The $2 billion World Trade Center Transportation Hub, built on the World Trade Center site is a soaring spectacular design concept by world-renowned architect Santiago Calatrava that will include: A permanent Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) terminal that eventually will serve more than 80,000 daily PATH riders, including tens of thousands of commuters and millions of annual visitors to the World Trade Center Memorial. Pedestrian connections that will significantly improve access to PATH, ferries and subway lines across Lower Manhattan. By 2020, these connections are expected to accommodate 250,000 daily commuters and visitors. Greater open space in the Wedge of Light Plaza and additional access from Church Street to the Memorial District. Oweis Engineering Inc. (OEI), as a subconsultant to PMA Consultants LLC, provided value engineering services for the geotechical design of the new transportation hub. OEI’s services included the foundation systems and underpinning studies.
