the Freedom Tower began in mid-2006. Steel began to rise above street level last month, marking significant construction progress on the tower.
Construction of the foundations for the World Trade Center Transportation Hub and Memorial are under way. Major steel beams for both projects are scheduled to be erected this year.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/nyregion/12wtc.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin
Work at Ground Zero Site Is Behind Schedule
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
June 12, 2008
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said on Wednesday that it was running more than a month behind schedule in delivering the site of Tower 2 at the new World Trade Center to the developer, Silverstein Properties. The authority will pay Silverstein a $300,000 daily penalty, beginning July 1, until the site can be turned over fully excavated in August.
In the latest case of stretched deadlines, the Port Authority said the excavation and foundation construction of the Tower 2 site, at Church and Vesey Streets, would be only 90 percent complete by the end of June.
Because of the delay, the contractor, Phoenix Constructors, will forgo an on-time bonus of $8 million to $14 million.
Despite the delay, the developer will begin preparing the site even as the authority is wrapping up.
“Everyone at Silverstein Properties is eager to start select work in July and looking forward to expanding over the entire Tower 2 site later this summer,” said Janno Lieber, president of World Trade Center Properties, an affiliate of Silverstein.
Tower 2, formally 200 Greenwich Street, will be the city’s second-tallest building on completion in 2012. Only 1 World Trade Center, also called the Freedom Tower, will be taller.
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