{"id":33542,"date":"2025-12-09T10:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/battery-park-city-inks-pla-for-1-7b-nyc-resiliency-project\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:47:12","slug":"battery-park-city-inks-pla-for-1-7b-nyc-resiliency-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/battery-park-city-inks-pla-for-1-7b-nyc-resiliency-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Battery Park City inks PLA for $1.7B NYC resiliency project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?500116090725\" alt=\"-\"><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">3 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/text-to-speech.divecdn.com\/newspost\/807435\/2025-12-09_12.48.05\/battery-park-city-pla-nyc-resiliency-project.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Dive Brief:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Construction on a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bpca.ny.gov\/bpc-people\/battery-park-city-authority-announces-project-labor-agreement-for-1-7-billion-battery-park-city-resiliency-project-first-in-new-york-city-to-feature-progressive-design-build\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$1.7 billion resiliency megaproject in New York City<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> will advance following a project labor agreement with the Building and Construction Trades Council.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Delivered through a joint venture of New York City-based Turner Construction and SPC Construction, a subsidiary of Broomfield, Colorado-based FlatironDragados, the project will use a progressive design-build model, a first for a New York City project, according to a Battery Park City Authority news release. Work has begun, said Turner spokesperson Chris McFadden.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The agreement sets wage and safety standards for the Battery Park City resiliency project, and expands access for Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Enterprises.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dive Insight:<\/h3>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The move underscores how New York City is increasingly tying major construction projects to PLAs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>More than <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/nyc-new-project-labor-agreements\/807101\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$7 billion in upcoming construction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in New York City will fall under new PLAs, according to a Nov. 24 news release from the office of Mayor Eric Adams, including the Battery Park City project. The endeavor is the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.turnerconstruction.com\/insights\/bpca-announces-project-labor-agreement-for-1-7-billion-battery-park-city-resiliency-project\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>third large-scale resiliency infrastructure project<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> undertaken by BPCA since Superstorm Sandy, according to a Turner news release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cMore than $7 billion in Project Labor Agreements is the kind of big, bold commitment New York needs right now,\u201d said Carlo Scissura, president and CEO of the New York Building Congress, in the release. \u201cThis deal means faster projects, safer jobs and fairer wages for the union trades who build our city every day.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The PLA is structured to support thousands of union jobs and promotes initiatives such as Helmets to Hardhats and Construction Skills, according to the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cThis is why PLAs, like the one signed today, are crucial,\u201d said Gary LaBarbera, president of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, in the release. \u201cThey guarantee fair and livable wages, safe work environments and more accessible pathways to the middle class for tradesmen and tradeswomen.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Turner and SPC, along with Amsterdam-based engineering firm Arcadis, Copenhagen-based design firm Bjarke Ingels Group and New York\u2019s Scape Landscape Architecture have been planning the project for four years.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The coastal protection system includes integrated flood risk management features, reconstructed bulkheads, improved stormwater management and upgraded public spaces along the Battery Park city waterfront, according to the Turner release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>New infrastructure will protect the area from 2.5 feet of projected sea level rise, help cool during heat events and prevent ponding more than 1-foot deep during heavy rains.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Once complete, officials say the project will ultimately remove Battery Park City from the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s flood zone, which means homeowners will no longer be required to purchase flood insurance in the area.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cThe Battery Park City Project is a massive undertaking, and this agreement, coupled with our progressive-design build model, codifies that the work will be completed efficiently and to the highest standards,\u201d said Raju Mann, president and CEO of the Battery Park City Authority, in the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/battery-park-city-pla-nyc-resiliency-project\/807435\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. 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