The Challenge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Newark's Broad Street Station is both historic and functional, serving as a major transfer facility for over 27,000 New Jersey commuters per day. The century-old facility was not keeping up with the times. It lacked a state-of-the-art communications center that could facilitate electronic linking to New Jersey Transit's main control center. Display boards and the public announcement system were out of date. The station was not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Most importantly, one of the station's tracks was not utilized and required a new platform to put it into service.

The Solution

The Conti Group is sensitive to the client's need for a restored piece of national history, and for maintaining pedestrian and rail traffic through the station during construction. Conti is rectifying all of the needs described above, doing so with these sensitivities in mind, through a combination of new construction and restorative techniques, marrying historic form with modern function.

Our approach was creative and practical. For example, we demolished a nearby brick shelter, so that the old bricks could be used for the new construction. We also replaced turn-of-the-century terrazzo flooring, a plaster ceiling, and marble trim, to resemble the look and feel of the station, when it had first opened in 1903.

Scope of Work