Infrastructure · Detroit, MI · 2023
Central Line Transit Hub
Size
168,000 sq ft
Duration
30 months
Delivery
Construction Manager at Risk
Client
Regional Transit Authority
Overview
A new intermodal transit hub connecting commuter rail, bus rapid transit, and a future light-rail line beneath a sweeping ETFE roof structure.
Scope of work
01
- ·Steel-and-cable tension roof structure
- ·Below-grade platforms and concourse
- ·Public art integration and wayfinding
- ·Adjacent street and streetscape reconstruction
Challenges & solutions
02
Rail operations could not be interrupted. The team executed seventeen single-night possessions to set primary steel directly above the live tracks.
Construction process
03
Tension cable system was modeled and stress-tested off-site, allowing on-site assembly to proceed in four weeks rather than the eleven originally projected.
Gallery — Central Line Transit Hub