Rebuilding the WTC: A film and art installation:
September 07, 2010
The World Trade Center site is by a long way the most extraordinary construction site anywhere in the world. The film Rebuilding the World Trade Center is documenting and bearing witness to the Read more...

WTC Construction Update, July 2009

Tower 1 (Freedom Tower):

  • Steel installation (two cranes on site)
  • Both the south and north cores is rising above grade
  • Final concrete pours are taking place on the sub-grade structure, including foundations for surrounding plaza
  • Utility installation and tie-ins
  • Crews are coordinating substructure construction while maintaining PATH service

East Bathtub:

  • Excavation of the Tower 2 site completed in April 2009; PA turnover to SPI pending
  • Structural support and excavation under the 1 train box, which runs through the WTC site along Greenwich Street
  • SPI's construction team mobilized at the Tower 4 site in early 2008
  • WTC Transportation Hub being demolished/excavated, including former H&M terminal

National September 11th Memorial & Museum:

  • Excavation of the Tower 2 site completed in April 2009; PA turnover to SPI pending
  • Structural support and excavation under the 1 train box, which runs through the WTC site along Greenwich Street
  • SPI's construction team mobilized at the Tower 4 site in early 2008
  • WTC Transportation Hub being demolished/excavated, including former H&M terminal

Tower 4:

  • Foundation work including steel and concrete installation; substructure to grade by early September 2009
  • Tower crane was installed in early March 2009; second crane to be installed in August 2009
  • Vehicular Security Center construction in tower substructure

Tower 3:

  • Foundation/infrastructure work underway for Cortlandt Way
  • The Port Authority's site turnover to Silverstein Properties is pending

Tower 2:

  • The Port Authority's offiical T2 turnover to Silverstein is pending