{"id":35665,"date":"2026-06-05T17:50:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/lane-brayman-jv-wins-1b-ohio-river-tunnel-job\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T17:50:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:50:52","slug":"lane-brayman-jv-wins-1b-ohio-river-tunnel-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/lane-brayman-jv-wins-1b-ohio-river-tunnel-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Lane-Brayman JV wins $1B Ohio River tunnel job"},"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?313321260226\" alt=\"-\"><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<\/p>\n<p>            <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">3 min<\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <\/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\/822171\/2026-06-05_15.07.51\/lane-brayman-jv-ohio-river-tunnel.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<div class=\"ed-secondary-content-box\" data-source=\"snorkel-form\">\n<p class=\"ed-secondary-content-box__title\"><strong>Award:<\/strong> Tunnel project<br \/><strong>Value: <\/strong>$1 billion<br \/><strong>Location:<\/strong> Allegheny County, Pennsylvania<br \/><strong>Client: <\/strong>Allegheny County Sanitary Authority<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>A $1 billion tunnel \u2014 a key part of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania\u2019s multibillion-dollar clean water plan \u2014 has a builder.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Steel City Tunnel Partners, a joint venture of Lane Construction and Brayman Construction, has won a $1 billion contract to <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laneconstruct.com\/media\/news\/lane-and-brayman-in-joint-venture-steel-city-tunnel-partners-win-1-billion-alcosan-ohio-river-tunnel-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>construct the Ohio River Tunnel<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in the Pittsburgh region, according to a Wednesday announcement from the JV.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Charlotte, North Carolina-based Lane, which is the U.S. subsidiary of Italian contractor Webuild Group, will perform project management and major tunneling operations, the JV shared. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh-based Brayman will oversee key heavy civil and shaft construction activities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>As part of the scope of work, the construction team will create approximately 4.9 miles of deep tunnel, multiple shafts, regulator structures and associated near-surface facilities. Those facilities are designed to capture and convey wet weather combined sewer flows, which carry sanitary wastewater and stormwater in the same system, for treatment, per the contractors.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Ohio River Tunnel is the first of three tunnel projects for the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, also known as ALCOSAN, and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alcosan.org\/clean-water-plan\/regional-tunnel-system\/ohio-river-tunnel\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>the final design of the main tunnel is complete<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, according to its website. Once it\u2019s finished, the system will reduce combined sewer overflows into regional waterways by approximately 7 billion gallons annually and move excess wet weather flows for treatment, per the builders.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Overall, the structure is a key piece of ALCOSAN\u2019s <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alcosan.org\/clean-water-plan\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Clean Water Plan<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, which will create two additional tunnels \u2014 the Allegheny River Tunnel and the Monongahela River Tunnel \u2014 and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alcosan.org\/clean-water-plan\/plant-expansion\/north-end\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>expand its North-End plant<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. Overall, the plan will <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alcosan.org\/docs\/default-source\/reports\/alcosan-2025-consulting-engineer&#039;s-report-and-2026-budget-(final).pdf?sfvrsn=dd3770c7_1\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>cost approximately $4.5 billion<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, according to a 2025 annual report from consulting engineer Hatch.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cAt Brayman, we have studied and followed ALCOSAN\u2019s Clean Water Plan for more than a decade, and we look forward to delivering the Ohio River Tunnel section alongside our partner, Lane,\u201d said Stephen Muck, Brayman\u2019s CEO, in the news release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Indeed, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/water-infrastructure-construction-jacobs-ferrovial\/807832\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>water infrastructure projects have gained momentum<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> across the country as contractors snap up competitors to gain opportunities or cash in on multimillion-dollar projects in Texas and California.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cLane, as a partner of Steel City Tunnel Partners, is proud to be awarded this landmark project, which will play a vital role in protecting the Ohio River and strengthening the region\u2019s wastewater infrastructure for generations to come,\u201d said Daniele Nebbia, Lane\u2019s chief operating officer, in the announcement.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/lane-brayman-jv-ohio-river-tunnel\/822171\/\" 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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