Wagman Heavy Civil, Inc. has been awarded the contract for the Claymont Regional Transportation Center in New Castle County.
The Claymont SEPTA stop is the northernmost of the state’s four train stations and links Delaware to the Philadelphia area.
The $54 million design-build project, awarded by the State of Delaware, includes a three-tiered parking garage and plaza area with ticketing space, restrooms and other amenities; two elevated platforms with canopies; a pedestrian bridge with associated towers; at-grade parking; and a new roadway and shared-use path connecting existing pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson is the Designer of Record.
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The existing station is heavily used, with parking at a premium. The project will kick off as work continues on the new Newark Train Station at the University of Delaware STAR Campus.
Mike Glezer, CEO of Wagman, states, “Wagman has the unique ability to provide heavy civil, general building construction and geotechnical construction expertise, which, along with our train station experience, will benefit this much-anticipated community improvement project. We are excited to partner with DelDOT and make this project a reality.”
Construction on the project is slated to begin this summer and is scheduled to be complete in 30 months.
Wagman, based in York, PA, has operations in heavy civil, general construction, and geotechnical construction services.
Founded in 1902, Wagman is a fourth generation, family-owned company.
For more information, visit www.wagman.com.
