East Side Access Project

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The Challenge

Minimize disruption during construction
Enhance commuter rail capacity

The East Side Access (ESA) project in New York City connected the Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR) Main and Port Washington lines in Queens to a new LIRR terminal beneath Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. The connection increased the LIRR’s capacity into Manhattan, dramatically shortening travel time for Long Island and eastern Queens commuters traveling to the East Side of Manhattan.

The Solution

Geocomp offered a complete geotechnical data management solution, which enabled the ESA project team to determine whether excavation, tunneling, or construction activities had any adverse effects on surrounding structures.

Geocomp collected and managed a vast amount of data from more than 13,000 geotechnical instruments and provided a web-based data management system, iSiteCentral®, allowing data to be processed, presented, and reported in a timely, accessible, and understandable manner.

Using our web-based data management system, iSiteCentral®, all instruments were monitored and continuous review of data collected and processed. Geocomp also collected readings from instruments which needed to be read manually.