Miami Intermodal Station Project Heads Into Homestretch

A $66-million venture to improve the Dadeland South Intermodal Station in Miami is heading into the homestretch, with completion slated for late this yr. The venture hit a significant milestone final fall with the position of a 57-ton prefabricated metal cover over one weekend.

The venture will facilitate transfers between Metrorail and fast transit buses. The just lately accomplished 20-mile South Dade Transitway terminates to the north on the 40-something-year-old station, which accommodates about 10,000 individuals a day, says Alex Barrios, assistant director for development with the Miami-Dade Dept. of Transportation and Public Works. “We’re doing these enhancements to permit for the rail hub expertise to happen.”

NV2A Group, with designer Stantec, holds the design-build contract, which elevated from $66 million to roughly $73 million because of the addition of bus charging stations and extra escalators, says Alhasan Diab, NV2A venture supervisor. With metal fabricator Suncor and erector Edrian Metal, NV2A developed the raise plan for the 42-ft-wide, 500-ft-long cover, utilizing a 500-ton crane with a 59-ft radius and 330,700 lb of counterweight to raise it over a significant boulevard and rail tracks.

“The preparation for the cover was enormous,” says Diab. “All the pieces was surgical. It was an hourly schedule, adopted to the minute.” Tolerances have been at 1/8 inch, he provides. 

The cover is an extension that can shield the final two of a six-car prepare set from the weather, says Barrios. The workforce will construct different, smaller canopies on the bus fast transit space and a brand new floor parking zone.