SAN FRANCISCO-Turner Construction Co. is providing constructionmanagement services for the Transbay Transit Center in SanFrancisco, designed to be the “Grand Central Station of the West,”according to a prepared statement. The project is estimated tocreate more than 48,000 jobs in its first phase of construction,which is expected to cost approximately $1.6billion, as GlobeSt.com previously reported.

Replacing a terminal constructed in 1939, the 1.3 million squarefoot regional transportation hub is designed to serve more than 45million passengers a year and connect eight counties and 11 transitsystems, including the future California High Speed Rail from SanFrancisco to Los Angeles/Anaheim, CA. There will be no interruptionin service while the Transbay Transit Center is beingconstructed.

The $4.2 billion Transbay Transit Center project has come torealization through various funding partners that include $400million in stimulus funds from the Federal Government with, theState of California, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission,the San Francisco County and San Mateo County TransportationAuthorities and AC Transit, among others. Construction is scheduledfor completion in 2017.

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