Providence, Rhode Island-based Gilbane Building Co. broke ground on major renovations for the iconic William H. Gray III 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Amtrak announced on Jan. 19. Planning for the public-private partnership started in 2016, and Gilbane climbed aboard in 2020.
The $550 million dollar upgrades are the first phase of the broader, $10 billion District Plan, which aims to double the station’s passenger capacity to 25 million passenger trips per year, according to Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the Chicago-based lead architect on the project. Gilbane is leading design-build services on the job.