South Battery Park City Resiliency
Location:
New York , New York
Client:
Battery Park City Authority (BPCA)
Contract Value:
$90.8 Million
Project Dates:
April 2023-November 2025
The South Battery Park City Resiliency Project is a major coastal resiliency initiative designed to protect Battery Park City and Lower Manhattan from storm surge, coastal flooding, and sea-level rise. The project creates an integrated flood protection system extending from the Museum of Jewish Heritage through Wagner Park, across Pier A Plaza, and along the northern border of the Historic Battery.
Scope Of Work
- Construction of an integrated coastal flood protection system with geotechnical elements consisting of micropiles, soil anchors, steel sheet piles, and jet grout
- Reconstruction and elevation of Wagner Park using lightweight fills to reduce the loading on the existing relieving platform
- Flood barrier and flood wall construction consisting of hydraulic flip up gates, glass flood wall, and moveable flood barrier
- Stormwater drainage system upgrades such as a NYCDEP Tide Gate, drainage cistern for greywater re-use, infiltration gallery, and bioretention for planting beds
- Site electric
- Site excavation, earthwork, watermain, and utility work
- Construction of new park infrastructure, pathways, landscaping, site furnishings and public spaces
- Construction within an active urban waterfront environment







